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helpplease · 09-15-2020, 10:19 PM

Hi: I am very new to epub creation. New to Sigil. New to forum posting.

Please let me know, if I have not posted in correct place.

I ran the epubchecker on my new epub and receive many many errors. Very disheartening given I thought it was wonderful before running this epub checker.

The problem is now, I dont understand how to fix. Lets take the most common one "Links points to a location not present in the target file" Given I created this epub by taking the html from web page, I did expect errors, but not many many.

By word Link, I am assuming epubchecker mean a HTML is not correct sytax (?ill formed) rather than an actual URL link (hyperlink) not working.

for example

Code:

<div class="div1   "><a name="subj-ISBN-chapter-6-div1-1"></a>

<h2 class="titleHeading2"><p class="  " id="subj-isbn-chapter-6-p-892">Introduction</p></h2>

What of the above is the "link"?
How do I manually test a "link"? I am much better seeing things real live to understand mechanics.

If you think you can help me become less muddled -- I would value it very much. Thankyou.

09-15-2020, 10:19 PM	#1
helpplease Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Mac, VM solutions	epubcheck ERROR: Links points to a location not present in target file Hi: I am very new to epub creation. New to Sigil. New to forum posting. Please let me know, if I have not posted in correct place. I ran the epubchecker on my new epub and receive many many errors. Very disheartening given I thought it was wonderful before running this epub checker. The problem is now, I dont understand how to fix. Lets take the most common one "Links points to a location not present in the target file" Given I created this epub by taking the html from web page, I did expect errors, but not many many. By word Link, I am assuming epubchecker mean a HTML is not correct sytax (?ill formed) rather than an actual URL link (hyperlink) not working. for example Code: <div class="div1 "><a name="subj-ISBN-chapter-6-div1-1"></a> <h2 class="titleHeading2"><p class=" " id="subj-isbn-chapter-6-p-892">Introduction</p></h2> What of the above is the "link"? How do I manually test a "link"? I am much better seeing things real live to understand mechanics. If you think you can help me become less muddled -- I would value it very much. Thankyou.