Cover image in Sigil 5.3?

andreas3 · 06-25-2014, 02:58 PM

Im still on OS 10.6 and with that stuck with Sigil 5.3.
Have been trying to figure out how to add a cover image in this version, does anyone know? (or even better know where where i can find a 5.3 manual?)

theducks · 06-25-2014, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreas3

Im still on OS 10.6 and with that stuck with Sigil 5.3.
Have been trying to figure out how to add a cover image in this version, does anyone know? (or even better know where where i can find a 5.3 manual?)

I believe you re stuck with the old, manual cover creation way, A lot of nifty features got added to the last version. GET A PC

1)Add the image to sigil. Add files:The image file
1b)Add cover symantics to the Image filename in the book browser.

2)Create a blank HTML file. File:Add Blank HTML file
2b)Add cover symantics to the HTML filename in the book browser.

3 opt) Link a stylesheet or style the image.

4) Place the image on the page. Adjust style to taste

Note COVER symantics get applied to BOTH the image and the coverpage (file)

You could use Calibre's POLISH to add a cover/metadata to your EPUB (no conversion that way)

DiapDealer · 06-25-2014, 08:10 PM

Man, I remember I hung on to 0.5.3 for a loooong time. That thing was rock-solid (even if there weren't as many bells & whistles).

andreas3 · 06-25-2014, 08:24 PM

i should get mavericks

thanks a lot for that!!

Tex2002ans · 06-25-2014, 08:44 PM

Here is the code that the Tools - Add Cover creates:

Quote:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Cover</title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 800 1200" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<image height="1200" width="800" xlink:href="../Images/cover.jpg"></image>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>

You have to manually add the Metadata as theducks said. And then you tweak the areas I marked in RED to fit the specifics of your image (filename, width, height).

andreas3 · 06-26-2014, 08:43 AM

awesome! thanks!

06-25-2014, 02:58 PM	#1
andreas3 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: kindle	Cover image in Sigil 5.3? Im still on OS 10.6 and with that stuck with Sigil 5.3. Have been trying to figure out how to add a cover image in this version, does anyone know? (or even better know where where i can find a 5.3 manual?)

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