Error expected td or th

jmickey · 04-06-2011, 01:32 PM

When I have a ebook created in calbre checked by epubcheck I get the error

ERROR: Afghan Tales - James Mickey Girvan.epub/jacket.xhtml(16): element "tr" incomplete; expected element "td" or "th"

When I check the jacket.xhtml in sigil it has This field in it <tr><td></td></tr> if I remove that field and save it epub check validates the epub. But though AdobeDE can read the file ereaders cannot load the corrected epub, how do I get calibre to not stick in that blank <tr><td></tr></td> ?
I made the epub from html files.

jmickey

jmickey · 04-06-2011, 04:36 PM

Hi
Though I should list the code produced by calibre in the jacket.xhtml and my code that was fed into calibre.

my code which tidy passes with no errors and no warnings. I have only one html file the rest are .jpgs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML version 1.0 "
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" version="en">
<head>
<title>Afghan Tales</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" />
<meta name="generator" content="SEEdit Maxi for Macintosh" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/standard.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<table><tr><td>
<h1>Table of contents</h1>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<ul>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index3"><font size="3">Introduction</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index5"><font size="3">Chapter 1 Teamwork</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index13"><font size="3">Chapter 2 On Patrol</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index22"><font size="3">Chapter 3 Rescue Mission</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index36"><font size="3">Chapter 4 Ambushed</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><a href="Index.html#index52"><font size="3">Commemoration</font></A></h2></li>
<li><h2><img src="Contentpic.jpg" alt=""></img></h2></li>
</ul></td></tr>
</table>
<p><a id="index3"><img alt="index3.jpg" src="index3.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a id="index4"><img alt="" src="index4.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a id="index5"><img alt="" src="index5.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index6.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index7.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index8.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index9.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index10.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index11.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="" src="index12.jpg" /></p>

Calibre's jacket.xhtml only listing up to the error fields

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Afghan Tales</title>
<meta content="jacket" name="calibre-content" />
<link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<style type="text/css">
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }
</style>
</head>

<body class="calibre">
<div class="cbjbanner">
<table class="cbjheader">
<tr class="calibre1">
<td class="cbjtitle" colspan="2"><span class="title">Afghan Tales</span></td>
</tr>

<tr class="calibre1">
<td></td>
</tr>

<tr class="calibre1">
<td class="cbjauthor" colspan="2">James Mickey Girvan</td>
</tr>

now what in my code causes calibre to put that empty <tr class="calibre1">
<td></td> </tr> in the Jacket file. That item if removed in sigil allows the epub to pass epubcheck but I find editing in sigil leaves me with a file that cannot load on ereaders. though it works in AdobeDE.
Any clues anyone?

jmickey

kovidgoyal · 04-06-2011, 04:43 PM

<tr class="calibre1">
<td></td>
</tr>

Is perfectly valid XHTML as far as I know. If epubcheck is complaining about it, just ignore the complaint. epubcheck is buggier than the average bug hive.

jmickey · 04-07-2011, 08:15 AM

HI
May look good but if epubcheck won't pass it then neither will lulu. So that makes it a problem, and should be fixed iso calibre doesn't put it out. Unless something in my file is telling calibre to do it

jmickey

Manichean · 04-07-2011, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmickey

May look good but if epubcheck won't pass it then neither will lulu. So that makes it a problem, and should be fixed iso calibre doesn't put it out.

As long as what Calibre outputs is valid ePub, there's no problem. You can always use tools like Sigil if you want to fine-tune your file.

jmickey · 04-07-2011, 09:11 AM

HI
I find that Sigil is not a good editor. Epub files edited by Sigil are not readable on some ereaders- like the Skytex Primer for one. The skytex Primer cannot even load a file edited by Sigil. So obviously Sigil has some serious bugs in it. And if there is no problem with my source code then Calibre has a serious bug too.

jmickey

Manichean · 04-07-2011, 09:19 AM

If Calibre outputs what is a valid ePub file as defined in the ePub standards, then it has no bugs. If other software complains about the output, then that software is buggy. I don't think Calibre should deliberately create broken output just to please broken software.

DoctorOhh · 04-07-2011, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmickey

May look good but if epubcheck won't pass it then neither will lulu. So that makes it a problem, and should be fixed iso calibre doesn't put it out. Unless something in my file is telling calibre to do it

I just looked and I don't have what you're seeing.

You can uncheck Insert metadata as first page and the book jacket won't be inserted. Or you can find \CalibreConfig\resources\jacket\template.xhtml and edit this file as needed to remove what you're seeing.

Update: I looked at a different book, what you're seeing is where the series info would go, when there is no series it is blank. I am at a loss why epubcheck flags this it is perfectly fine.

jmickey · 04-07-2011, 09:47 AM

@dwanthny
I will take a look at that.

@manichean
What you say may be true but for publication epubcheck is the took used to verify files uploaded - used by publishers. If this snippet of code is useless it shouldn't be created. But that is something I guess I can test by loading and saving in Sigil without changing anything and then trying it in the ereader. Then I'll know if Calibre and Sigil are doing the right thing and if that snippet is something needed.I'll get back to you.

jmickey

Manichean · 04-07-2011, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmickey

What you say may be true but for publication epubcheck is the took used to verify files uploaded - used by publishers.

And your concerns would be entirely legitimate if the aim of Calibre would be to produce files for publication. However, it's not- it's aimed at the end user, allowing the user to manage, and convert, his ebooks.

theducks · 04-07-2011, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmickey

@manichean
What you say may be true but for publication epubcheck is the took used to verify files uploaded - used by publishers. If this snippet of code is useless it shouldn't be created. But that is something I guess I can test by loading and saving in Sigil without changing anything and then trying it in the ereader. Then I'll know if Calibre and Sigil are doing the right thing and if that snippet is something needed.I'll get back to you.

jmickey

IMHO flightcrew is fussier than epubcheck.
Both of these tools will pass pure garbage content as long as you wrap them in the proper tag

epubcheck has Known issues (incorrectly flags things as errors and ignores others).

If these companies don't know that by now and accept your book after reviewing the mis-identified errors or getting a second opinion via Flightcrew, then finding another Publisher should be at the top of your list

As for certain devices failing to read your output. That may be a Device problem., not yours

DoctorOhh · 04-07-2011, 04:14 PM

I want to know why you even have the Book Jacket (Insert metadata as first page) feature enabled if your planning to publish this book.I have never seen or bought a book with this at the front. If I bought a book with this as the first page I would assume the group was less than professional.

04-06-2011, 01:32 PM	#1
jmickey Member Posts: 12 Karma: 218 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Skytex Primer	Error expected td or th When I have a ebook created in calbre checked by epubcheck I get the error ERROR: Afghan Tales - James Mickey Girvan.epub/jacket.xhtml(16): element "tr" incomplete; expected element "td" or "th" When I check the jacket.xhtml in sigil it has This field in it <tr><td></td></tr> if I remove that field and save it epub check validates the epub. But though AdobeDE can read the file ereaders cannot load the corrected epub, how do I get calibre to not stick in that blank <tr><td></tr></td> ? I made the epub from html files. jmickey

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04-06-2011, 04:36 PM	#2
jmickey Member Posts: 12 Karma: 218 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Skytex Primer	Hi Though I should list the code produced by calibre in the jacket.xhtml and my code that was fed into calibre. my code which tidy passes with no errors and no warnings. I have only one html file the rest are .jpgs <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML version 1.0 " "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" version="en"> <head> <title>Afghan Tales</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" /> <meta name="generator" content="SEEdit Maxi for Macintosh" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/standard.css" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <table><tr><td> <h1>Table of contents</h1> </td></tr> <tr><td> <ul> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index3"><font size="3">Introduction</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index5"><font size="3">Chapter 1 Teamwork</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index13"><font size="3">Chapter 2 On Patrol</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index22"><font size="3">Chapter 3 Rescue Mission</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index36"><font size="3">Chapter 4 Ambushed</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><a href="Index.html#index52"><font size="3">Commemoration</font></A></h2></li> <li><h2><img src="Contentpic.jpg" alt=""></img></h2></li> </ul></td></tr> </table> <p><a id="index3"><img alt="index3.jpg" src="index3.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a id="index4"><img alt="" src="index4.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a id="index5"><img alt="" src="index5.jpg" /></a></p> <p><img alt="" src="index6.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index7.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index8.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index9.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index10.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index11.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="index12.jpg" /></p> Calibre's jacket.xhtml only listing up to the error fields <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Afghan Tales</title> <meta content="jacket" name="calibre-content" /> <link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } </style> </head> <body class="calibre"> <div class="cbjbanner"> <table class="cbjheader"> <tr class="calibre1"> <td class="cbjtitle" colspan="2"><span class="title">Afghan Tales</span></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre1"> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre1"> <td class="cbjauthor" colspan="2">James Mickey Girvan</td> </tr> now what in my code causes calibre to put that empty <tr class="calibre1"> <td></td> </tr> in the Jacket file. That item if removed in sigil allows the epub to pass epubcheck but I find editing in sigil leaves me with a file that cannot load on ereaders. though it works in AdobeDE. Any clues anyone? jmickey

04-06-2011, 04:43 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,156 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	<tr class="calibre1"> <td></td> </tr> Is perfectly valid XHTML as far as I know. If epubcheck is complaining about it, just ignore the complaint. epubcheck is buggier than the average bug hive.

04-07-2011, 08:15 AM	#4
jmickey Member Posts: 12 Karma: 218 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Skytex Primer	HI May look good but if epubcheck won't pass it then neither will lulu. So that makes it a problem, and should be fixed iso calibre doesn't put it out. Unless something in my file is telling calibre to do it jmickey

04-07-2011, 09:11 AM	#6
jmickey Member Posts: 12 Karma: 218 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Skytex Primer	HI I find that Sigil is not a good editor. Epub files edited by Sigil are not readable on some ereaders- like the Skytex Primer for one. The skytex Primer cannot even load a file edited by Sigil. So obviously Sigil has some serious bugs in it. And if there is no problem with my source code then Calibre has a serious bug too. jmickey

04-07-2011, 09:19 AM	#7
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	If Calibre outputs what is a valid ePub file as defined in the ePub standards, then it has no bugs. If other software complains about the output, then that software is buggy. I don't think Calibre should deliberately create broken output just to please broken software.

04-07-2011, 09:47 AM	#9
jmickey Member Posts: 12 Karma: 218 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Skytex Primer	@dwanthny I will take a look at that. @manichean What you say may be true but for publication epubcheck is the took used to verify files uploaded - used by publishers. If this snippet of code is useless it shouldn't be created. But that is something I guess I can test by loading and saving in Sigil without changing anything and then trying it in the ereader. Then I'll know if Calibre and Sigil are doing the right thing and if that snippet is something needed.I'll get back to you. jmickey

04-07-2011, 04:14 PM	#12
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,889 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	I want to know why you even have the Book Jacket (Insert metadata as first page) feature enabled if your planning to publish this book.I have never seen or bought a book with this at the front. If I bought a book with this as the first page I would assume the group was less than professional.

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