Change Default Cover Page (titlepage.xhtml)?

enuddleyarbl · 01-28-2024, 08:07 PM

I'm trying to change the default cover page (titlepage.xhtml in the editor) that Calibre creates during conversion (or during a Polish). All I'd like to do is include the following at the top of the <body>:

Code:

<h1 title="Cover"></h1>

So that that the cover gets included when rebuilding the TOC in the editor.

I'd assumed that I could just copy the appropriate file from:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\resources

over to:

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resources

and modify it (as noted in the manual):

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ates-et-cetera

But, I can't find a file/folder that looks like it would control how that cover page looks. Any ideas?

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2024, 09:25 PM

These are defined in code not via templates IIRC. In any case you should not be linking to the cover page in your toc. While that works in epub it wont in the kindle formats as they dont actually have a linkable cover.

Karellen · 01-28-2024, 09:28 PM

I wouldn't add the header tag to the cover.

I tried it a couple times, and it forces an extra blank page.
Even though the <h1> tag is empty, the tag is there, so any margins and paddings are still forced onto the page which bumps the cover image to the next page.

01-28-2024, 08:07 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 734 Karma: 1077122 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	Change Default Cover Page (titlepage.xhtml)? I'm trying to change the default cover page (titlepage.xhtml in the editor) that Calibre creates during conversion (or during a Polish). All I'd like to do is include the following at the top of the <body>: Code: <h1 title="Cover"></h1> So that that the cover gets included when rebuilding the TOC in the editor. I'd assumed that I could just copy the appropriate file from: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\resources over to: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resources and modify it (as noted in the manual): https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ates-et-cetera But, I can't find a file/folder that looks like it would control how that cover page looks. Any ideas?

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01-28-2024, 09:25 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,950 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	These are defined in code not via templates IIRC. In any case you should not be linking to the cover page in your toc. While that works in epub it wont in the kindle formats as they dont actually have a linkable cover.

01-28-2024, 09:28 PM	#3
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,145 Karma: 4911876 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I wouldn't add the header tag to the cover. I tried it a couple times, and it forces an extra blank page. Even though the <h1> tag is empty, the tag is there, so any margins and paddings are still forced onto the page which bumps the cover image to the next page.

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