Date formatting

cvogan · 05-22-2010, 09:54 AM

I've got a problem! I just made my first ePub with InDesign, but the ePub doesn't pass the ePubCheck program: invalid date format. When I looked in the content.opf file that it's having problems with, it shows an empty date field: <dc:date/>

So I put one of Apple's ePub's through it (one already on their bookshelf in the iPad) and it doesn't pass either. I looked at the date field in content.opf, and it appears to be valid by the specs that ePubCheck specifies - yet it fails the validation.

Then I put Terry White's ePub "25 iPad Tips" through it and it doesn't pass either! He's the traveling rep for Adobe who shows people how to use InDesign to make ePubs. His video is on this site: http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/5179

The problem is that my publishing house won't take it until it passes - and they don't know anything about InDesign. Nor are they very helpful about how to fix things - they want to charge me $100 per title to convert books themselves.

What gives? Can anybody help? Thanks!

Charles Vogan
cvogan@yahoo.com

GeoffC · 05-22-2010, 10:34 AM

Date's an optional term, try deleting the line containing it and try again ....

cvogan · 05-22-2010, 11:54 AM

Well, here's another problem: I'm using STUFFIT expander to work on the file, and then DropStuff to compress it. Evidently it puts it back together corrupted - the ePubCheck comes up with new errors when I do that. Is there a recommended expander/compressor to do this stuff with? On an iMac?

GeoffC · 05-22-2010, 12:29 PM

iMac - must pass on that one I'm afraid .... unless there is an equivalent windows ZIP facility.

Xenophon · 05-22-2010, 06:10 PM

Look here for pdurrant's Applescript for re-zipping previously unzipped epub files. It should do what you want.

cvogan · 05-23-2010, 06:36 PM

You, my friend, are a steely-eyed missile man! Worked perfectly - Thanks!

05-22-2010, 09:54 AM	#1
cvogan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPad	Date formatting I've got a problem! I just made my first ePub with InDesign, but the ePub doesn't pass the ePubCheck program: invalid date format. When I looked in the content.opf file that it's having problems with, it shows an empty date field: <dc:date/> So I put one of Apple's ePub's through it (one already on their bookshelf in the iPad) and it doesn't pass either. I looked at the date field in content.opf, and it appears to be valid by the specs that ePubCheck specifies - yet it fails the validation. Then I put Terry White's ePub "25 iPad Tips" through it and it doesn't pass either! He's the traveling rep for Adobe who shows people how to use InDesign to make ePubs. His video is on this site: http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/5179 The problem is that my publishing house won't take it until it passes - and they don't know anything about InDesign. Nor are they very helpful about how to fix things - they want to charge me $100 per title to convert books themselves. What gives? Can anybody help? Thanks! Charles Vogan cvogan@yahoo.com

05-23-2010, 06:36 PM	#6
cvogan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPad	ePub zip You, my friend, are a steely-eyed missile man! Worked perfectly - Thanks!

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05-22-2010, 10:34 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Date's an optional term, try deleting the line containing it and try again ....

05-22-2010, 11:54 AM	#3
cvogan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPad	Well, here's another problem: I'm using STUFFIT expander to work on the file, and then DropStuff to compress it. Evidently it puts it back together corrupted - the ePubCheck comes up with new errors when I do that. Is there a recommended expander/compressor to do this stuff with? On an iMac?

05-22-2010, 12:29 PM	#4
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	iMac - must pass on that one I'm afraid .... unless there is an equivalent windows ZIP facility.

05-22-2010, 06:10 PM	#5
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Look here for pdurrant's Applescript for re-zipping previously unzipped epub files. It should do what you want.

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