For the first page of each book of the Bible I would like to remove the header/footer.
I have tried:

div.Scripture_Book {
prince-page-group: start;
}

@page :first {
margin: 4pc 2pc 2pc 1.5pc;
@top-center {
content: normal;
}
@bottom-left {
content: normal;
}
@bottom-center {
content: normal;
}
@bottom-right {
content: normal;
}
}/* end page first */


but doesn't seem to work for me.

I got the TOC to work. I didn't think I could do it but I was wrong. It just took some time getting all the links in place correctly. Maybe I'm staying up too late but I am so close to having the whole Bible looking good!

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-front_matter.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-MAT.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-MRK.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-LUK.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-JHN.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-ACT.xhtml.copy"/>
<xi:include href="WBT.ger.NGU.nt.2009-ROM.xhtml.copy"/>
....

This is how I compile all the books if that makes any difference....

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

.Main_Title {
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 26pt;
string-set: h1;
prince-page-group: start;

}

Didn't work but now it does .... maybe I didn't save the CSS before applying.

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Edited 10 Jul 2010 by jim_albright

.Main_Title {
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 26pt;
string-set: h1;
prince-page-group: start;
}


Now this works. Don't know what I did differently. Thanks for the forum that gave me clues to try.

Now have
Optional omission of verse number 1.
Optional omission of indentation on paragraph containing a chapter number.
Optional omission of indentation on paragraph following section head.
Omission of headers/footers on book start (Matthew, Mark, Luke, ....)

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Hi Jim, I also work for a Christian book publisher although we don't do Bibles. I wonder if I could get in touch with you via email and pick your brain sometimes about some of the challenges using Prince for book output.