All text underlined in epub - help!

Watashi · 09-16-2014, 10:17 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to hand-fix a failed azw4-to-pdf-to-epub book using an html source file. (That's bad enough in and of itself, right?) But after conversion to an epub from the html, the text is underlined for most of the book. I'm using Dreamweaver CS5. The design view there looks fine. The html preview in Firefox looks fine.

I converted it into an epub using calibre. The calibre view of the epub looks fine. I viewed it in Adobe Digital Editions. Half of chapter 3 and into chapter 4 was underlined.

Then on my Nook Simple Touch, everything from chapter 3 onward is underlined! I don't understand. This is all the same file, just different programs. I've checked for underlining markings in the source code, but there's nothing.

Can anyone help??? I am so frustrated.

odedta · 09-16-2014, 10:51 PM

There can only be two options.
1. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed.
2. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed.

Upload the file if you want us to check it.

Doitsu · 09-17-2014, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watashi

I converted it into an epub using calibre. The calibre view of the epub looks fine. I viewed it in Adobe Digital Editions. Half of chapter 3 and into chapter 4 was underlined.

Calibre will automatically correct some errors that ADE chokes on when displaying ePubs. Open your ePub with Sigil and click the large green checkmark button to check the ePub with FlightCrew.

Quote:

Originally Posted by odedta

There can only be two options.
1. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed.
2. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed.

Actually, it might also be an <a> tag with a missing or incorrectly placed closing tag.

JSWolf · 09-17-2014, 03:20 AM

When I've had underlined text, it was a lopsided <a> tag.

Watashi · 09-19-2014, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

Actually, it might also be an <a> tag with a missing or incorrectly placed closing tag.

Oh my gosh, that was it! All the named anchors from the table of contents are wrong. (They look like <a name = "link"/>, which is apparently flubbing everything up.)

I love how smart the people on this site are! I would never have figured that out on my own.

Edit: In case anyone else has a problem like mine, I have since learned that <a name = "link"/> is XML coding. What I need is <a name = "link"></a>, which is supported by HTML4.
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...ith-name-or-id

dgatwood · 09-22-2014, 01:21 AM

What you're seeing is caused by two separate bugs in Adobe Digital Editions:

1. It incorrectly treats the contents of name anchors (without an href) as links, and underlines them. (This one is already listed in the EPUB tips section on the Wiki in the "general" section, though now that there's a separate ADE area, it should probably be mentioned there as well.)

2. Apparently, ADE also doesn't properly support the self-closing tag syntax, which is also clearly a bug, because EPUB books are XHTML (XML), not HTML. I've added a note about that to the EPUB tips section.

I'm assuming the MIME type in your metadata.opf file is "application/xhtml+xml" rather than "text/html", correct? Because if you mis-specify that, ADE's behavior is technically legal, though archaic. Then again, I'd be surprised it worked at all if you did that, so....

odedta · 09-22-2014, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgatwood

I'm assuming the MIME type in your metadata.opf file is "application/xhtml+xml" rather than "text/html", correct?

I thought any HTML file in my epub supposed to contain the "application/xhtml+xml" MIMETYPE...?

mrmikel · 09-22-2014, 08:20 AM

<a name="whatever"> should be <a id="whatever">.

dgatwood · 09-25-2014, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odedta

I thought any HTML file in my epub supposed to contain the "application/xhtml+xml" MIMETYPE...?

It is supposed to, yes. I was speculating that if you had inadvertently (and incorrectly) used text/html, ADE might have interpreted it according to the legacy HTML rules, using an old, broken parser that acts like Netscape 3.x....

dgatwood · 09-25-2014, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

<a name="whatever"> should be <a id="whatever">.

If you're doing HTML 5 (EPUB 3), yes. Otherwise, both are equivalent. Is this EPUB 3?

odedta · 09-25-2014, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgatwood

If you're doing HTML 5 (EPUB 3), yes. Otherwise, both are equivalent. Is this EPUB 3?

If i'm not mistaken the name attribute is not allowed both in EPUB2 and EPUB3.
If it is allowed then, it won't work if you're using Javascript for sure, getElementsByName will not work for example.

Jellby · 09-25-2014, 02:24 PM

Epub 2 uses XHTML, which requires "id" and not "name". I think any validator will report "name" as a not-allowed attribute.

dgatwood · 09-27-2014, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

Epub 2 uses XHTML, which requires "id" and not "name". I think any validator will report "name" as a not-allowed attribute.

D'oh. You're right. My bad.

09-16-2014, 10:17 PM	#1
Watashi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Nook Simple Touch	All text underlined in epub - help! Hi, I'm trying to hand-fix a failed azw4-to-pdf-to-epub book using an html source file. (That's bad enough in and of itself, right?) But after conversion to an epub from the html, the text is underlined for most of the book. I'm using Dreamweaver CS5. The design view there looks fine. The html preview in Firefox looks fine. I converted it into an epub using calibre. The calibre view of the epub looks fine. I viewed it in Adobe Digital Editions. Half of chapter 3 and into chapter 4 was underlined. Then on my Nook Simple Touch, everything from chapter 3 onward is underlined! I don't understand. This is all the same file, just different programs. I've checked for underlining markings in the source code, but there's nothing. Can anyone help??? I am so frustrated.

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09-16-2014, 10:51 PM	#2
odedta Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 96448 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: iPad	There can only be two options. 1. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed. 2. Your epub contains styling for underline that you missed. Upload the file if you want us to check it.

09-17-2014, 03:20 AM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,029 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	When I've had underlined text, it was a lopsided <a> tag.

09-22-2014, 01:21 AM	#6
dgatwood Curmudgeon Posts: 629 Karma: 1623086 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: iPad, iPhone, Nook Simple Touch	What you're seeing is caused by two separate bugs in Adobe Digital Editions: 1. It incorrectly treats the contents of name anchors (without an href) as links, and underlines them. (This one is already listed in the EPUB tips section on the Wiki in the "general" section, though now that there's a separate ADE area, it should probably be mentioned there as well.) 2. Apparently, ADE also doesn't properly support the self-closing tag syntax, which is also clearly a bug, because EPUB books are XHTML (XML), not HTML. I've added a note about that to the EPUB tips section. I'm assuming the MIME type in your metadata.opf file is "application/xhtml+xml" rather than "text/html", correct? Because if you mis-specify that, ADE's behavior is technically legal, though archaic. Then again, I'd be surprised it worked at all if you did that, so....

09-22-2014, 08:20 AM	#8
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	<a name="whatever"> should be <a id="whatever">.

09-25-2014, 02:24 PM	#12
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Epub 2 uses XHTML, which requires "id" and not "name". I think any validator will report "name" as a not-allowed attribute.