Create HTML File?

Harry Voss · 05-23-2012, 05:59 AM

I have an epub on Sigil and need to create an HTML file from it - wonder if anyone can be of assistance?
Harry

DiapDealer · 05-23-2012, 06:08 AM

Sigil doesn't create HTML files. It creates ePub files... which are zip archives... that have html files inside them.

mrmikel · 05-23-2012, 09:32 AM

You can use any zip utility to break apart any epub into its html component files. Then you can use a program like Merger to join them.

You could also use Sigil to display each html file inside an epub and copy the code view text into another editor where you can join it together.

Harry Voss · 05-23-2012, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

You can use any zip utility to break apart any epub into its html component files. Then you can use a program like Merger to join them.

You could also use Sigil to display each html file inside an epub and copy the code view text into another editor where you can join it together.

Many thanks - problem I have is that I'v done alterations to an epub on Sigil, it views ok on Mozilla as an epub and ok converted to a Mobi on the advanced Kindle Previewer and when pulled over into my Kindle BUT it doesn't show the alterations when I view it through the Amazon simple previewer so won't show them when uploaded to Amazon.
Harry

meme · 05-23-2012, 01:10 PM

You can use calibre to convert the EPUB to HTML files. Convert to the Zip format (HTML Zip might be a better name for it as it was hard to find). Then unzip it to a directory to see the HTML files. It does a pretty good job, and you can tweak the black backgrounds to be a bit lighter.

If necessary you can merge all your files together in the EPUB before conversion to try to get a single html file out of the conversion.

Serpentine · 05-23-2012, 01:14 PM

Another option is to select all of the x?html files in Sigil, then right click on them and "Merge".

The final file will be the html version you're looking for, you can copy/paste it out to a file, or save the epub as a copy and open it with an archiver to dig it out. Just remember that this will not preserve styles.

05-23-2012, 05:59 AM	#1
Harry Voss Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	Create HTML File? I have an epub on Sigil and need to create an HTML file from it - wonder if anyone can be of assistance? Harry

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05-23-2012, 06:08 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,569 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Sigil doesn't create HTML files. It creates ePub files... which are zip archives... that have html files inside them.

05-23-2012, 09:32 AM	#3
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	You can use any zip utility to break apart any epub into its html component files. Then you can use a program like Merger to join them. You could also use Sigil to display each html file inside an epub and copy the code view text into another editor where you can join it together.

05-23-2012, 01:10 PM	#5
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,274 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	You can use calibre to convert the EPUB to HTML files. Convert to the Zip format (HTML Zip might be a better name for it as it was hard to find). Then unzip it to a directory to see the HTML files. It does a pretty good job, and you can tweak the black backgrounds to be a bit lighter. If necessary you can merge all your files together in the EPUB before conversion to try to get a single html file out of the conversion.

05-23-2012, 01:14 PM	#6
Serpentine Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 1045911 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Device: Kindle 3	Another option is to select all of the x?html files in Sigil, then right click on them and "Merge". The final file will be the html version you're looking for, you can copy/paste it out to a file, or save the epub as a copy and open it with an archiver to dig it out. Just remember that this will not preserve styles.