Adding HTML only imports index

09-08-2014, 09:55 PM	#1
PaneintheGlass Member Posts: 11 Karma: 56780 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Onyx Boox Lynx T68	Adding HTML only imports index Hey all! I'm trying to import several HTML files into Calibre. I've created an index file that works in FF, but when I add it to Calibre, it only adds the index file and not the files linked inside it. All the linked files are on the local HDD, and as I said, I can navigate to them from the index. The ultimate goal is to create an epub, which, as far as I can tell, means I need all the HTML's to be added to the ZIP. Can you help me figure out what's wrong?

09-09-2014, 08:33 AM	#2
canpolat Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 17950 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Xodo	I'm not a Calibre super user and for this kind of a task I would rather use Sigil. Sigil is built specifically for generating ePub... Edit: You may need to rebuild the index.html file (i.e., use find/replace to update the links to the files). Edit2: Just add all the HTML files to Sigil and then order them if necessary (by dragging and dropping them on the left pane). Sigil creates a directory structure so that all HTML files are under a Text/ folder. So, you need to update the links to use that path instead: If the original links were like "C:\mydir\file1.html", the new location will be "..\Text\file1.html" and you can run a Find/Replace over all files that replaces "C:\mydir\" with "..\Text\". If you also have images, those also need to be added (and they are located in a folder called Image\. You can repeat the Find/Replace for those files. Last edited by canpolat; 09-09-2014 at 08:40 AM.

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09-09-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by PaneintheGlass

Hey all! I'm trying to import several HTML files into Calibre. I've created an index file that works in FF, but when I add it to Calibre, it only adds the index file and not the files linked inside it. All the linked files are on the local HDD, and as I said, I can navigate to them from the index. The ultimate goal is to create an epub, which, as far as I can tell, means I need all the HTML's to be added to the ZIP. Can you help me figure out what's wrong?

If the links are local and properly link to local machine files then all files should have been added. Attach the index file (you may have to zip it first) so we can take a look at it.

09-09-2014, 06:45 PM

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Thanks! I'll check out Sigil. In the mean time, here's the HTML I'm using (also attached). I've tried it both with and without the 'file:\\\' (ctrl+H FTW!), and with and without the <head> tags. I have the <h1>...<p> tags in because it was in the Calibre documentation I could find, though I don't know that it's required. I figured Calibre was just looking at the href tags and didn't care about anything else. Still, stranger things have happened.

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09-09-2014, 07:24 PM	#5
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09-09-2014, 09:14 PM	#6
PaneintheGlass Member Posts: 11 Karma: 56780 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Onyx Boox Lynx T68	Good guess! But no. Just another ID-10-T. I was using 'file:\\\' instead of 'file:///'. FF made the switch on the sly. Actually, swapped all '\' with '/' which is what threw me. I saw that the 'file:///' matched the 'C:/' in FF, and made the 'file:\\\' match the 'C:\' in the HTML without thinking. I caught it after comparing the paths between the HTML and the browser after first changing the spaces, and then the spaces and periods to underscores without affecting Calibre. FWIW, I restored the spaces and periods in the path after fixing the 'file:///', and Calibre handled it like a champ! I appreciate your help, so in closing, let me simply say

09-09-2014, 09:19 PM

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I'm not a Calibre super user and for this kind of a task I would rather use Sigil. Sigil is built specifically for generating ePub...

What, you mean like calibre only builds EPUBs as a hobby? Or doing extra things is bad?

calibre operates in a very similar manner to Sigil, with a partially different set of features. It is quite capable, and advising the use of Sigil instead won't really get anyone anywhere unless there is something specific you know Sigil does that calibre editor doesn't.

Is there any particular reason to think Sigil might do better in this specific manner?

09-09-2014, 09:22 PM

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Spaces in file names can bite you in the Glass

Only in terms of confusion. Quoting should handle them just fine.

Still, good habits and all...

09-10-2014, 04:34 AM

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What I meant is what I said: "I'm not a Calibre super user and for this kind of a task I would rather use Sigil." To me, creating an empty ePub in Sigil and then adding all my HTML files is the most straightforward path to follow. I don't consider Calibre to be the best tool for building ePubs (I use it for format conversion) therefore I recommended Sigil for the task. I wouldn't object others using Calibre for whatever purpose they desire.

09-10-2014, 04:56 AM

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I don't consider Calibre to be the best tool for building ePubs (I use it for format conversion) therefore I recommended Sigil for the task.

@canpolat - perhaps you're not familiar with the calibre Book Editor ==>> Editing E-books

It has most of the features of Sigil and its still being actively developed. Kovid was motivated to develop the calibre Book Editor because Sigil seemed to have reached its EOL, although as of yesterday it might have got a reprieve.

I use both of them.

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09-10-2014, 06:02 AM

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@BetterRed I heard about that tool but haven't used it. Having alternatives is a good thing in general. I hope it quickly reaches the quality and completeness of Sigil (from what you said I'm assuming it's not complete yet).

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09-10-2014, 06:49 AM	#12
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,640 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@capolat - its not too far short of what there is in Sigil, and it has features that Sigil lacks - eg checkpointing. Have a look, I suspect you'll be surprised at where its at. The good thing is that if there is a problem it's usually fixed lickety-split - i.e. within a week, if you want to run from source you'll often get same day service. One thing it doesn't have that Sigil 'has' is WSIWYG editing - but then again editing in Sigil's Book View is problematic. The main things I use in Sigil are Spellchecker, Reports and the Index Editor, the latter two are not available in the calibre editor, and Sigil's Spellchecker is noticeably faster when you're using large dictionaries (or it was last time I compared the two) BR

09-10-2014, 07:05 AM

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All the OP was trying to do in the end was format conversion from a working html to epub. Once he corrected his index it took less than 4 minutes to add the html book, update the cover and metadata in the gui and convert it to epub.

09-10-2014, 07:27 AM

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I'm well aware of that. The section you quote is an answer to a different quesiton: "What, you mean like calibre only builds EPUBs as a hobby?" Perhaps if the question wasn't asked, you wouldn't see me providing an answer, no? The fact that OP has resolved the issue is -unfortunately- irrelevant.

09-10-2014, 07:32 AM

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@capolat - its not too far short of what there is in Sigil, and it has features that Sigil lacks - eg checkpointing. Have a look, I suspect you'll be surprised at where its at.

The good thing is that if there is a problem it's usually fixed lickety-split - i.e. within a week, if you want to run from source you'll often get same day service. One thing it doesn't have that Sigil 'has' is WSIWYG editing - but then again editing in Sigil's Book View is problematic.

The main things I use in Sigil are Spellchecker, Reports and the Index Editor, the latter two are not available in the calibre editor, and Sigil's Spellchecker is noticeably faster when you're using large dictionaries (or it was last time I compared the two)

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Thank you for the recommendation. I skimmed thru the documentation and it looks promising. I don't use the WYSIWYG editing in Sigil, but the fact that I have to import my book into Calibre to be able to edit it doesn't appeal to me (I use ebook-convert CLI for book conversion). Is it also available as a stand-alone tool?

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