missing elements from validator but they're there howcum?

Allthunbs · 02-03-2014, 05:58 AM

Hi:

I'm starting a new book. I've done about 100 lines and now I want to save it. With the last book I found that it was wise to run the Flight Crew validator before saving. I do it with this book and it gives me two errors:

The <language> element is missing.
The <title> element is missing.

I've seen lang: attributes but never <language> tags. The <title> tag is populated and valid.

How do I correct these errors?

Allthunbs

DiapDealer · 02-03-2014, 06:13 AM

The elements it's talking about are the metadata in the opf file, not in the html file(s). If you're not familiar with the syntax, just use Sigil's metadata editor to populate those two mandatory items (found under the 'Tools' menu).

exaltedwombat · 02-03-2014, 06:14 AM

Go to Tools/Metadata Editor. Make sure the Title and Language fields are set correctly. Save the file. Try the Validator again.

Allthunbs · 02-03-2014, 07:17 AM

Excellent. Thank you that worked the charm. I'd forgotten I'd done that in the other book.

Allthunbs

02-03-2014, 05:58 AM	#1
Allthunbs Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: none	missing elements from validator but they're there howcum? Hi: I'm starting a new book. I've done about 100 lines and now I want to save it. With the last book I found that it was wise to run the Flight Crew validator before saving. I do it with this book and it gives me two errors: The <language> element is missing. The <title> element is missing. I've seen lang: attributes but never <language> tags. The <title> tag is populated and valid. How do I correct these errors? Allthunbs

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02-03-2014, 06:13 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,358 Karma: 203720150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The elements it's talking about are the metadata in the opf file, not in the html file(s). If you're not familiar with the syntax, just use Sigil's metadata editor to populate those two mandatory items (found under the 'Tools' menu).

02-03-2014, 06:14 AM	#3
exaltedwombat Guru Posts: 878 Karma: 2457540 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	Go to Tools/Metadata Editor. Make sure the Title and Language fields are set correctly. Save the file. Try the Validator again.

02-03-2014, 07:17 AM	#4
Allthunbs Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: none	Excellent. Thank you that worked the charm. I'd forgotten I'd done that in the other book. Allthunbs

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