[FM Discuss] Problems publishing Freedom Fone book

Tue Mar 20 03:44:44 PDT 2012

Hi Adam

Any further thoughts on this matter? It seems we have used our custom 
CSS successfully in the past for A5 versions of the book.

Has something else been modified in the background with the Objavi 
publishing engine?

Thanks
Bren

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [FM Discuss] Problems publishing Freedom Fone book
Date: 	Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:55:22 -0400
From: 	Olaf Dunn <olaf at mstance.com>
To: 	bren at kubatana.net
CC: 	Adam Hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>

Hi Bren,

We used A5.

Thanks,
Olaf

On 2012-03-19, at 4:39 AM, Bren wrote:

> Hi Olaf - can you recall whether or not we should be using Comicbook 
> or A5 as the size for our Lulu book?
>
> Thanks
> Bren
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [FM Discuss] Problems publishing Freedom Fone book
> Date: 	Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:28:43 +0200
> From: 	Bren <bren at kubatana.net>
> Reply-To: 	discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Organization: 	Kubatana.net <http://Kubatana.net>
> To: 	adam <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> CC: 	discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
>
> I thought that too, but all my notes, and Lulu, say A5.
>
> I'm adding Olaf to this conversation to see if he recalls correctly.
>
> Bren
>
> On 18-Mar-12 5:50 PM, adam wrote:
>> i think you were using comic book
>>
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18/03/12 15:11, Bren wrote:
>>> Hi Adam
>>>
>>> Right from the start we have published the FF book in A5 format on
>>> Lulu...and it has worked fine.
>>>
>>> Why are we having problems now?
>>>
>>> Bren
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18-Mar-12 1:21 PM, adam wrote:
>>>> On 18/03/12 12:20, adam wrote:
>>>>> you want 15?
>>>> i mean A5
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it is substantially smaller than your previous size so you
>>>>> must change all max sizes in your css. make them less than 400px, 
>>>>> test,
>>>>> try another number
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> adam
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/03/12 12:18, Bren wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still no joy for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our custom css is different from the extract you refer to. It is in
>>>>>> fact:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> h1.frontpage{
>>>>>> page-break-after:always;
>>>>>> margin-top:70%;
>>>>>> font-size: 20pt;
>>>>>> text-align: center;
>>>>>> page-break-before: avoid;
>>>>>> max-width: 700pt;
>>>>>> font-weight: normal;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried changing that to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> h1.frontpage{
>>>>>> page-break-after:always;
>>>>>> margin-top:70%;
>>>>>> font-size: 20pt;
>>>>>> text-align: center;
>>>>>> page-break-before: avoid;
>>>>>> max-width: 500px;
>>>>>> font-weight: normal;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and elsewhere I changed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pre {
>>>>>> max-width:700px;
>>>>>> overflow: hidden;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pre {
>>>>>> max-width:500px;
>>>>>> overflow: hidden;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .objavi-subsection-heading{
>>>>>> height:860px;
>>>>>> font-size:0px;
>>>>>> display:block;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .objavi-subsection-heading{
>>>>>> height:500px;
>>>>>> font-size:0px;
>>>>>> display:block;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The export still wouldn't work for A5. Strange as we've successfully
>>>>>> exported to A5 using this custom CSS before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Attached is our current custom CSS for the Freedom Fone book.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Bren
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16-Mar-12 11:35 PM, adam at flossmanuals.net wrote:
>>>>>>> i tried default settings and it worked and then a5 and it didnt 
>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then changed part of the custom css from this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> h1.frontpage{
>>>>>>> font-size: 64pt;
>>>>>>> text-align: center;
>>>>>>> page-break-after: always;
>>>>>>> page-break-before: avoid;
>>>>>>> max-width: 700px;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> h1.frontpage{
>>>>>>> font-size: 64pt;
>>>>>>> text-align: center;
>>>>>>> page-break-after: always;
>>>>>>> page-break-before: avoid;
>>>>>>> max-width: 500px;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and it worked....objavi doesnt fail very often, when it does its
>>>>>>> usually
>>>>>>> some issue with objects extending beyond the canvas...we should 
>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>> fallbacks and errors for this,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> adam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Adam
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've struggled all afternoon to publish an A5 version of the 
>>>>>>>> Freedom
>>>>>>>> Fone book for upload to Lulu. I'm using this URL:
>>>>>>>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/freedom-fone/_edit/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Links provided either say:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not Found
>>>>>>>> The requested URL /books/freedomfone-en-2012.03.16-14.02.32.pdf
>>>>>>>> was not
>>>>>>>> found on this server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
>>>>>>>> <Error><Code>NoSuchBucket</Code><Message>The specified bucket does
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> exist.</Message><Resource>booki-freedom-fone not found by
>>>>>>>> Metadata::get_obj()[server]</Resource><RequestId>16da297b-9ac1-43f6-b1d2-91fee4a49b3f</RequestId></Error> 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you help?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Bren
>>>>>>>>
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