Table of Contents - Page 2

theducks · 04-27-2011, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookfanmd

Can you explain this a little more? I've created TOC's in Sigil but when I check the book in the Calibre viewer I don't see it. Where should it be showing up? I've given up on TOC's because I can never get them to work. I'm working with other formats converted to epub.

Thanks.

The TOC opens in a sidebar (press the button with 3 lines on a page) in Calibre viewer.
On ADE reading devices, it is called '(Go to) Catalog'
EPUBReader it is a sidebar that may be hidden.

bookfanmd · 04-27-2011, 08:55 PM

Thanks, I found it. That helps a lot but how do I get one to show in the book itself?

theducks · 04-27-2011, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookfanmd

Thanks, I found it. That helps a lot but how do I get one to show in the book itself?

EPUB does not need one (a inline TOC) as you can see.

If you want one, you have to Type it in

If you want it linked

, you are going to have to make those HREF type links in code view

bookfanmd · 04-28-2011, 08:45 PM

Ok, thanks.

Jabby · 04-30-2011, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookfanmd

Thanks, I found it. That helps a lot but how do I get one to show in the book itself?

After you have finished creating your TOC in Sigil you can convert your epub file to mobi in Calibre and then convert the mobi file back to epub. You will them have an inline TOC in your ebub. Calibre sticks it at the end of the book but you can move it where you want it.

This can cause some minor formating issues so you would want to do this early in your conversion process.

Regards - John

st_albert · 04-30-2011, 11:18 AM

You can also build an in-line html toc from the toc.ncx of the epub.

Here are two solutions. The first uses perl:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=121607 (see post #3)

and the other uses regex find and replace on a copy of toc.ncx.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1446702

The second method codes the TOC entries as an unordered list (<ul>) and visually preserves a nested TOC structure as nested <ul>'s.

once you have the html code, you can put it wherever you want in the ebook. This also avoids any gratuitous reformatting that Calibre might try to do.

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04-27-2011, 08:55 PM	#17
bookfanmd Addict Posts: 246 Karma: 4476 Join Date: May 2009 Location: US - Maryland Device: Sony 300/505/T1 Nook STWG Kobo Glo Kobo Aura HD KDX iPad1 K3 KT PW2	Thanks, I found it. That helps a lot but how do I get one to show in the book itself?

04-28-2011, 08:45 PM	#19
bookfanmd Addict Posts: 246 Karma: 4476 Join Date: May 2009 Location: US - Maryland Device: Sony 300/505/T1 Nook STWG Kobo Glo Kobo Aura HD KDX iPad1 K3 KT PW2	Ok, thanks.

04-30-2011, 11:18 AM	#21
st_albert Guru Posts: 698 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	You can also build an in-line html toc from the toc.ncx of the epub. Here are two solutions. The first uses perl: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=121607 (see post #3) and the other uses regex find and replace on a copy of toc.ncx. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1446702 The second method codes the TOC entries as an unordered list (<ul>) and visually preserves a nested TOC structure as nested <ul>'s. once you have the html code, you can put it wherever you want in the ebook. This also avoids any gratuitous reformatting that Calibre might try to do.

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