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Originally Posted by omk3
So yesterday I read on xhtml and css (I used to work with html but quit before css became popular), and now I'm revisiting this awful html (I can't believe the garbage that's in there) and lovingly cleaning it, leaving only the bare essentials. Next step, creating my first css to go with it, and then preparing all that for epub packaging.
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And I DID IT!
My first hand-crafted epub is ready and it works! I'm ridiculously happy
Of course I've got lots more to learn, but now that my file is clean and tidy and reader-ready, I know where everything is and can edit to my heart's content!
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
fixed that for ya.  you're quite right, these are skills which you can use for future projects, whether you can distribute them or not. and trust me i know just what you mean : i have so little patience for bad code that i've been known to take apart a commercial epub that i've bought and redo it, even if it's not a book i'm likely to read more than once.  |
Hmm, I can see that easily becoming a habit of mine too... What trap did I set for myself?
