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eggheadbooks1 · 03-01-2017, 07:19 PM

Hi,

I just created a test ePub2 file in Sigil using various elements such as lines, ordered lists, etc. Problem is, when I try to validate in EPUB-Checker or online at IDPF, the file fails because ePub3 standards are being applied.

For example, I had to change

Code:

<strike>

to

Code:

<del>

for strikethrough text. I could not apply a background color to my tables directly in the table element; I had to create a class for the color.

Most irritating of all, I cannot specify a bullet type in my lists;

Code:

<ol type="a">

for example, because "type" is not allowed here in HTML5. It also didn't like my nested list, declaring

Code:

<ol type="a">

to be disallowed, as in:

Code:

<ol>
<li>You may enter at will;</li>
<li>You may leave at will:</li>
<ol type="a">
<li>before noon;</li>
<li>or after midnight.</li>
</ol>
<li>You may forfeit entry.</li>
</ol>

Yet all not only work perfectly in Sigil and ADE, but convert nicely to Kindle in both Previewer and Previewer3.

I Googled HTML5 for lists but I cannot find anything that allows me to add a type to the list. I tried, for example, to create various classes for the usual bullets --

Code:

.circle
{list-style-type:circle;}
.disc
{list-style-type:disc;}
.a
{list-style-type:a;}

-- but to no avail.

Does anyone know either a) how to finesse lists in HTML5 OR how to force ePubCheck to apply ePub2 standards to my ePub2 file?

03-01-2017, 07:19 PM	#1
eggheadbooks1 Read, don't parrot. Posts: 224 Karma: 110242 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle Fire, Kobo Touch, Aldiko for Android	Sigil file failing validation due to ePub3 standard Hi, I just created a test ePub2 file in Sigil using various elements such as lines, ordered lists, etc. Problem is, when I try to validate in EPUB-Checker or online at IDPF, the file fails because ePub3 standards are being applied. For example, I had to change Code: <strike> to Code: <del> for strikethrough text. I could not apply a background color to my tables directly in the table element; I had to create a class for the color. Most irritating of all, I cannot specify a bullet type in my lists; Code: <ol type="a"> for example, because "type" is not allowed here in HTML5. It also didn't like my nested list, declaring Code: <ol type="a"> to be disallowed, as in: Code: <ol> <li>You may enter at will;</li> <li>You may leave at will:</li> <ol type="a"> <li>before noon;</li> <li>or after midnight.</li> </ol> <li>You may forfeit entry.</li> </ol> Yet all not only work perfectly in Sigil and ADE, but convert nicely to Kindle in both Previewer and Previewer3. I Googled HTML5 for lists but I cannot find anything that allows me to add a type to the list. I tried, for example, to create various classes for the usual bullets -- Code: .circle {list-style-type:circle;} .disc {list-style-type:disc;} .a {list-style-type:a;} -- but to no avail. Does anyone know either a) how to finesse lists in HTML5 OR how to force ePubCheck to apply ePub2 standards to my ePub2 file?