Need help with html>epub ToC

Cthulhu Inc · 03-26-2011, 03:53 PM

I have some documents that I would love to be able to read conveniently on my iPod, and Calibre converts them excellently, except for one problem. The epubs don't have any table of contents!

How can I get a ToC on an epub that was converted from an html? I need step-by-step instructions, since my code isn't that good...

itimpi · 03-26-2011, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthulhu Inc

I have some documents that I would love to be able to read conveniently on my iPod, and Calibre converts them excellently, except for one problem. The epubs don't have any table of contents!

How can I get a ToC on an epub that was converted from an html? I need step-by-step instructions, since my code isn't that good...

You should be able to fix that using the approach described at http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...specific-order. However this requires going back to the original HTML files.

jackie_w · 03-26-2011, 04:18 PM

There are many ways to do this but it is basically a two-step process for each book:

Edit your HTML file in a plain text editor and mark all your chapter headings in a specific way.
Import the edited HTML file into Calibre and, as part of the zip to epub conversion process, tell Calibre what you did in step 1.

A simple example:
Step 1: In the HTML file mark all your chapter headings with <h2>...</h2> tags, like this.

Code:

<h2>Chapter 1</h2>
<p>This is the text... blah blah...</p>

<h2>Chapter 2</h2>
<p>...more text... blah blah...</p>

Step 2: In Convert - Structure Detection - Detect chapters at tell Calibre that you used <h2> tags by entering //h:h2 in the box.

03-26-2011, 03:53 PM	#1
Cthulhu Inc Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: iPod touch	Need help with html>epub ToC I have some documents that I would love to be able to read conveniently on my iPod, and Calibre converts them excellently, except for one problem. The epubs don't have any table of contents! How can I get a ToC on an epub that was converted from an html? I need step-by-step instructions, since my code isn't that good...

03-26-2011, 04:18 PM	#3
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,247 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	There are many ways to do this but it is basically a two-step process for each book: Edit your HTML file in a plain text editor and mark all your chapter headings in a specific way. Import the edited HTML file into Calibre and, as part of the zip to epub conversion process, tell Calibre what you did in step 1. A simple example: Step 1: In the HTML file mark all your chapter headings with <h2>...</h2> tags, like this. Code: <h2>Chapter 1</h2> <p>This is the text... blah blah...</p> <h2>Chapter 2</h2> <p>...more text... blah blah...</p> Step 2: In Convert - Structure Detection - Detect chapters at tell Calibre that you used <h2> tags by entering //h:h2 in the box.

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