Storyline --> iBooks Author = problems

Hi all -

First, I have to say that I'm absolutely loving using Storyline. It's a blast.

I specifically got Storyline because I wanted an easy way to generate interactive HTML5 for use in Apple's iBook Author program to make interactive widgets for my eBooks.

So I decided to start very small and make something very simple to just test things out.

The good news is that I am able to publish a simple storyline project to HTML5 and convert it to a widget for inclusion in iBooks Author (I have to remove the .SWFs  and .GIFs and include in info.plist - but after that, it imports with no problem).

And then, within iBooks Author, I can test the widget out and it works EXACTLY as I would expect. Very cool indeed.

The problem occurs when I publish the book to the iPad. Evidently, Storyline generates some code that checks if the  project is running on iOS, because I when I tap the widget, I am transported to a screen that has a blue play button and a missing graphic (which should be the thumbnail.jpg of my course).

So my first question for you is this: what can I do to avoid the check for iOS so that I don't see this intermediary screen.

But there is one additional problem as well. After tapping on the blue play button on the above mentioned screen, I go to a screen that presents my course - but not well.

The problem here is two-fold. First, the course is positioned too low on the screen and its border is cut off. Second, the active tap areas do not correspond to the individual graphics that have the triggers placed on them in Storyline - everything seems to be shifted down and to the right by a good 200 pixels or so. And again, what's odd about this is that it plays fine in the simulated environment in iBooks Author and fine in a browser as well.

The above described behavior occurs regardless of what size I make the Storyline project (I've tried several) and regardless of what Browser Settings I use in the "Player Properties" tab in Storyline (e.g., Resize Browser to Optimal Size, Display at user's current browser size, etc. I've tried them all).

So given what I'm trying to do, my next questions to you are this:
- Is there a way I can control how far down the course is positioned?
- Is there a way I can control the size of the displayed course?
- What can I do to make the triggers realign with the graphics?

I'd be very grateful if you could try to help figure out how to get this all working. Until then, I'm not going to be able to use Storyline like I had hoped.

Thanks so much.

Joel Epstein