Problem with HTML converstion

StreetScooby · 03-22-2011, 04:01 PM

I'm trying to grab a web page, and subsequent pages, from here:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...out/index.html

The problem I'm having is with the Table of Contents (TOC). I'm using Scrapbook to grab the pages, and then Caliber to load it onto my Kindle. The result is shifted far to the right due to the TOC (I believe). Even though I "deactivate" the TOC while viewing the web page, it doesn't take effect.

Any ideas how I can resolve this? I don't want the TOC to show up in the converted MOBI/kindle document.

Thanks!

susan_cassidy · 03-22-2011, 04:21 PM

It seems to me that you'd have to edit the HTML, and remove the parts that you don't want. Alignment may be due to an alignment tag in there somewhere. Should have nothing to do with a TOC.

StreetScooby · 03-22-2011, 04:27 PM

The TOC is being managed by java script code. I thought of editting the HTML myself, but hoped there was a simpler method. Thanks.

mr ploppy · 03-22-2011, 04:37 PM

http://web2fb2.net/

then delete the crap in Sigil before converting it to mobi.

StreetScooby · 03-22-2011, 05:18 PM

I just sorted this. Had to edit the CSS style sheets for each page.
I'll give Sigil a try.
Thanks,

StreetScooby · 03-22-2011, 05:26 PM

mr ploppy,
Does Sigil work for Kindle MOBI?
Not sure what I should be looking for here...
Thanks,

Hellmark · 03-22-2011, 06:11 PM

Sigil is designed for epub only.

mr ploppy · 03-22-2011, 07:50 PM

No, you need to edit it as an epub first, then convert it to mobi. They are both based around html so they convert pretty well. There isn't an editor for mobi, but you can extract the html with mobiunpack and edit that if you really want to. But converting it to epub and using Sigil is a lot easier.

crich70 · 03-23-2011, 11:31 AM

What I do with HTML files from Gutenberg is to load them into Sigil, remove their "Contents" links at the top (leaving the actual chapter links in the body of the text) and then after checking the TOC via the tools I save it as an epub and run that through Calibre. It takes a little while for each step, but it is worth the time in the end.

03-22-2011, 04:01 PM	#1
StreetScooby Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	Problem with HTML converstion I'm trying to grab a web page, and subsequent pages, from here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...out/index.html The problem I'm having is with the Table of Contents (TOC). I'm using Scrapbook to grab the pages, and then Caliber to load it onto my Kindle. The result is shifted far to the right due to the TOC (I believe). Even though I "deactivate" the TOC while viewing the web page, it doesn't take effect. Any ideas how I can resolve this? I don't want the TOC to show up in the converted MOBI/kindle document. Thanks!

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03-22-2011, 04:21 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	It seems to me that you'd have to edit the HTML, and remove the parts that you don't want. Alignment may be due to an alignment tag in there somewhere. Should have nothing to do with a TOC.

03-22-2011, 04:27 PM	#3
StreetScooby Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	The TOC is being managed by java script code. I thought of editting the HTML myself, but hoped there was a simpler method. Thanks.

03-22-2011, 04:37 PM	#4
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	http://web2fb2.net/ then delete the crap in Sigil before converting it to mobi.

03-22-2011, 05:18 PM	#5
StreetScooby Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	I just sorted this. Had to edit the CSS style sheets for each page. I'll give Sigil a try. Thanks,

03-22-2011, 05:26 PM	#6
StreetScooby Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	mr ploppy, Does Sigil work for Kindle MOBI? Not sure what I should be looking for here... Thanks,

03-22-2011, 06:11 PM	#7
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Sigil is designed for epub only.

03-22-2011, 07:50 PM	#8
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	No, you need to edit it as an epub first, then convert it to mobi. They are both based around html so they convert pretty well. There isn't an editor for mobi, but you can extract the html with mobiunpack and edit that if you really want to. But converting it to epub and using Sigil is a lot easier.

03-23-2011, 11:31 AM	#9
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	What I do with HTML files from Gutenberg is to load them into Sigil, remove their "Contents" links at the top (leaving the actual chapter links in the body of the text) and then after checking the TOC via the tools I save it as an epub and run that through Calibre. It takes a little while for each step, but it is worth the time in the end.

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