Hacking the front-end - Page 2

kovidgoyal · 08-04-2011, 11:16 PM

yes, that would work.

DezmondFinney · 08-05-2011, 04:07 AM

I've been reading through some of the code, especially the python generated HTML, and some of it I don't get. Take the code for the list of category browsers:

Code:

<li>
    <a title="{2} {0}" href="{3}/browse/category/{1}">
        &nbsp;
    </a>'
    <img src="{3}{src}" alt="{0}" />'
    <span class="label">{0}</span>'
</li>

This is structured strangely and it makes it difficult to style concisely, something very important considering I want one stylesheet for both desktop and mobile.

Was there a reason that the code is structured this way? does it need to remain this way or should it be changed?

I would prefer:

Code:

<li class="cat-item">
    <a title="{2} {0}" href="{3}/browse/category/{1}" id="{1}" class="cat-item-link">
        {0}
    </a>
<li>

DezmondFinney · 08-05-2011, 04:15 AM

@ldolse
Hey, that is a pretty good idea. I don't know if it would work well for poorly formed books since there would not be a bunch of fine control like the desktop app but for what I'm thinking about it'll work. Books from the Bean library that I downloaded in mobi but I want on my phone or tablet in epub.

kovidgoyal · 08-05-2011, 04:22 AM

I'm afraid I dont recall why it was structured like that, probably to deal with some incompatibility with a browser, most likely IE. If you can come up with a better structure that works cross browser, feel free to change it.

08-05-2011, 04:07 AM	#17
DezmondFinney Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Atlanta, Ga Device: kindle	I've been reading through some of the code, especially the python generated HTML, and some of it I don't get. Take the code for the list of category browsers: Code: <li> <a title="{2} {0}" href="{3}/browse/category/{1}">   </a>' <img src="{3}{src}" alt="{0}" />' <span class="label">{0}</span>' </li> This is structured strangely and it makes it difficult to style concisely, something very important considering I want one stylesheet for both desktop and mobile. Was there a reason that the code is structured this way? does it need to remain this way or should it be changed? I would prefer: Code: <li class="cat-item"> <a title="{2} {0}" href="{3}/browse/category/{1}" id="{1}" class="cat-item-link"> {0} </a> <li> Last edited by DezmondFinney; 08-05-2011 at 04:12 AM.

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08-04-2011, 11:16 PM	#16
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,977 Karma: 29579516 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes, that would work.

08-05-2011, 04:15 AM	#18
DezmondFinney Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Atlanta, Ga Device: kindle	@ldolse Hey, that is a pretty good idea. I don't know if it would work well for poorly formed books since there would not be a bunch of fine control like the desktop app but for what I'm thinking about it'll work. Books from the Bean library that I downloaded in mobi but I want on my phone or tablet in epub.

08-05-2011, 04:22 AM	#19
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,977 Karma: 29579516 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid I dont recall why it was structured like that, probably to deal with some incompatibility with a browser, most likely IE. If you can come up with a better structure that works cross browser, feel free to change it.