Sigil - FlightCrew Errors & Solutions

BillPearl · 10-12-2019, 08:41 AM

Some common errors I have encounter and the solutions I've found.

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <manifest>. ...

SOLUTION:
Check path name is correct, e.g. ../Styles/Style.css and caps or lower case in name, etc.
or
For Stylesheet error
Select one or more HTML files in the Book Browser.
Right-click on the selection.
Choose Link Stylesheets from the context menu:
Click on the stylesheet(s) you want to be used for the files and select OK.

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <maifest> or <spine>. ...

SOULTION:
In Book Browser, right click filename, Add Semantics ...
Check files in right order,
Possible reference in .css files

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ID value ,_James_P_-_Voyage_from_Yesteryear not valid value

SOLUTION:
Value may not be formatted correctly, uses , [blank], etc.
OR
Rename ID value

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element 'XXX' in not allowed for content ...

SOLUTION:
<div>
<svg>
<image width="379" height="616" xlink:href="../Images/cover.jpeg"/>
</svg>
</div>
OR put <div> inside of <blockquote> and outside of XXX
OR USE <span> for element 'XXX' may need <p> as well
<p><span style="font-weight:bold">text</span></p>

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
no character data is allowed by content model
<blockquote>

SOLUTION:
replace within <head> or CSS
<style type="text/css">
blockquote.style {
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 50px;
padding-left: 15px;
}
</style>

EXAMPLE:
blockquote class="style">
alksdfja;lsdkfja;sldkfjasdklfja;sdklfj
</blockquote>

INDENT TEXT LINE
<style>
.pindent {
margin-left: 4em;
margin-right: 4em;
}
</style>
<p class="pindent">Here lies one from a distant star,<br />
but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.</p>

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<span> not allowed inside <blockquote>
SOLUTION:
<blockquote><div><span>

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Related to the file toc.ncx
SOLUTION:
Sometimes
Tools > Table of Contents > Generate ToC
will resolve the issue

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
element 'span' not allowed. ...

SOLUTION:
if the span is for formatting, e.g. italics,
delete it and re-apply format using editor function for it.
(if a lot of occurances note old and new code and use replace all)

<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
</head>

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element or class not declared eg. <u> <strike>

SOLUTION:
Use <span style="text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="text-decoration: line-through">

ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
schema not satisfied: attribute width <hr width="50%">
<p align="center">

SOLUTION:
<hr style="width:50%" />
<p style="text-align:center">
<p style="center"></p>

<p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">.....</p>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~con tent.OPF stuff~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<guide> reference types are:

*cover the book cover(s), jacket information, etc.
*text First "real" page of content (e.g. "Chapter 1")
*toc table of contents
title-page page with possibly title, author, publisher, and other

metadata
index
back-of-book
style
index
glossary
acknowledgements
bibliography
colophon
copyright-page
dedication
epigraph
foreword
loi list of illustrations
lot list of tables
notes
preface

* only ones Amazon really uses

include only these three <guide> elements since it doesn’t appear that anything besides these three items are accessed by any reading platform.
<guide>
<reference type="cover" title="Cover" href="Text/titlepage.xhtml"/>
<reference type="toc" title="Contents" href="Text/contents001.xhtml"/>
<reference type="text" title="Start" href="Text/part002.xhtml"/>
</guide>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<package version="2.0" unique-identifier="URI" .....
.......need to match.....
<dc:identifier id="URI">BookId</dc:identifier>

<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:title>BookTitle</dc:title>

10-12-2019, 08:41 AM	#1
BillPearl Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 591908 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Sigil - FlightCrew Errors & Solutions Some common errors I have encounter and the solutions I've found. ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <manifest>. ... SOLUTION: Check path name is correct, e.g. ../Styles/Style.css and caps or lower case in name, etc. or For Stylesheet error Select one or more HTML files in the Book Browser. Right-click on the selection. Choose Link Stylesheets from the context menu: Click on the stylesheet(s) you want to be used for the files and select OK. ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <maifest> or <spine>. ... SOULTION: In Book Browser, right click filename, Add Semantics ... Check files in right order, Possible reference in .css files ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ID value ,_James_P_-_Voyage_from_Yesteryear not valid value SOLUTION: Value may not be formatted correctly, uses , [blank], etc. OR Rename ID value ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Element 'XXX' in not allowed for content ... SOLUTION: <div> <svg> <image width="379" height="616" xlink:href="../Images/cover.jpeg"/> </svg> </div> OR put <div> inside of <blockquote> and outside of XXX OR USE <span> for element 'XXX' may need <p> as well <p><span style="font-weight:bold">text</span></p> ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no character data is allowed by content model <blockquote> SOLUTION: replace within <head> or CSS <style type="text/css"> blockquote.style { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 50px; padding-left: 15px; } </style> EXAMPLE: blockquote class="style"> alksdfja;lsdkfja;sldkfjasdklfja;sdklfj </blockquote> INDENT TEXT LINE <style> .pindent { margin-left: 4em; margin-right: 4em; } </style> <p class="pindent">Here lies one from a distant star,<br /> but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.</p> ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <span> not allowed inside <blockquote> SOLUTION: <blockquote><div><span> ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Related to the file toc.ncx SOLUTION: Sometimes Tools > Table of Contents > Generate ToC will resolve the issue ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ element 'span' not allowed. ... SOLUTION: if the span is for formatting, e.g. italics, delete it and re-apply format using editor function for it. (if a lot of occurances note old and new code and use replace all) <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Element or class not declared eg. <u> <strike> SOLUTION: Use <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="text-decoration: line-through"> ERROR:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ schema not satisfied: attribute width <hr width="50%"> <p align="center"> SOLUTION: <hr style="width:50%" /> <p style="text-align:center"> <p style="center"></p> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">.....</p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~con tent.OPF stuff~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <guide> reference types are: cover the book cover(s), jacket information, etc. text First "real" page of content (e.g. "Chapter 1") toc table of contents title-page page with possibly title, author, publisher, and other metadata index back-of-book style index glossary acknowledgements bibliography colophon copyright-page dedication epigraph foreword loi list of illustrations lot list of tables notes preface only ones Amazon really uses include only these three <guide> elements since it doesn’t appear that anything besides these three items are accessed by any reading platform. <guide> <reference type="cover" title="Cover" href="Text/titlepage.xhtml"/> <reference type="toc" title="Contents" href="Text/contents001.xhtml"/> <reference type="text" title="Start" href="Text/part002.xhtml"/> </guide> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <package version="2.0" unique-identifier="URI" ..... .......need to match..... <dc:identifier id="URI">BookId</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:title>BookTitle</dc:title>

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