Headings Hyperlinked?

PhotonJohn · 04-02-2013, 11:48 PM

When I created my ePub and loaded it onto an iPhone or open it with Adobe Digital, my chapter headings appear as hyperlinks? What is causing this? I am using straight up validated html code. There are no anchor tags for my headings. The mobi version works just great. What could be causing this? In the iPhone they look discolored purple like visited hyperlinks and in Adobe it looks like a full blown hyperlink. The link does nothing when you click on it. The files pass the FlightCrew check with no errors.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Turtle91 · 04-02-2013, 11:57 PM

Sounds like a CSS style being applied?? Do you have a sample of the text (HTML code) and the CSS file?

dgatwood · 04-03-2013, 12:28 AM

Don't wrap your link destination anchors around the text. Or if you do, set all the various properties (color, text decoration, etc.) to inherit. This is a known issue with several EPUB readers—treating non-link anchors as though they were links.

Wait, you said there are no anchors at all?

JSWolf · 04-03-2013, 08:58 PM

Can you show us the code for the headers?

PhotonJohn · 04-05-2013, 09:33 AM

Looks like I was using the <a> tag around my headers. It did not affect some readers. Dumb rookie mistake. This is my first ebook. I did finally get fully validated HTML, ePub and mobi. Thanks for the help.

JSWolf · 04-05-2013, 10:18 AM

When I see headers hyperlinked to the internal ToC in an ePub, I do remove them as they are not needed and (IMHO) do not look good.

04-02-2013, 11:48 PM	#1
PhotonJohn Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	Headings Hyperlinked? When I created my ePub and loaded it onto an iPhone or open it with Adobe Digital, my chapter headings appear as hyperlinks? What is causing this? I am using straight up validated html code. There are no anchor tags for my headings. The mobi version works just great. What could be causing this? In the iPhone they look discolored purple like visited hyperlinks and in Adobe it looks like a full blown hyperlink. The link does nothing when you click on it. The files pass the FlightCrew check with no errors. Thanks for any help you can give me!

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04-02-2013, 11:57 PM	#2
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,300 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	Sounds like a CSS style being applied?? Do you have a sample of the text (HTML code) and the CSS file?

04-03-2013, 12:28 AM	#3
dgatwood Curmudgeon Posts: 629 Karma: 1623086 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: iPad, iPhone, Nook Simple Touch	Don't wrap your link destination anchors around the text. Or if you do, set all the various properties (color, text decoration, etc.) to inherit. This is a known issue with several EPUB readers—treating non-link anchors as though they were links. Wait, you said there are no anchors at all?

04-03-2013, 08:58 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,012 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Can you show us the code for the headers?

04-05-2013, 09:33 AM	#5
PhotonJohn Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	Looks like I was using the <a> tag around my headers. It did not affect some readers. Dumb rookie mistake. This is my first ebook. I did finally get fully validated HTML, ePub and mobi. Thanks for the help.

04-05-2013, 10:18 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,012 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	When I see headers hyperlinked to the internal ToC in an ePub, I do remove them as they are not needed and (IMHO) do not look good.

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