Kindle, the elusive TOC trick for html source...

I finally found what I needed to make TOC work in a single html file.

Once I propagate this to my kindle books, the Table of Contents button will no longer be grayed out!

The essence:

<!-- TABLE OF CONTENTS -->
<mbp:pagebreak />
<guide>
<reference type="toc" title="Table of Contents" href="#toc"></reference>
</guide>

<a name="toc"/><h2>Contents</h2>
<blockquote><a href="#chap1">1. Beginnings</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><a href="#chap2">2. Zombie Mashup</a></blockquote>

and so on...

<!-- CHAP ONE STARTS HERE -->
<mbp:pagebreak />
<a name="chap1"/><h2>1. Beginnings</h2>

and so on...

Enjoy, live long, and prosper,

Robert

Comments

[Robert Devereaux]

Hi, Scott,

Somehow, I can't see your html.

If you're on facebook, friend me there and I'll do what I can to help!

Robert

[Scott Rauch]

Hello Robert,

First of all, thank you for your concise help here.

I tried your elusive trick, but still no TOC. Below is the entire html file (renamed TOC Test.txt for the Kindle).

(BTW, I tried for quite a while to post HTML, but the code was always translated. I hope you can either see what I tried to post, or perhaps ignore what I tried and post a stand-alone "book" you know will work.)

Again, thanks,
Scott

TOC Test

Contents
1. Beginnings
2. Zombie Mashup

1. Beginnings

2. Zombie Mashup