Creator taking control of the "first page" link in the "content" menu

cyberbaffled · 06-30-2010, 11:58 PM

The evidence after much experimentation is that Mobipocket Creator is coded to use the toc file as the "first page"; following immediately after the cover page. "First page" is not to be confused with the "startup page" which I've addressed appropriately. I've tried defining a "guide" "reference" "href" that addresses the copyright page, which I want for the first page, but after the "build" the resulting .prc file opens in Reader with the newly defined "First page" but the old -apparently hard coded- "First page" still displayed as a menu item which selected still produces the toc. Anyone know how I can circumvent the MPCreator coding?

TWiTCommander · 07-11-2010, 02:57 PM

i use sigil to make an epub file that i have total control over, then use kindlegen to convert the epub to mobi. works perfectly everytime with the desired results.

Terisa de morgan · 07-11-2010, 04:21 PM

I don't understand. How do you define your book? The first page is the first in the html files (or the original file). In my case, if the contents file is the first file, there it goes, if it's the last file, no problem, it doesn't move to the first file.

However, if Creator builds the content file, it places it as the first file. You only have to reorder the files, nothing else.

06-30-2010, 11:58 PM	#1
cyberbaffled Author&Publisher Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle	taking control of the "first page" link in the "content" menu The evidence after much experimentation is that Mobipocket Creator is coded to use the toc file as the "first page"; following immediately after the cover page. "First page" is not to be confused with the "startup page" which I've addressed appropriately. I've tried defining a "guide" "reference" "href" that addresses the copyright page, which I want for the first page, but after the "build" the resulting .prc file opens in Reader with the newly defined "First page" but the old -apparently hard coded- "First page" still displayed as a menu item which selected still produces the toc. Anyone know how I can circumvent the MPCreator coding?

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07-11-2010, 02:57 PM	#2
TWiTCommander Member Posts: 20 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	i use sigil to make an epub file that i have total control over, then use kindlegen to convert the epub to mobi. works perfectly everytime with the desired results.

07-11-2010, 04:21 PM	#3
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,330 Karma: 12117215 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	I don't understand. How do you define your book? The first page is the first in the html files (or the original file). In my case, if the contents file is the first file, there it goes, if it's the last file, no problem, it doesn't move to the first file. However, if Creator builds the content file, it places it as the first file. You only have to reorder the files, nothing else.

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