HELP, how do i make the TOC work in Ebook Publisher.

Lago · 02-24-2010, 12:45 PM

well, i still havent figured out the 1200 bit, i can only presume it has something to do with the old firmware.

but this is something else altogether. i am re-building a bunch of LIT files as IMP books. im using Clit to convert them to HTML, then copy/pasting to RTF, which i then import and edit in Ebook Publisher. seems to be going quite well, except i cant seem to find info on getting a working TOC. anyone have any advise?

DaleDe · 02-24-2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lago

well, i still havent figured out the 1200 bit, i can only presume it has something to do with the old firmware.

but this is something else altogether. i am re-building a bunch of LIT files as IMP books. im using Clit to convert them to HTML, then copy/pasting to RTF, which i then import and edit in Ebook Publisher. seems to be going quite well, except i cant seem to find info on getting a working TOC. anyone have any advise?

Why not just import the html files. No need to convert to rtf. A TOC file is just an html file with href entries in it. At the top of the TOC put in a tag <a name="TOC"></a> to indicate the location of the toc entry. (A toc doesn't have to be in a file by itself.

Dale

Lago · 03-04-2010, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Why not just import the html files. No need to convert to rtf. A TOC file is just an html file with href entries in it. At the top of the TOC put in a tag <a name="TOC"></a> to indicate the location of the toc entry. (A toc doesn't have to be in a file by itself.

Dale

because the EBW librarian messes up the formatting, and i cant edit HTML prior to importing it to epub. i like RTF because it allows me to set formatting standards, and search/replace/edit certain features. much easier than epub.

sorry, but i dont know a thing about programming, or HTML, i am barely able to figure out what i have so far, the <a name="TOC"></a> thing i figured out, but how do i tell the reader that this TOC entry goes *here* in a document? if you could post a sample of a working TOC, and the tags that tell it where to link to, id appreciate it.

DaleDe · 03-04-2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lago

because the EBW librarian messes up the formatting, and i cant edit HTML prior to importing it to epub. i like RTF because it allows me to set formatting standards, and search/replace/edit certain features. much easier than epub.

sorry, but i dont know a thing about programming, or HTML, i am barely able to figure out what i have so far, the <a name="TOC"></a> thing i figured out, but how do i tell the reader that this TOC entry goes *here* in a document? if you could post a sample of a working TOC, and the tags that tell it where to link to, id appreciate it.

Ebook Publisher is a different application than EBW Librarian. EBook Publisher is free and allows you to edit the raw html files. eBook Publisher will import RTF or Word. Here is what a html document might look like that has TOC in it.
<html>
<head>
<title>Table of Contents</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="caraliti.png">
<a name="toc"></a>
<h1 align="center">Table of Contents</h1>
<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-1">Down The Rabbit-Hole</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-2">The Pool of Tears</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-3">A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-4">The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-5">Advice from a Caterpillar</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-6">Pig and Pepper</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-9">A Mad Tea-Party</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-10">The Queen’s Croquet-Ground</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-11">The Mock Turtle’s Story</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-12">The Lobster Quadrille</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-13">Who Stole The Tarts?</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-14">Alice’s Evidence</a>

</body>
</html>

Note it also has a cover image referenced at the beginning.

Lago · 03-07-2010, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Ebook Publisher is a different application than EBW Librarian. EBook Publisher is free and allows you to edit the raw html files. eBook Publisher will import RTF or Word. Here is what a html document might look like that has TOC in it.
<html>
<head>
<title>Table of Contents</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="caraliti.png">
<a name="toc"></a>
<h1 align="center">Table of Contents</h1>
<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-1">Down The Rabbit-Hole</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-2">The Pool of Tears</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-3">A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-4">The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-5">Advice from a Caterpillar</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-6">Pig and Pepper</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-9">A Mad Tea-Party</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-10">The Queen’s Croquet-Ground</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-11">The Mock Turtle’s Story</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-12">The Lobster Quadrille</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-13">Who Stole The Tarts?</a>

<a href="CarAlic.html#_RWTOC-14">Alice’s Evidence</a>

</body>
</html>

Note it also has a cover image referenced at the beginning.

interesting, but how does it link? is there a tag at the destination that tells it where to go?

DaleDe · 03-07-2010, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lago

interesting, but how does it link? is there a tag at the destination that tells it where to go?

Yes, each of the target locations requires a matching name tag with names that are the same as the ones in the example. If each location is a new file then the name tags are not needed and the file name is enough. A combination of files and tags inside a file are also possible.

Dale

Lago · 03-07-2010, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Yes, each of the target locations requires a matching name tag with names that are the same as the ones in the example. If each location is a new file then the name tags are not needed and the file name is enough. A combination of files and tags inside a file are also possible.

Dale

so, this would be in the TOC (this assumes the TOC is the first part of the body, and that the body is all in the same file.)
<h1 align="center">Table of Contents</h1> (this is bacically the title of the TOC, center aligned)
<a href="chapter-1">the text to click</a>


and this should be in the body, at the destination.
<a name="chapter-1">the text to go to</a>

and if "chapter-1" is the name of an individual file, (say each chapter to a file, the collection to make the body) then no destination tag is needed?

right?

DaleDe · 03-07-2010, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lago

so, this would be in the TOC
<h1 align="center">Table of Contents</h1> (this is bacically the title of the TOC, center aligned)
<a href="chapter-1">the text to click</a>


and this should be in the file.
<a name="chapter-1">the text to go to</a>

right?

Almost. If chapter-1 was the name of a file then it must end with the correct full filename including extension say chapter-1.html. No name need in the file itself if it is desired to start at the beginning.

It chapter-1 is in this file then it would need to be preceded with a # to indicate that it is in this file. <a href="#chapter-1">Chapter 1</a>

Dale.

02-24-2010, 12:45 PM	#1
Lago Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 104 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York/Vermont Device: Ebookwise 1150, REB1200, PRS-600	HELP, how do i make the TOC work in Ebook Publisher. well, i still havent figured out the 1200 bit, i can only presume it has something to do with the old firmware. but this is something else altogether. i am re-building a bunch of LIT files as IMP books. im using Clit to convert them to HTML, then copy/pasting to RTF, which i then import and edit in Ebook Publisher. seems to be going quite well, except i cant seem to find info on getting a working TOC. anyone have any advise?

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