Importing Web Site

Jamestoo · 10-06-2011, 02:54 PM

I'm just beginning to learn Sigil and have some basic questions that I can't find answered in the excellent help manual in the software.

I have an existing Web site devoted to presenting images and descriptions of wildflowers. I would like to repackage it as a epub readable by Kindle.

I have some basic questions.

What I can't figure out is:

Can I import the site as an unit?

If so, how do I do this?

If I am limited to importing individual pages, how do I tie them together as a book?

Thanks!

Toxaris · 10-06-2011, 04:38 PM

You need to save the site as html files. Then you can import the HMTL files, but be prepared for manual work to fix everything. A website is not a book.
If you import the various pages, it will be a book.

You need to reconvert the resulting ePUB to a mobi file to be able to read it on the Kindle.

Jamestoo · 10-06-2011, 06:30 PM

Thank you, Toxaris, for your informative response. Now I can set to work!

brontus · 10-29-2011, 04:26 PM

If it is a Wordpress site for which you are an administrator, you can use the plugin wp2epub which will automatically create an epub file of your posts, although a lot of cleanup will be required.

Jamestoo · 10-29-2011, 06:54 PM

Thanks for the tip, but my site is still FrontPage 2003. I thought I was pretty high tech when I managed to get it going eight years back!

10-06-2011, 02:54 PM	#1
Jamestoo Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Importing Web Site I'm just beginning to learn Sigil and have some basic questions that I can't find answered in the excellent help manual in the software. I have an existing Web site devoted to presenting images and descriptions of wildflowers. I would like to repackage it as a epub readable by Kindle. I have some basic questions. What I can't figure out is: Can I import the site as an unit? If so, how do I do this? If I am limited to importing individual pages, how do I tie them together as a book? Thanks!

10-29-2011, 06:54 PM	#5
Jamestoo Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Not WP Thanks for the tip, but my site is still FrontPage 2003. I thought I was pretty high tech when I managed to get it going eight years back!

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10-06-2011, 04:38 PM	#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 save the site as html files. Then you can import the HMTL files, but be prepared for manual work to fix everything. A website is not a book. If you import the various pages, it will be a book. You need to reconvert the resulting ePUB to a mobi file to be able to read it on the Kindle.

10-06-2011, 06:30 PM	#3
Jamestoo Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Thank you, Toxaris, for your informative response. Now I can set to work!

10-29-2011, 04:26 PM	#4
brontus Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 34216 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Collins, CO Device: Sony Reader PRS-500, Kindle Fire, Aldiko on LG Optimus Elite	If it is a Wordpress site for which you are an administrator, you can use the plugin wp2epub which will automatically create an epub file of your posts, although a lot of cleanup will be required.

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