Best way to link Chapter Reference Notes

helpplease · 09-07-2020, 03:44 AM

Hi:
What is the simplest/easiest/best way to link over 500 chapter reference notes that are not linked in my epub. (using Sigil, Calibre or some other means)

i am a beginner and I was hoping this is a common problem people get around.

The links worked online viewing of ebook.

In the xHTML, using Sigil I can see

link within the chapter body
<a href="m-ISBN-chapter-1#m-ISBN-chapter-1-bibItem-54" class="Ya2">Surname (1985)</a>

reference at end of chapter
Surname, J. (1985). Book Title. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.Find this resource:

I cannot see in the xHTML that each chapter reference item has been tagged by a number e.g. bibItem-54

Thankyou for your help

Doitsu · 09-07-2020, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by helpplease

Hi:
What is the simplest/easiest/best way to link over 500 chapter reference notes that are not linked in my epub. (using Sigil, Calibre or some other means)

If all entries have unique class attributes, you might be able to use my Sigil FootnoteLinker plugin.
It's a very simple plugin and only works if the number of footnote references is identical to the number of footnote definitions. I.e., you might have to wrap multi-paragraph footnote definitions in custom <div> classes.

Hitch · 09-07-2020, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helpplease

Hi:
What is the simplest/easiest/best way to link over 500 chapter reference notes that are not linked in my epub. (using Sigil, Calibre or some other means)

i am a beginner and I was hoping this is a common problem people get around.

The links worked online viewing of ebook.

In the xHTML, using Sigil I can see

link within the chapter body
<a href="m-ISBN-chapter-1#m-ISBN-chapter-1-bibItem-54" class="Ya2">Surname (1985)</a>

reference at end of chapter
Surname, J. (1985). Book Title. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.Find this resource:

I cannot see in the xHTML that each chapter reference item has been tagged by a number e.g. bibItem-54

Thankyou for your help

Well, those two items--the chapter body link and the actual reference--have nothing in common. The id for the link, the "m-ISBN-chapter-1#m-ISBN-chapter-1-bibItem-54" is not the name of the reference, so...how does your initial link know where to go?

May I ask how you got this far? What did you do, to get this ePUB?

Hitch

BobC · 09-07-2020, 01:03 PM

You say that the links work in the "online version". If so have have you imported and converted that to an EPUB. I suspect that that is where the problem lies and it might be worth starting over again.

As Hitch says the code you have given as an example looks decidedly odd.

BobC

helpplease · 09-15-2020, 09:35 PM

Thankyou firstly for your replies -- all guru status !
@BobC @Hitch @Doitsu

I redid as sugggested, "started over", but this time with a different extract tool. This time it worked!

This time I used a chrome extension.

I am a beginner and teaching myself with an existing title on the web -- apologies my example confused, but I admit I am totally grabbling.... It is rather daunting but I have accomplished using a chrome extension. Entire world of epub creation is rather daunting but Sigil epub editor is super wonderful. Even for a beginner I can get the basics.

09-07-2020, 03:44 AM	#1
helpplease Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Mac, VM solutions	Best way to link Chapter Reference Notes Hi: What is the simplest/easiest/best way to link over 500 chapter reference notes that are not linked in my epub. (using Sigil, Calibre or some other means) i am a beginner and I was hoping this is a common problem people get around. The links worked online viewing of ebook. In the xHTML, using Sigil I can see link within the chapter body <a href="m-ISBN-chapter-1#m-ISBN-chapter-1-bibItem-54" class="Ya2">Surname (1985)</a> reference at end of chapter <p class="TD0">Surname, J. (1985). <i class="ZR661">Book Title</i>. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.<span class="VQ918">Find this resource:</span></p> I cannot see in the xHTML that each chapter reference item has been tagged by a number e.g. bibItem-54 Thankyou for your help

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BobC Guru Posts: 691 Karma: 3026110 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lancashire, U.K. Device: BeBook 1, BeBook Pure, Kobo Glo, (and HD),Energy Sistem EReader Pro +	You say that the links work in the "online version". If so have have you imported and converted that to an EPUB. I suspect that that is where the problem lies and it might be worth starting over again. As Hitch says the code you have given as an example looks decidedly odd. BobC

09-15-2020, 09:35 PM	#5
helpplease Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Mac, VM solutions	Thankyou firstly for your replies -- all guru status ! @BobC @Hitch @Doitsu I redid as sugggested, "started over", but this time with a different extract tool. This time it worked! This time I used a chrome extension. I am a beginner and teaching myself with an existing title on the web -- apologies my example confused, but I admit I am totally grabbling.... It is rather daunting but I have accomplished using a chrome extension. Entire world of epub creation is rather daunting but Sigil epub editor is super wonderful. Even for a beginner I can get the basics.

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