Epub style question - TOC

luthar28 · 08-04-2010, 06:06 PM

Okay, this is a stylistic question. Epub has that TOC built in (well, you know what I mean). Generally, do you also put a non-linked TOC at the beginning of a book? Or just take that out completely and let Epub handle it?

So what I mean is the reader would scroll through this:

Cover
ISBN and Printing Info
TOC
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Or just remove the TOC (it's 86 chapters long! Kind of a pain to scroll through) and let the internal TOC handle it?

charleski · 08-04-2010, 06:13 PM

A ToC that contains useful info with descriptive chapter names can sometimes be worthwhile to give the reader a general overview of the text (and it should contain links). If it's just chapter numbers then leave it out of the text and let the ncx handle it.

luthar28 · 08-04-2010, 06:47 PM

Okay, now I feel really silly. I assumed that this TOC actually worked. It doesn't. I do it like this: <a href="major karnage.html#1_1">Chapter 1</a> with the other tag: <a name="#1_1">

What am I doing wrong?

charleski · 08-04-2010, 06:54 PM

Use <a href="major karnage.html#chap1_1">Chapter 1</a> ... <a id="chap1_1"/>
'name' is deprecated.
'#' is only used when referring to the fragment id.
Ids must start with a letter.
Probably best to use underscores in your filenames as well, some readers are picky and get confused by spaces (like iBooks).

luthar28 · 08-04-2010, 07:19 PM

Thanks. Works great!

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08-04-2010, 06:06 PM	#1
luthar28 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Epub style question - TOC Okay, this is a stylistic question. Epub has that TOC built in (well, you know what I mean). Generally, do you also put a non-linked TOC at the beginning of a book? Or just take that out completely and let Epub handle it? So what I mean is the reader would scroll through this: Cover ISBN and Printing Info TOC Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Or just remove the TOC (it's 86 chapters long! Kind of a pain to scroll through) and let the internal TOC handle it?

08-04-2010, 06:13 PM	#2
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	A ToC that contains useful info with descriptive chapter names can sometimes be worthwhile to give the reader a general overview of the text (and it should contain links). If it's just chapter numbers then leave it out of the text and let the ncx handle it.

08-04-2010, 06:47 PM	#3
luthar28 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Okay, now I feel really silly. I assumed that this TOC actually worked. It doesn't. I do it like this: <a href="major karnage.html#1_1">Chapter 1</a> with the other tag: <a name="#1_1"> What am I doing wrong?

08-04-2010, 06:54 PM	#4
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	Use <a href="major karnage.html#chap1_1">Chapter 1</a> ... <a id="chap1_1"/> 'name' is deprecated. '#' is only used when referring to the fragment id. Ids must start with a letter. Probably best to use underscores in your filenames as well, some readers are picky and get confused by spaces (like iBooks).

08-04-2010, 07:19 PM	#5
luthar28 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Thanks. Works great!

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