How to Edit Chapters to Look Pretty in Epub Readers?

d351r3d · 05-27-2020, 03:30 PM

I want to keep my naming scheme because I have hundreds of chapters and the epub when I switch to a different chapter just gives the xhtml file name. Is there a way to make it not do that or show something that isn't 60-Revelations-04.xhtml because that doesn't look great. I can try messing with some index stuff bit idk.

KevinH · 05-27-2020, 04:41 PM

In Sigil? Or in an e-reader?

Turtle91 · 05-27-2020, 09:07 PM

The <title> tag in the header of each html file can be used by devices/apps to display at the top of the page or something. They don't all use it. And some devices/apps can taylor what is displayed. I set the <title> to the title of the book rather than the title of the chapter.

You can use a regex to change that on all pages very easily.

search:
<title>\s*(.*?)\s*</title>

replace (select 'all HTML files' in Sigil):
<title>The Title of Your Book</title>

d351r3d · 05-28-2020, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

The <title> tag in the header of each html file can be used by devices/apps to display at the top of the page or something. They don't all use it. And some devices/apps can taylor what is displayed. I set the <title> to the title of the book rather than the title of the chapter.

You can use a regex to change that on all pages very easily.

search:
<title>\s*(.*?)\s*</title>

replace (select 'all HTML files' in Sigil):
<title>The Title of Your Book</title>

I'll definitely give that a shot. Thanks. I'll test it out and see how that works.

05-27-2020, 03:30 PM	#1
d351r3d Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: none	How to Edit Chapters to Look Pretty in Epub Readers? I want to keep my naming scheme because I have hundreds of chapters and the epub when I switch to a different chapter just gives the xhtml file name. Is there a way to make it not do that or show something that isn't 60-Revelations-04.xhtml because that doesn't look great. I can try messing with some index stuff bit idk.

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KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5703586 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	In Sigil? Or in an e-reader?

05-27-2020, 09:07 PM	#3
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,312 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	The <title> tag in the header of each html file can be used by devices/apps to display at the top of the page or something. They don't all use it. And some devices/apps can taylor what is displayed. I set the <title> to the title of the book rather than the title of the chapter. You can use a regex to change that on all pages very easily. search: <title>\s(.?)\s*</title> replace (select 'all HTML files' in Sigil): <title>The Title of Your Book</title>