Occasionally authors contact us saying they get an error when they try uploading an EPUB in our Upload writing mode.
In this article, we'll share author feedback regarding errors and potential solutions.
Invalid URL Error
Here's some feedback (modified for privacy) we had from an author about a particular error involving a link:
I am trying to add an EPUB3 file for my book [LINK]
I get an error doing so.
After reading http://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/7337544-debugging-epub-validation-errors, I used the online validator tool at https://www.ebookit.com/tools/bp/Bo/eBookIt/epub-validator and got this output:
ERROR(RSC-020): ./books/Bo/databases/eBookIt/temp_uploads/filename.epub/EPUB/_client_side_scripting.xhtml(94,83): "https://websitename.com/{something}" is not a valid URI.
This error is not something I can help I am afraid as this URL is present in the content of my book.
I fixed it by using AsciiDoc conditional statements. Basically, when I render the epub, I change the url to be https://websitename.com/something instead of
We know not everyone can use AsciiDoc conditional statements, but we hope this helps!
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