Adding space between authors in catalog

[jenrar]

As you can see from the image, what I would like to do is add a bit of space between the bottom of one author's book list and the next author. I circled a few of them to show what I mean. My husband helped me customize the description pages to how I wanted them to look, but the other he wasn't sure about where/what to edit. He can DO it if someone can kind of tell him where to look and stuff. Any help? Thanks!

[jenrar]

No one?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by jenrar

No one?

I assume you modified the template.

A

p.author_index {
    clear:both;
	font-size:large;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:left;
	margin-top:0.25px;
	margin-bottom:-2px;
	text-indent: 0em;
	}

dd some MORE top margin the "authorindex" style

[jenrar]

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed. He was able to do it quickly just now, and it's perfect.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by jenrar

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed. He was able to do it quickly just now, and it's perfect.

I assume he made the template changes in the Calibre Program files copy
You need to copy that folder
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\catalog
to
the Calibre configuration folder ( preferences: Miscellaneous: Open Configuration (button)

If you don't, the change goes bye-bye the next update

Much of Calibre will priority use the versions found in the config folder

[jenrar]

We'd already customized the catalog some, using the info from this link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118556

For: Customizing the Descriptions template and Section lists

So we put this new info in that same folder we made & copied to. It should be okay, right? That's what you're talking about. Right?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by jenrar

We'd already customized the catalog some, using the info from this link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118556

For: Customizing the Descriptions template and Section lists

So we put this new info in that same folder we made & copied to. It should be okay, right? That's what you're talking about. Right?

[jenrar]

Excellent. Thanks so much for the help!

[phossler]

Tag along questions --

I found these CSS and XHTML's in various calibre2 folders (I had customized the inline_toc_styles.css previously)

Q1 - are there any others?

Q2 - are these and their usage documented in the user manual? I searched for 'template' but all I found was info about the language, but nothing about what each was used for. I can guess, but it'd be nice to be more sure

"Overriding icons, templates, et cetera" only tells you how to change the templates, but not what each is used for

Q3 - what is the difference between content-server and content_server? (Don't use it, but curious)

Spoiler:

Mine:

C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resource s\templates\inline_toc_styles.css


System:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\catalog\stylesheet.css
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\catalog\template.xhtml

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\content-server\empty.html

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\content_server\browse\bro wse.css
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\content_server\browse\bro wse.html
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\content_server\browse\det ails.html
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\content_server\browse\sum mary.html

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\stylesheet.css
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\template.xhtml

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\templates\book_details.cs s
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\templates\html_export_def ault.css
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\templates\inline_toc_styl es.css
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\templates\new_book.html

Thanks

[BetterRed]

content-server is a place holder for use by the upcoming replacement server Kovid is working on

content_server is stuff related to the current server

[kovidgoyal]

No what each one is used for is not documented, I would think it is pretty self evident from the file/folder names and the contents of the files themselves. All user overridable templates can be found in the resources directory and it subdirectories.

[BattleGroundBook]

use the resources:
w3 schools
and maybe use firebug.

Feel free to contact me BattleGroundBooks for other CSS issues.