Peter,
Thanks for responding. Sorry not to respond sooner but I haven't had a chance to look at this until now. "It sounds like you're already customizing article.titlepage.recto to add your page break". No I'm not - well, I suppose I am but I'm not doing so directly. I'm still using the titlepage customization system. I've added the page break by adding <fo:block break-after="page"/> to t:titlepage-separator within the article titlepage template. I haven't (yet) moved away from using the titlepage system. What I'd like to find out is if I can insert fo:block elements while using the titlepage system. Or whether that's the cue that it is time to change system and start generating the actual title-page directly. Appreciatively, Richard. 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Although the sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be liable ________________________________ From: Peter Desjardins [[email protected]] Sent: 14 June 2013 17:04 To: Kerry, Richard Cc: DocBook Apps Mailing List [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] A Complex Title Page - which method to use ? I'm using a slightly complex title page for a book right now. I'm customizing the book.titlepage.recto template and adding FO elements as needed. It sounds like you're already customizing article.titlepage.recto to add your page break. Can you add more FO to get the decoration you need? Here's what I'm doing to the book titlepage. I was just playing around with FO blocks and attributes until it looked right. I used http://www.w3schools.com/xslfo/xslfo_reference.asp and a few other FO references that I found. <xsl:template name="book.titlepage.recto"> <xsl:element name="fo:block"> <xsl:attribute name="margin-top">.5in</xsl:attribute> <xsl:element name ="fo:external-graphic"> <xsl:attribute name="content-height">1in</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="src"> <xsl:text>url(../mylogo.svg)</xsl:text> </xsl:attribute> </xsl:element> </xsl:element> <xsl:element name="fo:block"> <xsl:attribute name="background-image">url(../mygraphic.png)</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="space-before">2.25in</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="margin-right">-1in</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="padding">10pt</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="color">white</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="text-align">left</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="font-size">20pt</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="font-family">DINComp</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="font-weight">600</xsl:attribute> <xsl:value-of select="//d:book/d:info/d:title" /> <!-- <xsl:call-template name="stock.docbook.book.titlepage" /> --> <xsl:element name="fo:block"> <xsl:attribute name="space-before">4.1in</xsl:attribute> </xsl:element> </xsl:element> </xsl:template> Good luck! Peter On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Kerry, Richard <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For my project I want to produce a title page that is a little more complex than I think I can achieve using the standard title page customization system (as descried in http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/HTMLTitlePage.html). I've used title page customization and set margins to put the main title in the middle of the page and add a page-break after the title-page (it's an <article> so doesn't get one by default). Now I'd like to add a bit more "decoration" : - A coloured block down the left side of the page - A header area with an outline, and containing some text and a logo or two. It should look a lot like this ("sample title-page cover.png" - if you don't get it appearing here it's attached): [cid:5b5b102b-1c41-45ab-b401-5b64b5e24601] I can see from Table 13.3 http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TitlePagePrint.html#TitlePageCustomizationGuide that there may be a number of different ways of achieving this. I'm not entirely clear which of these methods I need to follow. I think it is too much to do with the titlepage customization system, but it is still a "title page" not a "book cover". Can anyone advise which direction I should be going in. I can't spend too much time doing this so don't want to start off on the wrong track. 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