Sigil cover

Christine B · 10-08-2013, 04:12 AM

I'm new to ebooks and Sigil and I'm having a problem with my cover image. (I'm on version 6.2.). On my ipad, I get the cover I want on my bookshelf, but should that cover also show up as an image on the first page of my book? It isn't showing up in the book and I have 2 blank pages at the start. And how do i get an image opposite my contents page. Badly need some help, many thanks.
Here's the code for my cover.xhtml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>kin and Skin</title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 573 800" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><img alt="cover" src="../Images/cover.jpg" /></svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Toxaris · 10-08-2013, 06:09 AM

You need to set the semantics. Right-click on the cover.xhtml and the cover image and select in the semantics 'Cover'. That should do it.

At_Libitum · 10-08-2013, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christine B

And how do i get an image opposite my contents page. Badly need some help, many thanks.
Here's the code for my cover.xhtml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>kin and Skin</title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 573 800" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><img alt="cover" src="../Images/cover.jpg" /></svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>

To get the cover image on the left page and the TOC on the right page requires both of them to be in the same file I believe.

At least I have not yet found a way (not that I would want to but curious minds try curious things) to get the last page of a chapter and the first page of the next chapter shown together side-by-side in two column mode.

10-08-2013, 04:12 AM	#1
Christine B Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: ipad	Sigil cover I'm new to ebooks and Sigil and I'm having a problem with my cover image. (I'm on version 6.2.). On my ipad, I get the cover I want on my bookshelf, but should that cover also show up as an image on the first page of my book? It isn't showing up in the book and I have 2 blank pages at the start. And how do i get an image opposite my contents page. Badly need some help, many thanks. Here's the code for my cover.xhtml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>kin and Skin</title> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 573 800" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><img alt="cover" src="../Images/cover.jpg" /></svg> </div> </body> </html>

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10-08-2013, 06:09 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	You need to set the semantics. Right-click on the cover.xhtml and the cover image and select in the semantics 'Cover'. That should do it.

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