Epub validation error message

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 10:16 AM

Hello,
I keep getting this error message from the Epub Validator:

Error while parsing file: attribute "link" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "dir", "id", "style", "title" or "xml:lang"

Does anyone know what it is and how I might fix it? In advance. Thank you.
Philip

Turtle91 · 10-19-2019, 11:28 AM

It's telling you that there is a "link" attribute in the tag that shouldn't be there. It should also tell you the file name, line #, and column position to make it easier to find the offending tag. It is also telling you what things are allowed: "class", "dir", "id", "style", "title" or "xml:lang"

If you delete the link - and the other info associated with it (like link="......") - it should get better.

If you have a screenshot of the tag we could help more.

theducks · 10-19-2019, 11:39 AM

That sounds like a incorrectly formatted inline Style= for that tag
My personal preference is NO inline styling, only use a CSS with class=... in the tag. This allows a simple fix it once place

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

It's telling you that there is a "link" attribute in the tag that shouldn't be there. It should also tell you the file name, line #, and column position to make it easier to find the offending tag. It is also telling you what things are allowed: "class", "dir", "id", "style", "title" or "xml:lang"

If you delete the link - and the other info associated with it (like link="......") - it should get better.

If you have a screenshot of the tag we could help more.

Thanks.
I'm rather naive about this:
I found ten links in the code. This is one.

<head>
<meta name=Title content="Philip Ogley">
<meta name=Keywords content="">
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<link rel=File-List href="Philip%20Ogley_files/filelist.xml">
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o

ocumentProperties>
<o:Author>Alain Karmitz</o:Author>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:LastAuthor>Alain Karmitz</o:LastAuthor>
<o:Revision>2</o:Revision>

Is this what I remove?

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

That sounds like a incorrectly formatted inline Style= for that tag
My personal preference is NO inline styling, only use a CSS with class=... in the tag. This allows a simple fix it once place

Thanks.
How do I do that? I don't even know what inline style is? Sorry....

Turtle91 · 10-19-2019, 03:03 PM

Oh dang...I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have Word Bloat!!! (Duh-duh duhhhh)

The short answer is your header can be reduced to this:
<head>
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
</head>

That will fix your "link" problem. But you will have other errors due to Word inserting a bunch of Word specific tags such as "<o:></o>".

I would recommend saving your word document as "Web Page, Filtered" -OR- use Toxaris' Word plugin to clean up and save the file as an ePub. Then you can open it with Sigil, or Calibre Editor, to do final cleaning.

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Oh dang...I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have Word Bloat!!! (Duh-duh duhhhh)

The short answer is your header can be reduced to this:
<head>
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
</head>

That will fix your "link" problem. But you will have other errors due to Word inserting a bunch of Word specific tags such as "<o:></o>".

I would recommend saving your word document as "Web Page, Filtered" -OR- use Toxaris' Word plugin to clean up and save the file as an ePub. Then you can open it with Sigil, or Calibre Editor, to do final cleaning.

Ok,
Thanks, so I put that code in the bit where it says:

<head>
<meta name=Title content="Philip Ogley">
<meta name=Keywords content="">
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<link rel=File-List href="Philip%20Ogley_files/filelist.xml">
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o

ocumentProperties>
<o:Author>Alain Karmitz</o:Author>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:LastAuthor>Alain Karmitz</o:LastAuthor>
<o:Revision>2</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2019-10-19T13:33:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2019-10-19T13:34:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o:Pages>23</o:Pages>
<o:Words>49254</o:Words>
<o:Characters>280749</o:Characters>
<o:Company>Les Costils</o:Company>
<o:Lines>2339</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>561</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>344779</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>10.1316</o:Version>
</o

ocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

The problem I have is that i'm using an old mac (word 2000) and a chromebook, neither of which are compatible with Sigil or Calibre. Plus I'm in the middle of nowhere in rural France. I'm only planning to sell on Kindle and when I upload it to the viewer, it looks fine, but I'm worried it might not be when I publish it.

What do you think?
Thanks again

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Oh dang...I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have Word Bloat!!! (Duh-duh duhhhh)

The short answer is your header can be reduced to this:
<head>
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
</head>

That will fix your "link" problem. But you will have other errors due to Word inserting a bunch of Word specific tags such as "<o:></o>".

I would recommend saving your word document as "Web Page, Filtered" -OR- use Toxaris' Word plugin to clean up and save the file as an ePub. Then you can open it with Sigil, or Calibre Editor, to do final cleaning.

Hi,
Thanks for your help.
So I would insert that piece of code you gave me, in where I had:

<head>
<meta name=Title content="Philip Ogley">
<meta name=Keywords content="">
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<link rel=File-List href="Philip%20Ogley_files/filelist.xml">
<title>Philip Ogley</title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o

ocumentProperties>
<o:Author>Alain Karmitz</o:Author>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:LastAuthor>Alain Karmitz</o:LastAuthor>
<o:Revision>2</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2019-10-19T13:33:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2019-10-19T13:34:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o:Pages>23</o:Pages>
<o:Words>49254</o:Words>
<o:Characters>280749</o:Characters>
<o:Company>Les Costils</o:Company>
<o:Lines>2339</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>561</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>344779</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>10.1316</o:Version>
</o

ocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

Is that right?

My problem is that I'm using an old Mac (word 2000) and a chromebook, neither which are compatible with Sigil or Calibre. Plus I'm in the middle of rural France. Very remote. Hence I'm running up hill somewhat? Although, as I'm only uploading to KDP, it views fine on their viewer. But I'm worried it won't when I publish.

What do you think? I have these errors but it views ok on the Kindle Viewer.
Thanks.

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 03:38 PM

Hi again,
I did what you said and it worked, I now have one more error (which is better than the 30 I had before) It says:

Error while parsing file: attribute "clear" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "id", "style" or "title"

The code might be here:

</head>

<body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US class=blue vclass=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'>

<div class=Section1>

Philip
Ogley

Le Glitch

 


First
published 2019 by Canap� Publishing, UK

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

ISBN:
978-1-69115878-2 (Paperback)

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

Copyright �
2019 Philip Ogley

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

thanks again

JSWolf · 10-19-2019, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philogger

Hi again,
I did what you said and it worked, I now have one more error (which is better than the 30 I had before) It says:

Error while parsing file: attribute "clear" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "id", "style" or "title"

The code might be here:

</head>

<body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US class=blue vclass=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'>

<div class=Section1>

Philip
Ogley

Le Glitch

 


First
published 2019 by Canap� Publishing, UK

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

ISBN:
978-1-69115878-2 (Paperback)

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

Copyright �
2019 Philip Ogley

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o

></o

>

thanks again

I'd like to ask, where did you get this eBook? Did you scan the paperback or did you download it?

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 04:01 PM

what?

JSWolf · 10-19-2019, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philogger

what?

Your Word document is a scan of a paperback book. Did you scan it or did you download it?

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 04:21 PM

It's part of my book from a word doc.

Philogger · 10-19-2019, 04:34 PM

My problem is that I'm using word 2000 on a mac. I also have a chromebook, but neither are compatible with sigil or calibre plus I live in rural France. very remote. Hence I'm running uphill a bit. When I upload to kindle, the viewer gives me the view as I want it. But I have errors on the Epub. Does this matter?

JSWolf · 10-19-2019, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philogger

It's part of my book from a word doc.

I know it's part of a book you have in Word. I'm asking where this book came from. You didn't buy it. Did you scan it or did you download it?

10-19-2019, 10:16 AM	#1
Philogger Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle	Epub validation error message Hello, I keep getting this error message from the Epub Validator: Error while parsing file: attribute "link" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "dir", "id", "style", "title" or "xml:lang" Does anyone know what it is and how I might fix it? In advance. Thank you. Philip

10-19-2019, 03:38 PM	#9
Philogger Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle	Hi again, I did what you said and it worked, I now have one more error (which is better than the 30 I had before) It says: Error while parsing file: attribute "clear" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "id", "style" or "title" The code might be here: </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US class=blue vclass=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Philip Ogley</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Le Glitch</span></p> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=ALL style='page-break-before:always'> </span> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>First published 2019 by Canap� Publishing, UK</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o></o></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>ISBN: 978-1-69115878-2 (Paperback)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o></o></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Copyright � 2019 Philip Ogley</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o></o></p> thanks again

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10-19-2019, 11:28 AM	#2
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	It's telling you that there is a "link" attribute in the tag that shouldn't be there. It should also tell you the file name, line #, and column position to make it easier to find the offending tag. It is also telling you what things are allowed: "class", "dir", "id", "style", "title" or "xml:lang" If you delete the link - and the other info associated with it (like link="......") - it should get better. If you have a screenshot of the tag we could help more.

10-19-2019, 11:39 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That sounds like a incorrectly formatted inline Style= for that tag My personal preference is NO inline styling, only use a CSS with class=... in the tag. This allows a simple fix it once place

10-19-2019, 03:03 PM	#6
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Oh dang...I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have Word Bloat!!! (Duh-duh duhhhh) The short answer is your header can be reduced to this: <head> <title>Philip Ogley</title> </head> That will fix your "link" problem. But you will have other errors due to Word inserting a bunch of Word specific tags such as "<o:></o>". I would recommend saving your word document as "Web Page, Filtered" -OR- use Toxaris' Word plugin to clean up and save the file as an ePub. Then you can open it with Sigil, or Calibre Editor, to do final cleaning.

10-19-2019, 04:01 PM	#11
Philogger Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle	what?

10-19-2019, 04:21 PM	#13
Philogger Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle	It's part of my book from a word doc.

10-19-2019, 04:34 PM	#14
Philogger Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle	My problem is that I'm using word 2000 on a mac. I also have a chromebook, but neither are compatible with sigil or calibre plus I live in rural France. very remote. Hence I'm running uphill a bit. When I upload to kindle, the viewer gives me the view as I want it. But I have errors on the Epub. Does this matter?

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