external links on Kindle

superChuck · 11-17-2010, 04:26 PM

I've created a couple of Kindle books and have set up links for table of contents. But now I'm wondering if it's possible to have an external link in a Kindle html file. Like if I wanted to have a link to a regular website that had nothing to do with Kindle. Is it possible to use an a href for that also? Anyone with experience with this?

Thanks,
superChuck

NiLuJe · 11-17-2010, 05:11 PM

AFAIR, external href's in a TXT/HTML/Mobi book *will* launch the browser. (K2 & K3).

FF2 · 11-17-2010, 06:49 PM

I created a "home" page for my Blackberry's browser that has a whole series of favorite links. I sent that html page to my K3 and if I open it as a BOOK and click on a link, it does open the browser and then the link.

What I have still not figured out is how to link to an internal html file, using a:

file:///C:/Users/f2/Desktop/Blackberry/Blackberry-Icons.html

type reference where obviously c:/users..... would be a location on the kindle's drive. I can't get the reference correct.

NiLuJe · 11-17-2010, 10:09 PM

@FF2: Try a relative URI? I seem to remember reading that the K3 browser didn't handle the file:// protocol though.

pizda · 11-23-2010, 01:39 PM

Kindle uses Linux. Location on usb would be
file://mnt/us/documents/something.htm

Tiersten · 11-23-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pizda

Kindle uses Linux. Location on usb would be
file://mnt/us/documents/something.htm

That doesn't work for a K3. The new WebKit browser engine is missing the file: URI type.

11-17-2010, 04:26 PM	#1
superChuck Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	external links on Kindle I've created a couple of Kindle books and have set up links for table of contents. But now I'm wondering if it's possible to have an external link in a Kindle html file. Like if I wanted to have a link to a regular website that had nothing to do with Kindle. Is it possible to use an a href for that also? Anyone with experience with this? Thanks, superChuck

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11-17-2010, 05:11 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,497 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	AFAIR, external href's in a TXT/HTML/Mobi book will launch the browser. (K2 & K3).

11-17-2010, 06:49 PM	#3
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	I created a "home" page for my Blackberry's browser that has a whole series of favorite links. I sent that html page to my K3 and if I open it as a BOOK and click on a link, it does open the browser and then the link. What I have still not figured out is how to link to an internal html file, using a: file:///C:/Users/f2/Desktop/Blackberry/Blackberry-Icons.html type reference where obviously c:/users..... would be a location on the kindle's drive. I can't get the reference correct.

11-17-2010, 10:09 PM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,497 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@FF2: Try a relative URI? I seem to remember reading that the K3 browser didn't handle the file:// protocol though.

11-23-2010, 01:39 PM	#5
pizda Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 18 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: kindle, iPad	Kindle uses Linux. Location on usb would be file://mnt/us/documents/something.htm

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