I had a problem with a file I never even knew existed - container.xml - which is discussed here.
I thought I had fixed it by simply creating a new container.xml file, but that just created a new problem(s).
So I created a brand new epub and imported my text files, style sheets and images from the original.
When I validate it, I now get a warning that container.xml should have the extension .xhtml. I changed it to .xhtml, but that only spawned a new error. From the pages I've Googled, it looks like it's supposed to have the extension .xml, so I changed it back.
I now get a warning that container.xml should be container.xhtml, followed by the following error:
Error Code RSC-005:
Error while parsing file 'element "container" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag, text or element "ns1:switch"... (etc., etc.)
The error is on line 8, which is the second line below...
<meta name="Sigil version" content="0.9.8" />
<meta name="cover" content="cover.jpg" />
<meta property="dcterms:modified">2017-06-10T17:40:25Z</meta>
I noticed that the third line listed above ends with...
</meta>
...while the other two lines end with...
/>
So I fiddled with that but didn't fix anything.
Does anyone know what the solution is? I'm also still trying to figure out why container.xml even exists in this project. There's no container.xml in my working epubs. When I create a new epub, the folder Misc is empty.
That suggests that I somehow created this file by mistake. Is there a way to simply get rid of it? Deleting it only causes problems, but maybe there's some associated code in another file I need to delete. I'm confused!