Links in Sigil not working from linked item back to text

dipaolt · 09-01-2019, 10:34 PM

Hello,

I have just finished creating an ePub file in Sigil ePub 2.0, and i am having some trouble with the hyperlinks. My book has links to notes at the end in a file called "notes". The links from the text to the respective notes work well and go directly to the correct note (link). However, when I click on the link number to go back to the text, it takes me to the beginning of the chapter instead of to the hyperlinked text. Does anyone know why this is happening?

Vroni · 09-02-2019, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipaolt

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Sure, your links/backlinks/ids are not properly defined.

Without any coding no further help is possible.

Turtle91 · 09-02-2019, 06:35 AM

example-

html file:
<p>Some paragraph with a <a id="backhere1" href="../Text/notes.html#ref1">link</a>.</p>

footnotes file:
<ul>
<li><a id="ref1" href="../Text/page1.html#backhere1">[1]</a>Footnote 1</li>
</ul>

Tex2002ans · 09-02-2019, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipaolt

However, when I click on the link number to go back to the text, it takes me to the beginning of the chapter instead of to the hyperlinked text. Does anyone know why this is happening?

As Vroni has said, it's impossible to tell without seeing the exact code.

And he's also correct with his educated guess, jumping to the top of the file is usually a sign your links aren't coded properly.

You can press Tools > Reports > Links and looking in the Target Exists? column. If the links work correctly, they should say "Yes". If you have a lot of "No", it would be an extra good idea to post examples of code here.

GrannyGrump · 09-04-2019, 05:55 AM

One very basic suggestion is to always start your id with an alpha character --- some readers (including ADE for PC) do not recognize ids that start with a digit, and the link will jump to the beginning of the file.

so
id="a001" would work.
id="001" might not work in your particular reader.

09-01-2019, 10:34 PM	#1
dipaolt Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: mobi	Links in Sigil not working from linked item back to text Hello, I have just finished creating an ePub file in Sigil ePub 2.0, and i am having some trouble with the hyperlinks. My book has links to notes at the end in a file called "notes". The links from the text to the respective notes work well and go directly to the correct note (link). However, when I click on the link number to go back to the text, it takes me to the beginning of the chapter instead of to the hyperlinked text. Does anyone know why this is happening?

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,312 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	example- html file: <p>Some paragraph with a <a id="backhere1" href="../Text/notes.html#ref1">link</a>.</p> footnotes file: <ul> <li><a id="ref1" href="../Text/page1.html#backhere1">[1]</a>Footnote 1</li> </ul>

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GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,202 Karma: 34984330 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	One very basic suggestion is to always start your id with an alpha character --- some readers (including ADE for PC) do not recognize ids that start with a digit, and the link will jump to the beginning of the file. so id="a001" would work. id="001" might not work in your particular reader.

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