are there any good text to basic html programs?

grechzoo · 06-03-2010, 01:13 PM

dont mind if its free or not.

i have tried q-html, and im sure its perfect, but i continually get a runtime error when trying it. (and yes i installed the full installable exe file, not the bare bones one)

the reason i need it is because i exploded a lit book and it turns out the html tage in the document are pretty much nonexistant, meaning when its in mobi form there are no paragraphs or page break or anything.

so i have deleted all the html tags and have the text file looking nice. basically the structure and formatting is great and if there is a program that can convert this to html code, therefore making it easy to retain the structure when building it into a mobi.

hope you guys can help.

CyGuy · 06-03-2010, 01:18 PM

Nvu is not bad.

AnemicOak · 06-03-2010, 01:20 PM

Just a thought, but you could use BookDesigner to edit it how you want and export as a PRC or (what I would do) open it in Sigil and do all your formatting save as ePub and then convert in Calibre. If you put your chapter breaks and stuff in using one of these programs Calibre will honor them.

grechzoo · 06-03-2010, 01:22 PM

thanks for the tips guys

Pablo · 06-03-2010, 01:36 PM

If you decide to use Book Designer (a great program IMO), I suggest you have a look at my HTML02HTML utility (see my signature for the thread). This utility generates a clean HTML file from an uncompressed HTML0 file.

Solitaire1 · 06-03-2010, 11:11 PM

You could try OpenOffice.org. It allows you to choose the type of HTML that you want, and one of the options is HTML 3.2.

Halk · 06-04-2010, 05:41 PM

Have you tried simply renaming it from .html to .txt?

I had an issue with Calibre, which I fixed by doing a simple search and replace in notepad2, I exchanged every line return with a new paragraph code, and then renamed from .txt to .html.

Worked a treat!

HTML files are simply text files with HTML codes in them, notepad2 is a very nice way to edit simple ones.

weatherwax · 06-05-2010, 12:05 PM

You may want to try Mobipocket Creator.

curtw · 06-05-2010, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

You could try OpenOffice.org. It allows you to choose the type of HTML that you want, and one of the options is HTML 3.2.

I tried OpenOffice on a scan conversion, and it was a disaster. I had great success with the WYSIWYG HTML composer in SeaMonkey (from Mozilla.org)

smithno · 06-05-2010, 12:36 PM

Google for Markdown. It's free and does a good job.

Jack Tingle · 06-05-2010, 12:40 PM

If you're on a machine with a good text editor, just add a header, and a footer. Sort of like this.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<p>

...

</p>
</body>
</html>

Then add at any paragraph breaks: </p><p>.

Congratulations, you just produced an html file. Save it with the extension .htm or .html.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

Halk · 06-05-2010, 12:58 PM

You don't need the header and footers, just the paragraph breaks - or at least I didn't when I was putting them in a .txt, renaming to .html and putting them through Calibre.

Jack Tingle · 06-06-2010, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halk

You don't need the header and footers, just the paragraph breaks - or at least I didn't when I was putting them in a .txt, renaming to .html and putting them through Calibre.

That's not guaranteed to work everywhere. Calibre is probably, by design, pretty forgiving of badly made files. Pasting on a simple header and footer means you don't need Calibre or anything else. I don't think I own a digital device that can't read html. Well, maybe some of my kitchen appliances, and a few of the older clocks.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

yekim54 · 06-06-2010, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyGuy

Nvu is not bad.

KompoZer might be better because Nvu hasn't been updated since 2005.

http://kompozer.net/

grechzoo · 06-06-2010, 01:05 PM

thanks so much guys, using a lot of your suggestion i have been able to get a pretty good looking ebook

feel like im grasping everythign i need in terms of converting and editing now

will report back soon with a review of my overall experience of my kindle, from a first time ereader user in a bit. figure ill get another conversation going that doesn;t involve me asking for help all the time

06-03-2010, 01:13 PM	#1
grechzoo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 485252 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 2 or Sony PRS	are there any good text to basic html programs? dont mind if its free or not. i have tried q-html, and im sure its perfect, but i continually get a runtime error when trying it. (and yes i installed the full installable exe file, not the bare bones one) the reason i need it is because i exploded a lit book and it turns out the html tage in the document are pretty much nonexistant, meaning when its in mobi form there are no paragraphs or page break or anything. so i have deleted all the html tags and have the text file looking nice. basically the structure and formatting is great and if there is a program that can convert this to html code, therefore making it easy to retain the structure when building it into a mobi. hope you guys can help.

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CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	Nvu is not bad.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Just a thought, but you could use BookDesigner to edit it how you want and export as a PRC or (what I would do) open it in Sigil and do all your formatting save as ePub and then convert in Calibre. If you put your chapter breaks and stuff in using one of these programs Calibre will honor them.

06-03-2010, 01:22 PM	#4
grechzoo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 485252 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 2 or Sony PRS	thanks for the tips guys

06-03-2010, 01:36 PM	#5
Pablo Guru Posts: 970 Karma: 4999999 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rosario, Argentina Device: SONY PRS-505, PRS-T2	If you decide to use Book Designer (a great program IMO), I suggest you have a look at my HTML02HTML utility (see my signature for the thread). This utility generates a clean HTML file from an uncompressed HTML0 file.

06-03-2010, 11:11 PM	#6
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,366 Karma: 66701142 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor	You could try OpenOffice.org. It allows you to choose the type of HTML that you want, and one of the options is HTML 3.2.

06-04-2010, 05:41 PM	#7
Halk Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 469999 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650 (PRS+ alpha - thanks Kartu!)	Have you tried simply renaming it from .html to .txt? I had an issue with Calibre, which I fixed by doing a simple search and replace in notepad2, I exchanged every line return with a new paragraph code, and then renamed from .txt to .html. Worked a treat! HTML files are simply text files with HTML codes in them, notepad2 is a very nice way to edit simple ones.

06-05-2010, 12:05 PM	#8
weatherwax Guru Posts: 904 Karma: 5921577 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South of Germany Device: PRS650 (red), Kindle PW2, Galaxy Note 8	You may want to try Mobipocket Creator.

06-05-2010, 12:36 PM	#10
smithno Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 222484 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tenn., US Device: jetBook, jetBook Lite, Kindle 3, Galaxy Note II	Google for Markdown. It's free and does a good job.

06-05-2010, 12:40 PM	#11
Jack Tingle Punctuation Fetishist Posts: 557 Karma: 1070000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Bluest Commonwealth In East America Device: Kindle PW, Nexus 7 (2013), Galaxy S5 phone, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0	If you're on a machine with a good text editor, just add a header, and a footer. Sort of like this. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body> <p> ... </p> </body> </html> Then add at any paragraph breaks: </p><p>. Congratulations, you just produced an html file. Save it with the extension .htm or .html. Regards, Jack Tingle

06-05-2010, 12:58 PM	#12
Halk Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 469999 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650 (PRS+ alpha - thanks Kartu!)	You don't need the header and footers, just the paragraph breaks - or at least I didn't when I was putting them in a .txt, renaming to .html and putting them through Calibre.

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06-06-2010, 01:05 PM	#15
grechzoo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 485252 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 2 or Sony PRS	thanks so much guys, using a lot of your suggestion i have been able to get a pretty good looking ebook feel like im grasping everythign i need in terms of converting and editing now will report back soon with a review of my overall experience of my kindle, from a first time ereader user in a bit. figure ill get another conversation going that doesn;t involve me asking for help all the time