How to save ebook with multiple files in the same folder - Page 3

Stash123 · 11-22-2010, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

I know the entry he's talking about, and it should work just fine. You just make an index.html, point it to the multiple html page or chapter files and add it to Calibre. Calibre grabs them all. You only need to add the one index file. I can't see any reason why it shouldn't have worked. A quick test is to click on your index.html, which should open in your browser and show the book, with all pages/cahpters.

I suggest he post the index.html file he created and the names of the page/chapter html files. There must be an error in the file.

Here's the current version of my index.html file :
<html>

<body>

<h1>Table of Contents</h1>

<p style="text-indent:0pt">

<a href="contents.htm">First File</a><br/>

<a href="ch1.htm">Third File</a><br/>

<a href="ch2.htm">Fourth File</a><br/>

<a href="ch3.htm">Fifth File</a><br/>

<a href="ch4.htm">Sixth File</a><br/>

<a href="ch5.htm">Seventh File</a><br/>

<a href="ch6.htm">Eighth File</a><br/>

</p>

</body>

</html>

I'm flying blind - I don't understand html, so Im only guessing at the meaning of the terms in the FAQ example. I first tried replacing "First File" with the file names of the chapters (not too smart), that was no good either.
Since there was no reference to the locations of the chapters, I assumed they needed to be input to Calibre so it knew where to find them. Or should I include a full path to the chapter files, and let Calibre pick them right off the Mac's file system? I didn't try that (yet?)

Starson17 · 11-22-2010, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stash123

I'm flying blind - I don't understand html, so Im only guessing at the meaning of the terms in the FAQ example. I first tried replacing "First File" with the file names of the chapters (not too smart), that was no good either.

First, what is contents.htm? If you can click on that file and have it open with links to all the chapters in the whole book in your browser, then you don't need any of this stuff. Just drag that single file into Calibre and you'll be done.

I can help you fix this file, but I suspect you don't need to do any of this. The procedure you are following is to create an index.html (or contents.htm) when you don't already have one. It looks to me like you already have it.

Stash123 · 11-22-2010, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

First, what is contents.htm? If you can click on that file and have it open with links to all the chapters in the whole book in your browser, then you don't need any of this stuff. Just drag that single file into Calibre and you'll be done.

I can help you fix this file, but I suspect you don't need to do any of this. The procedure you are following is to create an index.html (or contents.htm) when you don't already have one. It looks to me like you already have it.

Maybe help to fix the file would be appreciated - I wouldn't mind learning more about what's going on.

I did as you suggested with the contents.htm file, which does, in fact, contain links to all of the Chapters files on the web (it's a NASA book). The ePub book that I got after Calibre conversion was the same contents file, with links intact - I could click on them to get to the web pages, but they were not actually incorporated into the book.

I could change the contents.htm file to point to the locations of the chapter files I've got downloaded on my computer, but I'm guessing I'd still get only links, not the files themselves?

Manichean · 11-22-2010, 05:48 PM

Calibre only includes local files in the conversion, so you need to rewrite the contents.htm to include the local files. Use relative links.

Starson17 · 11-22-2010, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stash123

Maybe help to fix the file would be appreciated - I wouldn't mind learning more about what's going on.

I did as you suggested with the contents.htm file, which does, in fact, contain links to all of the Chapters files on the web (it's a NASA book). The ePub book that I got after Calibre conversion was the same contents file, with links intact - I could click on them to get to the web pages, but they were not actually incorporated into the book.

I could change the contents.htm file to point to the locations of the chapter files I've got downloaded on my computer, but I'm guessing I'd still get only links, not the files themselves?

You can either fix the contents.htm file to point to your local files, or fix your index.html to point to the local files. Relative links are best. If you use the index, you don't need the contents.htm file.

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11-22-2010, 05:48 PM	#34
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Calibre only includes local files in the conversion, so you need to rewrite the contents.htm to include the local files. Use relative links.

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