table centering in ePub

liinak · 05-24-2013, 04:41 PM

I have been attempting to center tables in an ePub file. The eBook was designed in and exported from InDesign CS6; I then edited the CSS and xhtml using Dreamweaver CS6 to center the tables (and allow extra space beneath them).

I finally was able to get them to look right in ADE and Nook for PC, but now the ePub file doesn't validate with the idpf ePub validator. I receive an error:

element "table" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag, text or element...[followed by many suggestions]

at every line where I have a table.

I don't understand what this error means, or why a table wouldn't be allowed. If I run my original exported ePub (without CSS and XHTML editing) through the ePub validator, I do not get any errors, even though the tables are in the same place.

Any ideas?

DaleDe · 05-24-2013, 05:41 PM

I would expect the tag before this is not closed. You may have placed your table at the wrong level. It should be a block level element.

Dale

05-24-2013, 04:41 PM	#1
liinak Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Olympia, WA Device: none	table centering in ePub I have been attempting to center tables in an ePub file. The eBook was designed in and exported from InDesign CS6; I then edited the CSS and xhtml using Dreamweaver CS6 to center the tables (and allow extra space beneath them). I finally was able to get them to look right in ADE and Nook for PC, but now the ePub file doesn't validate with the idpf ePub validator. I receive an error: element "table" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag, text or element...[followed by many suggestions] at every line where I have a table. I don't understand what this error means, or why a table wouldn't be allowed. If I run my original exported ePub (without CSS and XHTML editing) through the ePub validator, I do not get any errors, even though the tables are in the same place. Any ideas?

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05-24-2013, 05:41 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I would expect the tag before this is not closed. You may have placed your table at the wrong level. It should be a block level element. Dale

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