Thread: How easy is Sigil for first-timers?
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Old 03-29-2013, 03:48 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by RHWright View Post
Thinking of getting my feet wet on some ebook creation. Figured I'd start with some editing. I have some non-DRM, public domain files I can play with.

So, how is the learning curve on Sigil?

I'm not a programmer. Some basic website/HTML experience, but mostly more familiar with desktop publishing and design, which is mostly WYSIWYG-type stuff. Pretty good with Adobe, MS Word, etc.

Is this going to be relatively straightforward or a real brain strain for a non-programmer type? (Gotta say, I never much got into adjusting CSS with my webs design. Dreamweaver was my friend.)

Thanks
The good news:
The number of CSS options is way down for EPUB.

The Bad News (?):
Any value change: Tag, you are it
The Good News: Basic Ebooks probably involve less than 15 parameters.

Find some books (here at MR or elswhere) that you like how they look.
Look at the code, then the stylesheet. Right-click on the class= (or tag): 'Go to link or style'
and give it a gander
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