CSS <body> vs. question

Amalthia · 01-17-2014, 01:51 AM

Hi,

For the longest time I've been specifying a font size in my tag in the css override box, and I'm not sure if I should have been adding it to the <body> tag instead?

What brings this up is that I'm using the Fanfiction Downloader plugin and the source files it converts sometimes don't have a tag at the start of the paragraph. In fact, some of these stories have zero tags at the beginning of the sentence, as a result the text is small and hard to read.

However, I'm not sure how to code for sentences that have no html coding tags to use?

I thought adding the font size to the body tag would fix these types of paragraphs, however before I made a change like that I'd like to know if anyone else adds the font size into their css override body tag? Are there side effects? or does it work just like the paragraph tag? or does the body tag font mess up heading sizes?

I'd appreciate any and all help.

eschwartz · 01-17-2014, 02:04 AM

If you change the font size in the body tag, then everything within the body tag will inherit that size. Unless overridden by more specific css later on.

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/...tance-cascade/

font-size IS an inherited attribute.

Amalthia · 01-17-2014, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

If you change the font size in the body tag, then everything within the body tag will inherit that size. Unless overridden by more specific css later on.

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/...tance-cascade/

font-size IS an inherited attribute.

Thank you for the link. I will have to look at my settings and see if font sizes are mentioned anywhere else.

I think the confusing part is that I'm using two different areas to convert ebooks, one is the default Calibre conversion and the other is Fanfiction Downloader conversion settings.

In the Calibre conversion settings I do not have font size listed in my css override codes because it's not needed. In FFDL, I need to specify a font size. Though, maybe that has changed. I will run some tests.

davidfor · 01-17-2014, 10:09 PM

You might be looking at this in the wrong way.

If the code doesn't have p tags to indicate the paragraph, what does it have? Does it use two br's? Or something else? If it is br's, then adding the option "replace_br_with_p: true" into the personal.ini for the site might help. Otherwise, I suggest mentioning it in the FFDL thread might prompt a suggestion or a fix to the downloaded for the site.

Amalthia · 01-20-2014, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

You might be looking at this in the wrong way.

If the code doesn't have p tags to indicate the paragraph, what does it have? Does it use two br's? Or something else? If it is br's, then adding the option "replace_br_with_p: true" into the personal.ini for the site might help. Otherwise, I suggest mentioning it in the FFDL thread might prompt a suggestion or a fix to the downloaded for the site.

That is the problem with some of these stories there is no code at the start of the paragraph.

for example the author would have:

Quote:

*****
start of paragraph here

new paragraph.

I don't think the "replace_br_with_p: true" option can fix this.

theducks · 01-20-2014, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amalthia

That is the problem with some of these stories there is no code at the start of the paragraph.

for example the author would have:

I don't think the "replace_br_with_p: true" option can fix this.

OMG
not only:

The mark opens with a lowercase p and closes with an uppercase /P

davidfor · 01-20-2014, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amalthia

That is the problem with some of these stories there is no code at the start of the paragraph.

for example the author would have:

I don't think the "replace_br_with_p: true" option can fix this.

I agree with theducks, that's bad. It would be interesting to know what the original source looked like. As it might be something they can fix in the FFDL adapter for the site, I would report it on the FFDL thread with a link to a story or two that has the problem.

Or you can fix the code yourself. The following regex should find them these problems:

Code:

(<p>\*.*)</P>(\s+)(\w+.*)(\s+<p>)

and the replace string is:

Code:

\1</p>\2<p>\3</p>\4

I tested that with what you posted and it should work if they are all like that.

Amalthia · 01-21-2014, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

I agree with theducks, that's bad. It would be interesting to know what the original source looked like. As it might be something they can fix in the FFDL adapter for the site, I would report it on the FFDL thread with a link to a story or two that has the problem.

Or you can fix the code yourself. The following regex should find them these problems:

Code:

(<p>\*.*)</P>(\s+)(\w+.*)(\s+<p>)

and the replace string is:

Code:

\1</p>\2<p>\3</p>\4

I tested that with what you posted and it should work if they are all like that.

I haven't had problems with the tag whether it's uppercase or lowercase...

I can post something at the FFDL thread to see if there is a way to find these orphan paragraphs and add some paragraph tags to them because I've seen it on many stories.

currently, switching to using the font-size in the <body> tag has seemed to fix the problem.

01-17-2014, 01:51 AM	#1
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,185 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	CSS <body> vs. <p> question Hi, For the longest time I've been specifying a font size in my <P> tag in the css override box, and I'm not sure if I should have been adding it to the <body> tag instead? What brings this up is that I'm using the Fanfiction Downloader plugin and the source files it converts sometimes don't have a <p> tag at the start of the paragraph. In fact, some of these stories have zero tags at the beginning of the sentence, as a result the text is small and hard to read. However, I'm not sure how to code for sentences that have no html coding tags to use? I thought adding the font size to the body tag would fix these types of paragraphs, however before I made a change like that I'd like to know if anyone else adds the font size into their css override body tag? Are there side effects? or does it work just like the paragraph tag? or does the body tag font mess up heading sizes? I'd appreciate any and all help.

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01-17-2014, 02:04 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If you change the font size in the body tag, then everything within the body tag will inherit that size. Unless overridden by more specific css later on. http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/...tance-cascade/ font-size IS an inherited attribute.

01-17-2014, 10:09 PM	#4
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	You might be looking at this in the wrong way. If the code doesn't have p tags to indicate the paragraph, what does it have? Does it use two br's? Or something else? If it is br's, then adding the option "replace_br_with_p: true" into the personal.ini for the site might help. Otherwise, I suggest mentioning it in the FFDL thread might prompt a suggestion or a fix to the downloaded for the site.

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