Page setting of the first page in a mobi file

FouxDuFafa · 11-23-2009, 12:11 PM

Hello everyone!

I put this topic here (instead of the Workshop section) because it is heavily mobi related.

I was looking to several mobi eBooks to find good ideas of page settings

And then, I opened this: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/...&orderBy=best# (first link, "Essai gratuit")

On the first page (page 2 actually in the given example), I found a very interesting feature: The vertical space between the title and the image adapts itself depending on the page size, instead of being fixed.
(see attachments for visual explanation)

As you can imagine since I'm posting a thread, I tried hard but I still don't know how to recreate this effect.

I would appreciate some

Thank you

Jellby · 11-23-2009, 01:18 PM

The code looks like this:

Code:

<mbp:pagebreak/>
<div height="7%"></div>
<div> <h2 width="0%" align="center"><font size="7"><b><span><b>A C<span><font size="4">HRISTMAS</font></span>[T<span><font size="4">O</font></span> R<span><font size="4">EMEMBER</font></span></b></span></b></font></h2>
<div height="5%"></div> <h2 width="0%" align="center"><font size="5"><b><span><b><span><i>Kay[Stockham</i></span></b></span></b></font></h2>
<div height="40%"></div>
<div height="3%"></div>
<p width="0%" align="center"><img recindex="00002" alt="image"/></p>
<div height="3%"></div>
<p width="0%" align="center"><font size="2">TORONTO &bull; NEW YORK &bull; LONDON<br/> AMSTERDAM &bull; PARIS[&bull; SYDNEY &bull; HAMBURG<br/> STOCKHOLM &bull; ATHENS &bull; TOKYO &bull; MILAN &bull; MADRID<br/> PRAGUE[&bull; WARSAW &bull; BUDAPEST &bull; AUCKLAND</font></p>
<div height="0%"></div> </div> </div>
<div> <mbp:pagebreak/>

The bold part should be the blank space.

FouxDuFafa · 11-27-2009, 11:49 AM

OK! Thank you!!
How did you do to retrieve the code from the mobi file?

Jellby · 11-27-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FouxDuFafa

OK! Thank you!!
How did you do to retrieve the code from the mobi file?

I used MobiPerl's mobi2html.

FouxDuFafa · 11-27-2009, 01:50 PM

OK. Thanks for all the information

Terisa de morgan · 11-27-2009, 02:21 PM

You can use calibre to retrieve it too.

FouxDuFafa · 12-03-2009, 12:20 PM

How does it work on Calibre?
When I add the .mobi book, it doesn't convert it to html, and I couldn't find a way to visualize the tags.

11-23-2009, 12:11 PM	#1
FouxDuFafa Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505, Booken Cybook Gen3	Page setting of the first page in a mobi file Hello everyone! I put this topic here (instead of the Workshop section) because it is heavily mobi related. I was looking to several mobi eBooks to find good ideas of page settings And then, I opened this: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/...&orderBy=best# (first link, "Essai gratuit") On the first page (page 2 actually in the given example), I found a very interesting feature: The vertical space between the title and the image adapts itself depending on the page size, instead of being fixed. (see attachments for visual explanation) As you can imagine since I'm posting a thread, I tried hard but I still don't know how to recreate this effect. I would appreciate some Thank you Attached Thumbnails Last edited by FouxDuFafa; 11-23-2009 at 12:29 PM.

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11-27-2009, 11:49 AM	#3
FouxDuFafa Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505, Booken Cybook Gen3	OK! Thank you!! How did you do to retrieve the code from the mobi file?

11-27-2009, 01:50 PM	#5
FouxDuFafa Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505, Booken Cybook Gen3	OK. Thanks for all the information

11-27-2009, 02:21 PM	#6
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,233 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	You can use calibre to retrieve it too.

12-03-2009, 12:20 PM	#7
FouxDuFafa Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505, Booken Cybook Gen3	How does it work on Calibre? When I add the .mobi book, it doesn't convert it to html, and I couldn't find a way to visualize the tags.

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