Creating ePub file in Unstructured FrameMaker 10-RoboHelp 9.

Hello,
I've created a book in FrameMaker, linked it to a project in RoboHelp and generated an ePub file. I can view the file in Adobe Digital Editions, but cannot load it to an iPad and view.
There are some formatting issues that I need to work on (bullets spacing), but the results appear to be fine.
I ran the file though a epub validator online and see that I have several errors:
-length of the first filename in archive must be 8, but was 9.
-character content of element dc:identifier invalid, must be a string with length at least 1
-element spine incomplete
-element navMap incomplete
Can you suggest a way for me to generate ePub files that can be viewed using an iPad (and possibly other devices)?
I've read posts online and viewed videos, but to date, nothing has helped me work through these issues.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
m.e.

I just created a project using RH samples, generated the ePUB file and had
the developer load it on the iPad successfully. Obviously, my project is
defective. I'm trying to detect where in the process I made a mistake. The
FrameMaker file generates. My RH file is simple without many settings. I
didn't have any problems linking the FrameMaker files to the RH project.
Generating the ePUB file was successful.
Are there any specific settings in RH that I need to use to generate a
basic (no formatting) ePUB file?
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Jeff_Coatsworth

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The basis of the epub format is XHTML. There are free tools (such as Calibre) that do a good job converting from (X)HTML to epub (and other e-book formats).
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(4) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file is blotchy looking or overly bold.
(5) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file cannot be searched or indexed.
(6) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file appears in Courier or in some other substitution font.
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(8) Content is missing in the margin areas of the page, i.e. you cannot do full-page bleeds.
(9) Some or all page content is missing (other than margin areas).
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Paper handling (totally irrelevant to Acrobat Distiller if input or output tray selection via "setpagedevice" is found in the PostScript stream, it is ignored by Acrobat Distiller)
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