Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as html file

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On 10/28/2013 11:04 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> (2013/10/29 2:06), Tim Deaton wrote:
> > Did you zip up the html file and the subdirectory containing the 
> > images as one operation?  And did your settings also save the 
> > relative path of the subdirectory?
> >
> > If you zipped the html file, and then went to the subdirectory and 
> > zipped the files there (even into the same zip file), the zip file 
> > would then not have the relative relationship info needed.  The same 
> > failure would happen if you zipped it all at once, but had the 
> > setting to save the relative path turned off.
> >
> > -- Tim
> > ===========================
> >
> > On 10/28/2013 8:31 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 18:58 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> > > > Good evening from Japan
> > > > Maybe I did ask a similar question before ...
> > > >
> > > > I wrote a book using Writer which I am now trying to upload to Kindle.
> > > >
> > > > The instructions say, I must save the file as html and then create 
> > > > a zip
> > > > file from the html file + the images.
> > > > "Save as ... html" creates a content file and a whole long list of 
> > > > files
> > > > for the images.
> > > > ...
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > > I would contact Amazon technical support and ask what is the 
> > > problem. It
> > > appears that they want the images in the same directory as the html
> > > files. If so, it is relatively easy to correct the html file references
> > > to the images, if a bit tedious, and move the images into the same
> > > folder. LO actual exports html in the preferred mode with the images
> > > stored in separate folder.
> Thank you.
> I am afraid, I am not following you.
> "save the relative path of the subdirectory" ...
> Where and how am I supposed to do that.
> This morning I tried to
> * save the Writer file as html
> * copy the created/indexed image files into a separate folder (like 
> the "Word procedure")
> * zipped both.
> But nowhere I can see any setting/check boxes etc. (including options 
> -> paths) where I can set a relative path ...
> And the uploaded zip file again gives the same error.
> So does the zip file created with Word for that matter.
First of all, I am no expert.  I have not (until just now) tried saving 
an odt document as an html document, and it has been a decade since I 
tried it (in a class) with MS Word.  But I have saved web pages to my 
hard drive, including backup copies of the code of my own website 
generated by my wysiwyg editor.

In all that saved code (including from the 2002 class using MS Word), 
the basic structure I see is a file with the .html extension and a 
subdirectory with the same name - except that the ".html" is replaced 
with "_files".  Inside that subdirectory are all the other files (gif, 
jpg, css, ..) that are part of that webpage.  So the result looks 
something like this:
\website_test          <-parent directory
    test_page_files     <-subdirectory with files used by the .html file
    test_page.html     <-html file

To archive that into a .zip file, you open your archive program, go to 
the "\website_test" directory, and add both the .html file and the 
subdirectory into the .zip file.  (Older archiving programs I've used 
gave you the option of whether to remember the relative directory 
structure or not.  That's why I asked about the settings. The program I 
currently use - 7zip - doesn't appear to give you a choice; it always 
remembers the directory structure, which is what you want.)

When you look at the .html file with a text editor, you see all the 
code.  If the .html uses a picture file called sample.jpg, then 
somewhere in that code you will see a reference that looks something 
like this:
<IMG SRC="test_page_files/sample.jpg" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=LEFT 
WIDTH=350 HEIGHT=350 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>

HOWEVER, based on the test I did when starting this reply, LO Writer 
appears to do things somewhat differently.

I opened an existing .odt file, added a picture to it, and used "save 
as" to save it to "test_page.odt".  Then I used "save as" again to save 
it to "test_page.html".  It DID NOT create the structure I've always 
seen elsewhere and which I outlined above. First, when you open the file 
in your browser, the formatting will not look the same as it did in LO.  
Second (a minor point), the .jpg gets a random 8-digit name instead of 
keeping the name of the original picture.  But more importantly, the 
picture is NOT stored in a sub-directory.  Instead, the name of the 
.html file (with underscores replacing the extension dot and trailing 
the "html") is appended to the beginning of the .jpg name, and the .jpg 
file is stored in the SAME directory as the .html file.  Finally, the 
picture is referenced in the .html file as shown here:
<IMG SRC="test_page_html_m6869e14e.jpg" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=LEFT 
WIDTH=350 HEIGHT=350 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>

This change in file structure is most likely what Amazon was having 
trouble with.

As to fixing the problem I see:  After saving the file as an .html file, 
I would try to do this:
1. Create a new parent directory to work in, and copy your 
"test_page.html" file into it.
1. Create a subdirectory called "test_page_files" to match the 
"test_page.html" file.
2. Copy all those "test_page_html_*.* files into that subdirectory.
3. Rename all those files in that subdirectory by removing the 
"test_page_html_" from the filenames.
4. Open the .html file in a good text editor.  I use the free "NoteTab 
Light", which runs in Windows.
5. Use Find/Replace to replace all instances of "test_page_html_" with 
"test_page_files/".
6. Save the result, then double-click on the .html file to verify that 
it opens in your browser and is accurate.

If the results are acceptable, then zip it up, re-submit it and see if 
they like it now.  If not, then you need advice from someone who knows 
more than I do.

I hope this helps.
-- Tim

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