NavPoints and Page Maps

[MattScott]

I'm working on creating an ebook with KindleGen to generate the .mobi file.
Everything has been created properly as far as I know, but I'm getting a few errors when it genertates the file.

KindleGen Output:
Info(prcgen): Building Table of Contents - url: ...\toc.ncx
Info(prcgen): Atleast one <navPoint> tag must be there in ncx file.
Info(prcgen): No Page map found in book

I've got 21 <navPoint> tags in my TOC.ncx file yet still getting errors? I have no idea what the 'No page map found' is referencing. I have a page map in my mcx file. Do i need some reference to the page map in my html source?

Thanks in advance!

My .ncx code:

<?xml version=”1.0? encoding=”UTF-8??>
<!DOCTYPE ncx PUBLIC “-//NISO//DTD ncx 2005-1//EN” “http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx-2005-1.dtd”>
<ncx xmlns=”http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx/” version=”2005-1?>

<docTitle>
<text>Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking</text>
</docTitle>

<navMap>
<navPoint playOrder=”1?>
<navLabel>
<text>1. Objective: Becoming a Millionaire</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#start”/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”2?>
<navLabel>
<text>2. Luke 5: Simon Peter’s Stinkin’ Thinking</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap2“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”3?>
<navLabel>
<text>3. Identify the Opposition to Change</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap3“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”4?>
<navLabel>
<text>4. Opposing Force #1: Perception vs. Reality</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap4“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”5?>
<navLabel>
<text>5. Opposing Force #2: A Lack of Teaching</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap5“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”6?>
<navLabel>
<text>6. Opposing Force #3: A Lack of Trust</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap6“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”7?>
<navLabel>
<text>7. Opposing Force #4: A Lack of Submission</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap7“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”8?>
<navLabel>
<text>8. Opposing Force #5: Your Core Values</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap8“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”9?>
<navLabel>
<text>9. Where’s My Increase?</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap9“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”10?>
<navLabel>
<text>10. It’s Time to Change!</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap10“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”11?>
<navLabel>
<text>11. Change Your Thinking</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap11“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”12?>
<navLabel>
<text>12. Step 4: Develop a Bigger Vision</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap12“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”13?>
<navLabel>
<text>13. Overcoming Stinkin’ Thinking</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap13“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”14?>
<navLabel>
<text>14. Effecting a Lasting Change</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap14“/>
</navPoint>

<navPoint playOrder=”15?>
<navLabel>
<text>15. Conclusion</text>
</navLabel>
<content src=”StinkinThinking.html#chap15“/>
</navPoint>

</navMap>

</ncx>

And here is my .opf code:

<?xml version="1.0? encoding="utf-8??>

<package unique-identifier="uid">

<metadata>

<dc-metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core" xmlns:oebpackage="http://openebook.org/namespaces/oeb-package/1.0/">

<dc:Title>Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking</dc:Title>

<dc:Language>en-us</dc:Language>

<dc:Identifier id="uid">978-0-9814522-2-7</dc:Identifier>

<dc:Creator>Dr. Brian D. Scott</dc:Creator>

<dc:Publisher>Wealth Producers</dc:Publisher>

<dc:Subject BASICCode="FIC031000">Religious</dc:Subject>

<dc:Description><em>You were created to increase and live in victory, but<strong> the way you think</strong> may be your greatest obstacle.</em><br />
A series of hurdles lie between you and your increase. We also call them barriers, attitudes, or mindsets. No matter their name or label, they all do the same thing -- they resist and oppose change! There resistant forces prevent clear thinking, clear vision, and clear decision-making. They create chaos in your mind and muddle your thoughts and desires. If you don't fight hard for change, this will become your 'normal mindset' and you will end up living a life od stinkin' thinking! In this book, Dr. Scott examines many of the forces that resist change and how to make changes to get rid of them.<br />
<strong> You must get rid of stingin' thinking!</strong>

</dc:Description>

<dc:Date>05/15/2010</dc:Date>

</dc-metadata>

<x-metadata>

<output encoding="utf-8?" content-type="text/x-oeb1-document"></output>

<EmbeddedCover>GROST-cover.jpg</EmbeddedCover>

<SRP Currency="USD">18.99</SRP>

<Demo>StinkinThinkingSample.prc</Demo>

</x-metadata>

</metadata>

<manifest>
<item id="item1" media-type="text/x-oeb1-document" href="StinkinThinking.html"></item>
<item id="TOC" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" href="toc.ncx"></item>
</manifest>

<spine toc="TOC"/>
<itemref idref="item1"/>
<itemref idref="TOC"/>
</spine>

<tours></tours>

<guide>

<reference type="TOC" title="Table of Contents" href="StinkinThinking.html%23toc"></reference>

<reference type="start" title="Startup Page" href="StinkinThinking.html%23start"></reference>

</guide>

</package>

[Kindlevarazs]

Hi!

Your Navpoint tags is not correct.
The correct one is:
<Navpoint id="something" playorder="something_number_1">

[MattScott]

Thanks, Kindlevarazs!

I changed the Navpoint tags in the nxc file but am still getting errors.

<Navpoint id="begin" playorder="number1">

These are the errors I'm still getting from KindleGen:
1. 'Info(prcgen): Atleast one <navPoint> tag mus be there in ncx file.
2. 'Info(pagemap): No Page map found in book.

Any ideas?

[JSWolf]

What is your source? Is it something that can be run through Calibre?

[MattScott]

It's all in html. Can I generate in calibre? I thought it was only for ebook management?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by MattScott

It's all in html. Can I generate in calibre? I thought it was only for ebook management?

You can. You do not need the NCX or OPF. But you do need to know a way to differentiate the chapter headings. Make them <h2>Chapter Heading</h2> and you can then generate the eBook for your Kindle with chapter headings. I'm not at home or I'd give you the exact command needed using the command prompt.

[MattScott]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You can. You do not need the NCX or OPF. But you do need to know a way to differentiate the chapter headings. Make them <h2>Chapter Heading</h2> and you can then generate the eBook for your Kindle with chapter headings. I'm not at home or I'd give you the exact command needed using the command prompt.

I see. I've got <H3> for each of my chapters and the intro, etc. How do you set up the table of contents then?

thanks,
M

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by MattScott

I see. I've got <H3> for each of my chapters and the intro, etc. How do you set up the table of contents then?

thanks,
M

Do you have a cover image that is not linked in the HTML?

I'll give you the command probably tomorrow unless someone else beats me to it.

[MattScott]

My cover image is currently only linked through the opf file:

<EmbeddedCover>GROST-cover.jpg</EmbeddedCover>

I tried to convert via calibre and it failed out, probably don't have the settings right. My zip file looks good though, just doesn't allow me to create it properly.

Here is the error log using default settings:

calibre, version 0.8.1
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking)
Processing archive...
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.1
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'breadth_first': False,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u'//h:h3[re:test(@class, id, "chap, start, begin, intro", "i")]',
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'c:\\docume~1\\mds\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.8.1 _tmp_69rmtj\\calibre_0.8.1_vlklua.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_package': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x041084F0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': u'//*[re:test(@id, "toc", "i")]',
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_levels': 5,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x04108810>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'c:\\docume~1\\mds\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.8.1 _tmp_69rmtj\\calibre_0.8.1_sugkdq.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 20,
'toc_title': None,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running
on c:\docume~1\mds\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.8.1_tmp_69 rmtj\calibre_0.8.1_sezjxw_plumber_archive\content. opf
Parsing all content...
Manifest item 'toc.ncx' not found
Parsing StinkinThinking.html ...
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
test() takes at most 4 positional arguments (5 given) (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 119, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 958, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\structure.p y", line 33, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\structure.p y", line 76, in detect_chapters
File "xpath.pxi", line 469, in lxml.etree.XPath.__call__ (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:115236)
File "xpath.pxi", line 238, in lxml.etree._XPathEvaluatorBase._handle_result (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:113030)
File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 282, in lxml.etree._ExceptionContext._raise_if_stored (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:7972)
File "extensions.pxi", line 755, in lxml.etree._extension_function_call (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:110601)
File "extensions.pxi", line 421, in lxml.etree._ExsltRegExp.test (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:107039)
TypeError: test() takes at most 4 positional arguments (5 given)

[MattScott]

Id appreciate the code i'm missing when you get a chance. Thanks so much for all your help so far!

[JSWolf]

First off, update Calibre to 0.8.2.

Next, don't convert using your OPF or NCX as they aren't correct. Use the cover and the HTML only.

[MattScott]

My cover image is currently only linked through the opf file:

<EmbeddedCover>GROST-cover.jpg</EmbeddedCover>

I tried to convert via calibre and it failed out, probably don't have the settings right. My zip file looks good though, just doesn't allow me to create it properly.

Here is the error log using default settings:

calibre, version 0.8.1
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Get Rid of Stinkin' Thinking)
Processing archive...
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.1
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'breadth_first': False,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u'//h:h3[re:test(@class, id, "chap, start, begin, intro", "i")]',
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'c:\\docume~1\\mds\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.8.1 _tmp_69rmtj\\calibre_0.8.1_vlklua.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_package': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x041084F0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': u'//*[re:test(@id, "toc", "i")]',
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_levels': 5,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x04108810>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'c:\\docume~1\\mds\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.8.1 _tmp_69rmtj\\calibre_0.8.1_sugkdq.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 20,
'toc_title': None,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running
on c:\docume~1\mds\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.8.1_tmp_69 rmtj\calibre_0.8.1_sezjxw_plumber_archive\content. opf
Parsing all content...
Manifest item 'toc.ncx' not found
Parsing StinkinThinking.html ...
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
test() takes at most 4 positional arguments (5 given) (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 119, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 958, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\structure.p y", line 33, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\structure.p y", line 76, in detect_chapters
File "xpath.pxi", line 469, in lxml.etree.XPath.__call__ (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:115236)
File "xpath.pxi", line 238, in lxml.etree._XPathEvaluatorBase._handle_result (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:113030)
File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 282, in lxml.etree._ExceptionContext._raise_if_stored (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:7972)
File "extensions.pxi", line 755, in lxml.etree._extension_function_call (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:110601)
File "extensions.pxi", line 421, in lxml.etree._ExsltRegExp.test (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:107039)
TypeError: test() takes at most 4 positional arguments (5 given)

[JSWolf]

Why are you using the NCX and the OPF when they are not correct?

[JSWolf]

Now that I am back at my computer, the command you want is...

ebook-convert file.html .mobi --chapter=//h:h3 --preserve-cover-aspect-ratio --cover=coverimage.jpg

Replace file.html with the name of your html file and replace coverimage.jpg with the name of your cover image. You will need to use the command prompt for this. DO NOT USE THE OPF OR THE NCX. Delete them.

[JSWolf]

And did you get it converted?