How to Populate Baker App with magazine issues

[rtshittu]

Hi Guys,

So far, I have been able to implement Baker Framework. This is so good.

I like it. Well done guys.

However, I have about 3 magazine issues, See image below.

These are inside my "books" folder with the default "a-study-in-scarlet".

I have my shelf.json file as shown in the image.

I have equally editted individual book.json in eash folder as well as individual .hpub file. (it was a zipped file then I changed the extention to .hpub).

I cannot find any other thing to fix again, yet it will not load.

Please what am I missing?

[rtshittu]

In addition to this. This is the output when I run it and its not loading the issues. see image below

[Simbul]

You are mixing up standalone and newsstand modes :) Which one are you trying to use?

[rtshittu]

I am using newsstand.

[Simbul]

Right. If you're using Newsstand, you don't need to put anything inside the books folder.

Have you tried following the Newsstand tutorial?

[rtshittu]

I have followed this tutorial and i was able to view it and it worked. the challenge am having is how to populate multiple issues. The files are hosted on my pc. please look at the screenshot i added earlier. Thanks alot. Mean while, this is the output on my simulator.

[rtshittu]

I have all my files hosted on my pc andmy url looks like "http://192.168.1.1:8080/issue1/issue1.hpub" etc

please i dont know what else am missing. I have done practically everything.

[Ajguy]

Can you post the contents of your "shelf.json" file?

[rtshittu]

@Ajguy Here is the content of my shelf.json file.

[ { "name": "a-study-in-scarlet", "title": "A Study in Scarlet", "info": "The original masterpiece by Sir A. Conan Doyle", "date": "1887-10-10 10:10:10", "cover": "http://bakerframework.com/newsstand-books/a-study-in-scarlet.png", "url": "http://bakerframework.com/newsstand-books/a-study-in-scarlet.hpub" }, { "name": "a-study-in-green", "title": "A Study in Green", "info": "An exciting remake of the original, with added mint!", "date": "2010-10-10 10:10:10", "cover": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/a-study-in-scarlet/a-study-in-scarlet.png", "url": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/a-study-in-scarlet/a-study-in-scarlet.hpub" },

{ "name": "issue1" "title": "Current Issue", "info": "Waje takes the stage", "date": "2013-1-22 10:10:10", "cover": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue1/issue1.png", "url": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue1/issue1.hpub" },

{ "name": "issue2" "title": "July/August Issue", "info": "Mavin - A Modern Family", "date": "2012-1-22 10:10:10", "cover": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue2/issue2.png", "url": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue2/issue2.hpub" },

{ "name": "issue3" "title": "May/June Issue", "info": "Ibidun Ighodalo, The Lady, Her Lover & Her Lord", "date": "2011-1-22 10:10:10", "cover": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue3/issue3.png", "url": "http://192.168.1.3:8080/issue3/issue3.hpub" }

]

[rtshittu]

I ran this on my terminal python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

so if i type http://192.168.1.3:8080 i have my files listed on the directory.

I await your reply as soon as possible.

Thanks guys

[Ajguy]

The first thing I want to eliminate is the possibility of the iOS simulator not being able to connect to your terminal. Punch in the address of your shelf.json file (which I'm guessing is at http://192.168.1.3:8080/shelf.json) into safari on the simulator and see if it comes up. You should just see the contents of the file.

[rtshittu]

@Ajguy, thanks for your help. I have done that and i can see the content on my safari. i could even see the content of my html5 too.

i really cannot pin point what the problem is. please can you do me a favor,

kindly tell me d steps i need to do to have more than one issues on beaker framework.

please see my screenshots for the way i arranged the issues inside the books folder.

Thanks a bunch

[Ajguy]

Ah, there it is! Missing commas. After your "name" entries in your shelf.json there are no commas. That's probably what's causing the failure. You can always run your json files through this handy site to find programming errors: http://jsonlint.com.

Give that a shot and see if it works.

[rtshittu]

Wow @Ajguy, I used the json handy site and i saw my errors. Now everything is working fine. I can see all my magazines issues.

Your are awesome.

Thanks a lot for your time.

Really appreciate.

[Simbul]

Thanks for solving this, @Ajguy!