Help! Don't have a catalog.html file in Calibre2opds

Sydney's Mom · 04-26-2012, 12:49 AM

Is there a different name? I tried index.html, but the url didn't look anything like the one demo'd, and I was told it was not the right format. i get something that looks like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3c//DTD html 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/tr/html4/strict.dtd"><html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta content="yes" name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="minimum-scale=1.0, width=device-width, maximum-scale=0.6667, user-scalable=no" name="viewport"><meta content="IE=8" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="desktop.css"><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" href="mobile.css"><script src="functions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

I did do dropbox, show url several times, and one time I got the beautiful screen, but can't duplicate it.

Sydney's Mom · 04-26-2012, 01:13 AM

OK, if I just click on index.html, I see a beautiful screen. But if I rightclick and choose Dropbox, Get link. I get this script instead. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Debra

Sydney's Mom · 04-26-2012, 01:21 AM

OK, I think I am getting closer. If I chose get link, there is an arrow on the top that says download. If I download it, I see the right version. How can I link to that?

higlider · 04-26-2012, 07:30 PM

I presume you are in a folder in Public per instructions. After generating catalog you should have a file "public/<your folder>/_catalog/index*.html and you want to right click that file on the DropBox web interface and get public link. That is the URL you use to access the catalog, and it won't change when you update the catalog. The * may be a series of numbers if you request encryption.

One thing you need to be aware of is that Calibre2Opds is fast, but you have to wait for the files to be in sync with the cloud. Otherwise you make a change, run C2O and look at it in your browser refreshed and you don't see the change, because you are faster than the cloud sync. Wait, or it will drive you crazy!

Sydney's Mom · 04-26-2012, 07:34 PM

Thanks. I had done that, trying before it was done, so I deleted it and generted another catalog.

04-26-2012, 12:49 AM	#1
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Help! Don't have a catalog.html file in Calibre2opds Is there a different name? I tried index.html, but the url didn't look anything like the one demo'd, and I was told it was not the right format. i get something that looks like this: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3c//DTD html 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/tr/html4/strict.dtd"><html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta content="yes" name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="minimum-scale=1.0, width=device-width, maximum-scale=0.6667, user-scalable=no" name="viewport"><meta content="IE=8" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="desktop.css"><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" href="mobile.css"><script src="functions.js" type="text/javascript"></script> I did do dropbox, show url several times, and one time I got the beautiful screen, but can't duplicate it. Last edited by Sydney's Mom; 04-26-2012 at 12:56 AM.

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04-26-2012, 01:13 AM	#2
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	OK, if I just click on index.html, I see a beautiful screen. But if I rightclick and choose Dropbox, Get link. I get this script instead. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Debra

04-26-2012, 01:21 AM	#3
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	OK, I think I am getting closer. If I chose get link, there is an arrow on the top that says download. If I download it, I see the right version. How can I link to that?

04-26-2012, 07:30 PM	#4
higlider Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle	I presume you are in a folder in Public per instructions. After generating catalog you should have a file "public/<your folder>/_catalog/index.html and you want to right click that file on the DropBox web interface and get public link. That is the URL you use to access the catalog, and it won't change when you update the catalog. The may be a series of numbers if you request encryption. One thing you need to be aware of is that Calibre2Opds is fast, but you have to wait for the files to be in sync with the cloud. Otherwise you make a change, run C2O and look at it in your browser refreshed and you don't see the change, because you are faster than the cloud sync. Wait, or it will drive you crazy!

04-26-2012, 07:34 PM	#5
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Thanks. I had done that, trying before it was done, so I deleted it and generted another catalog.

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