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Quoth · 10-26-2019, 02:09 PM

Yes, it was section.
Sections

The <mbp:section> tag allows the definition of sections in a book, from which the user cannot escape by turning to the next page at the end of the section or turning to the previous page at the beginning of the section.

This is enforced by using the crossable="no" attribute. In this case, the only way to jump from one section to another is to have hyperlinks or indexes which point into another location.

You can also use this attribute in the <mpb:frameset> tag, which encloses a non crossable main HTML content flow

By default if no attribute is set, crossable="yes"

Example :

<mbp:section crossable="no">
This is the first section.<a href="#section2">Go to the next section</a>
</mbp:section>
<mbp:pagebreak/>

<mbp:section crossable="no">
<a name="section2" />This is the second section
</mbp:section>

I found your link just before I came back!
https://web.archive.org/web/20160314...le=section.htm

I'm sure I archived all that years ago before or just after Amazon bought mobi. The mobi creator, PC reader and all the documentation was still online for a while after Amazon "borged" them.

I remember being disappointed that the simple client side image map, which works fine on static HTML pages without javascript (and is fast & lightweight) wasn't supported.

I'm doing support for the game developer. There will be no separate book. He'd thought of an app to do the text part of the game as an alternative to a book with the big book of maps. So each player could have a copy.
He'd never encountered eBooks and didn't realise how much work making an iOS, Android and Windows app is compared to an ebook version of the paperback book of text with the game boards. As most here know, with a docx source (needed to make PDF for printed book anyway) and Calibre, epub2 can be uploaded to Amazon. The epub2, dual mobi and ms doc files to Smashwords. Even a code in the printed game rules to download free from Smashwords.

At the end of the day, it's no big deal to block the next page, it's available on the print copy and likely via search or TOC.

10-26-2019, 02:09 PM	#5
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,400 Karma: 107076273 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Yes, it was section. Sections The <mbp:section> tag allows the definition of sections in a book, from which the user cannot escape by turning to the next page at the end of the section or turning to the previous page at the beginning of the section. This is enforced by using the crossable="no" attribute. In this case, the only way to jump from one section to another is to have hyperlinks or indexes which point into another location. You can also use this attribute in the <mpb:frameset> tag, which encloses a non crossable main HTML content flow By default if no attribute is set, crossable="yes" Example : <mbp:section crossable="no"> This is the first section.<a href="#section2">Go to the next section</a> </mbp:section> <mbp:pagebreak/> <mbp:section crossable="no"> <a name="section2" />This is the second section </mbp:section> I found your link just before I came back! https://web.archive.org/web/20160314...le=section.htm I'm sure I archived all that years ago before or just after Amazon bought mobi. The mobi creator, PC reader and all the documentation was still online for a while after Amazon "borged" them. I remember being disappointed that the simple client side image map, which works fine on static HTML pages without javascript (and is fast & lightweight) wasn't supported. I'm doing support for the game developer. There will be no separate book. He'd thought of an app to do the text part of the game as an alternative to a book with the big book of maps. So each player could have a copy. He'd never encountered eBooks and didn't realise how much work making an iOS, Android and Windows app is compared to an ebook version of the paperback book of text with the game boards. As most here know, with a docx source (needed to make PDF for printed book anyway) and Calibre, epub2 can be uploaded to Amazon. The epub2, dual mobi and ms doc files to Smashwords. Even a code in the printed game rules to download free from Smashwords. At the end of the day, it's no big deal to block the next page, it's available on the print copy and likely via search or TOC.