ePub validation error: 'element "span" not allowed here'

nannygoats · 11-30-2011, 12:04 AM

Hello!

I'm trying to get a book published through Smashwords. I uploaded my MS Word .doc file and they spit back out an .epub file that I then ran through threepress.org's ePub validator, which produced the following 2 errors:

ERROR: sticky-readers-how-to-attract-a-loyal-blog-audience-by-writing-more-better(1).epub/tmp_0ef15818eaef2a2b1275c26c15e54ab4_U5NhAs.ch.fix ed.fc.tidied.stylehacked.xfixed_split_010.html(138 ): element "span" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")

ERROR: sticky-readers-how-to-attract-a-loyal-blog-audience-by-writing-more-better(1).epub/tmp_0ef15818eaef2a2b1275c26c15e54ab4_U5NhAs.ch.fix ed.fc.tidied.stylehacked.xfixed_split_010.html(139 ): text not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")

So my question is, how do I locate lines 138 and 139 and in which file, so I can see the HTML they are talking about? I'm assuming they are referring to the xfixed_split_010.html file that I don't have access to. Or do I?

Thanks,
Margaret

shaina · 11-30-2011, 12:29 AM

try opening your epub with some epub editor like sigil or there many more there u may be able to see these htlm split chapters.

nannygoats · 11-30-2011, 12:59 AM

Hi Shaina,

Thank you so much for your response! Just before installing the Sigil software, I learned that an ePub file is simply a zip file. I was able to rename the .epub to a .zip extension, opened it and voila! Those split filenames were there and I saw where the problem was. I will definitely keep Sigil on my radar for the future though. Thanks again!

- Margaret

Toxaris · 11-30-2011, 02:46 AM

Please be aware that you have to re-zip with care. The zip has some special characteristics.

shaina · 11-30-2011, 06:51 AM

most welcome nannygoats and goodluck with ur book.

JSWolf · 11-30-2011, 08:47 AM

The problem you have is with the errors. You can't download the ePub from Smashwords, fix the errors and upload it back. You have to make any fixes in the Word document, upload that and hope it validate after converting.

11-30-2011, 12:04 AM	#1
nannygoats Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Device: Nook	ePub validation error: 'element "span" not allowed here' Hello! I'm trying to get a book published through Smashwords. I uploaded my MS Word .doc file and they spit back out an .epub file that I then ran through threepress.org's ePub validator, which produced the following 2 errors: ERROR: sticky-readers-how-to-attract-a-loyal-blog-audience-by-writing-more-better(1).epub/tmp_0ef15818eaef2a2b1275c26c15e54ab4_U5NhAs.ch.fix ed.fc.tidied.stylehacked.xfixed_split_010.html(138 ): element "span" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg") ERROR: sticky-readers-how-to-attract-a-loyal-blog-audience-by-writing-more-better(1).epub/tmp_0ef15818eaef2a2b1275c26c15e54ab4_U5NhAs.ch.fix ed.fc.tidied.stylehacked.xfixed_split_010.html(139 ): text not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg") So my question is, how do I locate lines 138 and 139 and in which file, so I can see the HTML they are talking about? I'm assuming they are referring to the xfixed_split_010.html file that I don't have access to. Or do I? Thanks, Margaret

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11-30-2011, 12:29 AM	#2
shaina Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: iphone	try opening your epub with some epub editor like sigil or there many more there u may be able to see these htlm split chapters.

11-30-2011, 12:59 AM	#3
nannygoats Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Device: Nook	Hi Shaina, Thank you so much for your response! Just before installing the Sigil software, I learned that an ePub file is simply a zip file. I was able to rename the .epub to a .zip extension, opened it and voila! Those split filenames were there and I saw where the problem was. I will definitely keep Sigil on my radar for the future though. Thanks again! - Margaret

11-30-2011, 02:46 AM	#4
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Please be aware that you have to re-zip with care. The zip has some special characteristics.

11-30-2011, 06:51 AM	#5
shaina Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: iphone	most welcome nannygoats and goodluck with ur book.

11-30-2011, 08:47 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,894 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The problem you have is with the errors. You can't download the ePub from Smashwords, fix the errors and upload it back. You have to make any fixes in the Word document, upload that and hope it validate after converting.

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