The book that I am working with has sections that are combined (such as Section 1-3, Section 4-7, Section 8, etc.). Should I split these into individual sections and do my best to allocate the proper material to each section?

There are no distinguishing headings throughout the combined sections, and some of these sections are rather short.

Separate them into different pages if you can. If not, keep the as is and we can restructure after everything is in.

Furthermore, the equation numbers throughout the LibreTexts pages are hideous if we follow the original formatting.

Yes, this is weird. Separating properly will fix this.

Please see the following screenshots:

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Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.
LibreText, Found & Executive Director
https://LibreTexts.org

Strange, I thought I replied to this already but it doesn't seem to show so my apologizes if this ends up being a double answer:

Yes, please DO change the format to the Libretexts format. 

Part of the strength of integrating texts from various sources is that we standardize the format so books can be mixed and matched as instructors see fit so it is important to keep a consistent equation numbering. 

MAKE SURE you use the "\ref" command when you reference equations, DO NOT ENTER THE NUMBER when you reference an equation. If you reference an equation by the number (e.g. 2.1.3) it will no longer be referenced correct if an instructor use that page in a different part of their book.  Check this page to see how to properly reference equations and let me know if you have problems or more questions

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Remixer_University/LibreTexts_Construction_Guide/06%3A_Adding_and_Editing_Equations

I am trying to include a welcome message on a category page, but can't get the LibreText background to disappear, even if I use a template like NOTE (which I am doing).  Here is the page

Those boxes are meant for topic pages primarily. I added a box that works for your purposes.

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Intercollegiate_Courses/Cheminformatics_OLCC_(2019)

I tried text background (see the lines below the "show categories") with different size and used spaces before/after lines, but it is ugly!

I wish to put a "welcome message" on this category, and maybe a "Forward" to the entire course.  I can do that in a Guide, no problem, but the background of the category is really annoying.  How do we get rid of it, or embed an object that we can type text in?  The only other thing I can think of is to use an image of the text, but that does not seem the smart way to do this.

You don't want too much text in a category, it is just the front end (like the front page of a textbook).

But we are announcing this on several lists, and need to make the landing page explain what the course is about (and what an OLCC is).

Cheers,

Bob

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Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the LibreTexts libraries

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Intercollegiate_Courses/Cheminformatics_OLCC_(2019)

I tried text background (see the lines below the "show categories") with different size and used spaces before/after lines, but it is ugly!

I wish to put a "welcome message" on this category, and maybe a "Forward" to the entire course.  I can do that in a Guide, no problem, but the background of the category is really annoying.  How do we get rid of it, or embed an object that we can type text in?  The only other thing I can think of is to use an image of the text, but that does not seem the smart way to do this.

But we are announcing this on several lists, and need to make the landing page explain what the course is about (and what an OLCC is).

Cheers,

Bob

There is no great way.

It is a pain if the source material is not in a format that is conducive to extracting the image figure. If you make the screen shot too small, then the resolution goes to junk.

Edit, right click the image, select image properties, there you go.

Hi,

How do you attach alternative text for screen readers to LibreTexts figures.

Josh Halpern
Outreach Team Chair
LibreTexts
jhalpern@...

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Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the LibreTexts libraries

Hi,

How do you attach alternative text for screen readers to LibreTexts figures.

Dawn:

We don't have a system to the same level as Wikicommons. However, we can hook up a Depot of sorts to house them (we have something on chemistry for the same reason), but it is not a mini-database like wikicommons.

Now that I think of it, if we make a page up for each image, we can then tap into the meta-tags infrastructure of the entire database including tagging licensing and descriptions and any other aspects of importance. Give me a few days to think about it and consult with others before opening it up for business.

Delmar

I have several dozen images I want to integrate into my geo LibreText. I will use a number of them on multiple pages and it would help to have them tagged. Is there a way to create a "database" of images within the LibreText context? Or should I upload them elsewhere (like Wikimedia Commons) and link to them?
Thanks,
Dawn

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Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the LibreTexts libraries

highlight and erase formatting and see if it fixes itself.

You will note that I revamped section 1.1. That is the general format I want you to follow (irrespective of the typesetting of the original content).

Delmar

I would use a standard HTML table via the editor toolbar instead of using mathjax to render the table.

Hello, I've attached an image of what I am having trouble with coding below, but in short I'm having trouble achieving both left and right alignment using \hfill.

thank you!

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Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the LibreTexts libraries

​You can use the \begin{align*} and \end{align*} version to align without the equation numbering.

try adding \nonumber or \notag to the latex code