Calibre and TOC with images

davidhburton · 11-01-2010, 03:57 PM

Hi there,

I've put images at the beginning of each chapter rather than the text in a book I'm formatting and I was wondering if there's a way to code the html so that Calibre will create a TOC from it. I can do it if there is text using paragraphs tags a class for "chapter" but not sure what to do when there's no text.

Anyone do this before?

Thanks!
David

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2010, 03:59 PM

You can insert a hidden text based toc and have calibre use that.

Just wrap your toc in a <div style="display:none"> tag like this

Code:

<div style="display:none">
...
</div>

that way it wont be visible, but calibre will still be able to use it.

davidhburton · 11-01-2010, 04:01 PM

Thanks!! And how do I mark each chapter? Keep the class=chapter attribute?

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2010, 04:02 PM

yes, basically make exactly the same sort of toc you would have if you were making a text based toc

davidhburton · 11-01-2010, 04:04 PM

Awesome sauce! I'll try that. Thanks!!

davidhburton · 11-01-2010, 04:18 PM

That doesn't seem to be working. I think I'm missing something. Any parameters when I used Calibre to output to epub/mobi that I need to be aware of?

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2010, 04:19 PM

see http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...le-of-contents

Guido Henkel · 11-01-2010, 06:57 PM

Kovid,

Your "display: none" suggestion does not work properly. It creates the same problems I pointed out about the use of "visibility: hidden" in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105047

These properties work when you create an ePub file but the TOC is not linked to the proper pages when building a MOBI file. It looks like you have a bug in there somewhere.

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2010, 08:30 PM

In that case open a ticket and attach a test case.

Guido Henkel · 11-02-2010, 01:16 AM

Okay, I have submitted a ticket with an example for you to review.

11-01-2010, 03:57 PM	#1
davidhburton Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 100001 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toronto Device: none	Calibre and TOC with images Hi there, I've put images at the beginning of each chapter rather than the text in a book I'm formatting and I was wondering if there's a way to code the html so that Calibre will create a TOC from it. I can do it if there is text using paragraphs tags a class for "chapter" but not sure what to do when there's no text. Anyone do this before? Thanks! David

11-01-2010, 03:59 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can insert a hidden text based toc and have calibre use that. Just wrap your toc in a <div style="display:none"> tag like this Code: <div style="display:none"> ... </div> that way it wont be visible, but calibre will still be able to use it.

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11-01-2010, 04:01 PM	#3
davidhburton Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 100001 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toronto Device: none	Thanks!! And how do I mark each chapter? Keep the class=chapter attribute?

11-01-2010, 04:02 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes, basically make exactly the same sort of toc you would have if you were making a text based toc

11-01-2010, 04:04 PM	#5
davidhburton Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 100001 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toronto Device: none	Awesome sauce! I'll try that. Thanks!!

11-01-2010, 04:18 PM	#6
davidhburton Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 100001 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toronto Device: none	That doesn't seem to be working. I think I'm missing something. Any parameters when I used Calibre to output to epub/mobi that I need to be aware of?

11-01-2010, 04:19 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	see http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...le-of-contents

11-01-2010, 06:57 PM	#8
Guido Henkel Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: mobi, epub, lit	Kovid, Your "display: none" suggestion does not work properly. It creates the same problems I pointed out about the use of "visibility: hidden" in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105047 These properties work when you create an ePub file but the TOC is not linked to the proper pages when building a MOBI file. It looks like you have a bug in there somewhere.

11-01-2010, 08:30 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In that case open a ticket and attach a test case.

11-02-2010, 01:16 AM	#10
Guido Henkel Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: mobi, epub, lit	Okay, I have submitted a ticket with an example for you to review.

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