KF8 max-width HTML CSS tag broken?

ekovv · 09-04-2012, 08:58 PM

In the list of supported HTML5 tags on Amazon it includes the CSS element "max-width" which I tried using in my fixed layout book. The HTML works when I look at it in Chrome but does not seem to work in the mobi on the Kindle Fire. Is this tag broken?

JSWolf · 09-04-2012, 09:49 PM

Are you sending Mobi or KF8 to the Fire? You mention both KF8 and Mobi.

ekovv · 09-04-2012, 10:04 PM

I'm not sure... I'm editing the html, along with css and other necessary files and then importing my content.opf file into Kindle Previewer which poops out a Mobi file. Not sure if that is the correct way of doing things.

JSWolf · 09-04-2012, 10:15 PM

Create a full ePub and use that with Kindlegen to create the combination KF8/Mobi file. Then you can load that onto your Fire.

ekovv · 09-04-2012, 10:27 PM

Ok. I don't really know anything about creating an ePub since I've only been working with the Kindle. Do I have to start from scratch? Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Thanks a lot for the help though, appreciate it.

DiapDealer · 09-05-2012, 04:57 AM

You don't have to create an ePub first. The Previewer doesn't care if you feed it an ePub or an OPF file. I don't know anything about why the max-width attribute isn't working for you, but I doubt it's your work flow that's the problem.

09-04-2012, 08:58 PM	#1
ekovv Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	KF8 max-width HTML CSS tag broken? In the list of supported HTML5 tags on Amazon it includes the CSS element "max-width" which I tried using in my fixed layout book. The HTML works when I look at it in Chrome but does not seem to work in the mobi on the Kindle Fire. Is this tag broken?

09-05-2012, 04:57 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You don't have to create an ePub first. The Previewer doesn't care if you feed it an ePub or an OPF file. I don't know anything about why the max-width attribute isn't working for you, but I doubt it's your work flow that's the problem. Last edited by DiapDealer; 09-05-2012 at 07:08 AM.

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09-04-2012, 09:49 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,974 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Are you sending Mobi or KF8 to the Fire? You mention both KF8 and Mobi.

09-04-2012, 10:04 PM	#3
ekovv Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	I'm not sure... I'm editing the html, along with css and other necessary files and then importing my content.opf file into Kindle Previewer which poops out a Mobi file. Not sure if that is the correct way of doing things.

09-04-2012, 10:15 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,974 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Create a full ePub and use that with Kindlegen to create the combination KF8/Mobi file. Then you can load that onto your Fire.

09-04-2012, 10:27 PM	#5
ekovv Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	Ok. I don't really know anything about creating an ePub since I've only been working with the Kindle. Do I have to start from scratch? Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Thanks a lot for the help though, appreciate it.

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