Epub validation problems..

TheDJ89 · 03-11-2011, 10:19 AM

First of all, sorry for posting this - you must get billions of questions like this everyday.

I've finished my ebook, I wrote it in word, converted it to epub, and did a bit of editing (in book view) in Sigil. I wanted to upload the book to Lulu, but it said that it had errors, so I went away and ran it through the threepress epub validator, which said:

ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/content.opf(8): unfinished element
ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/Text/Section0024.xhtml(48): attribute "type" not allowed at this point; ignored
ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/Text/tmp0.html(38): attribute "type" not allowed at this point; ignored
Check finished with warnings or errors!

I have absolutely no conception of what any of that means, so in an attempt to make it clearer I did a bit of research on the internet, and I read that FlightCrew gave error messages out in a clearer way, so I tried that, and got:

Line 3 - the language element is missing
Line 48 - attribute element is not declared for element "div"
Line 38 - attribute element is not declared for element "div"

That seems to make a bit more sense to me, but I really have no clue whatsoever about anything like this..if anyone could offer some advise on how to fix/make this better I really would be very, very grateful?

TheDJ89 · 03-11-2011, 10:22 AM

I don't know if it makes any different but I can read the ebook perfectly fine on my iPad, I tested it on their first for formatting and stuff..

Jellby · 03-11-2011, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDJ89

That seems to make a bit more sense to me, but I really have no clue whatsoever about anything like this..if anyone could offer some advise on how to fix/make this better I really would be very, very grateful?

Let's go piece by piece:

Quote:

ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/content.opf(8): unfinished element
Line 3 - the language element is missing

The language is a compulsory piece of metadata that must be included in the .opf file. With Sigil, I believe there is a "metadata editor" where you can just add the language of the book. epubcheck complains about an "unfinished" element because it's expecting a language, and it doesn't find one, so it sees the metadata as unfinished.

Quote:

ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/Text/Section0024.xhtml(48): attribute "type" not allowed at this point; ignored
Line 48 - attribute element is not declared for element "div"

It seems you have something like <div type="whatever"> in your code. Specifically in Section0024.xhtml, line 48. Edit the file and delete the 'type="whatever"' part.

The same for tmp0.html, line 38.

TheDJ89 · 03-11-2011, 10:46 AM

Wow, fixed! Thankyou so much! Seriously, thanks! I've never been happier to see a "no problems found" message in all my life

JSWolf · 03-11-2011, 11:08 AM

FlightCrew is so much easier to use then ePubCheck. I use it all the time and it's really helps having error messages in English.

Jellby · 03-11-2011, 11:19 AM

For the <div type="whatever"> problem, it helps having both FlightCrew and epubcheck, though

DMSmillie · 03-11-2011, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

For the <div type="whatever"> problem, it helps having both FlightCrew and epubcheck, though

Definitely. In the examples given, Epubcheck identifies the file, line number, and offending attribute. FlightCrew identifies the file, line number and the element containing the offending attribute (what is meant by "attribute element", goodness only knows!). Each of them leaves out one bit of info, so having both is extremely useful.

TheDJ89 · 03-12-2011, 03:52 PM

Yeah, having both of them seems to be the way - I still had no idea until I came on here, but at least I had more information to hand!

Jellby · 03-13-2011, 04:57 AM

Future versions of epubcheck might be more useful, see here.

DMSmillie · 03-13-2011, 06:39 AM

Oh wow! That looks like an excellent improvement to epubcheck. Thanks for the heads up, Jellby.

JSWolf · 03-13-2011, 09:40 AM

That does make ePubCheck look like it will be a lot more useful.

03-11-2011, 10:19 AM	#1
TheDJ89 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: None	Epub validation problems.. First of all, sorry for posting this - you must get billions of questions like this everyday. I've finished my ebook, I wrote it in word, converted it to epub, and did a bit of editing (in book view) in Sigil. I wanted to upload the book to Lulu, but it said that it had errors, so I went away and ran it through the threepress epub validator, which said: ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/content.opf(8): unfinished element ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/Text/Section0024.xhtml(48): attribute "type" not allowed at this point; ignored ERROR: tumblingtales.epub/OEBPS/Text/tmp0.html(38): attribute "type" not allowed at this point; ignored Check finished with warnings or errors! I have absolutely no conception of what any of that means, so in an attempt to make it clearer I did a bit of research on the internet, and I read that FlightCrew gave error messages out in a clearer way, so I tried that, and got: Line 3 - the language element is missing Line 48 - attribute element is not declared for element "div" Line 38 - attribute element is not declared for element "div" That seems to make a bit more sense to me, but I really have no clue whatsoever about anything like this..if anyone could offer some advise on how to fix/make this better I really would be very, very grateful?

03-11-2011, 10:22 AM	#2
TheDJ89 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: None	Oh, and also.. I don't know if it makes any different but I can read the ebook perfectly fine on my iPad, I tested it on their first for formatting and stuff..

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03-11-2011, 10:46 AM	#4
TheDJ89 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: None	Wow, fixed! Thankyou so much! Seriously, thanks! I've never been happier to see a "no problems found" message in all my life

03-11-2011, 11:08 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	FlightCrew is so much easier to use then ePubCheck. I use it all the time and it's really helps having error messages in English.

03-11-2011, 11:19 AM	#6
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	For the <div type="whatever"> problem, it helps having both FlightCrew and epubcheck, though

03-12-2011, 03:52 PM	#8
TheDJ89 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: None	Yeah, having both of them seems to be the way - I still had no idea until I came on here, but at least I had more information to hand!

03-13-2011, 04:57 AM	#9
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Future versions of epubcheck might be more useful, see here.

03-13-2011, 06:39 AM	#10
DMSmillie Enquiring Mind Posts: 562 Karma: 42350 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3 (WiFi)	Oh wow! That looks like an excellent improvement to epubcheck. Thanks for the heads up, Jellby.

03-13-2011, 09:40 AM	#11
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	That does make ePubCheck look like it will be a lot more useful.

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