I know about the extra lines in the contents page but don't understand where they came from. They are not in the index.html file I passed to Calibre for the conversion to epub.
I'm not sure if you know but the epub is just a collection of html and svg files in an archive with some other data added. It will open with ark and other archive software.
By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.
By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.
By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.
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