posted on January 13, 2001 11:34:38 AM new
Hi, I have a few auctions listed on ebay and it has come to my attention that Netscape users cant see them. I contacted ebay support and was told that I need to take out the "HTML" code. Which I did, but Netscape users still cant see my pics or discription. If there is anybody that can help please look at item #1403934040 huge lot of 80 craft magazines . Thanks
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posted on January 13, 2001 11:40:37 AM new
Netscape 4.7 here, and yes, nothing below the description header is showing. IE is pretty forgiving with regards to HTML, Netscape isn't. My guess is that you've left an HTML tag open somewhere in your description. If you click on "revise" in any of your auctions that don't have bids, you should be able to find the problem & correct it.
posted on January 13, 2001 11:59:00 AM new
reddeer, thanks for your reply. I have checked and double checked. I even copied the entire auction and did a text search for "HTML" in upper and lower case and still came up empty.
posted on January 13, 2001 12:05:55 PM new
A friend of mine had the same problem...turned out he forgot to close a table. You might check that, if you use tables in your auctions....
posted on January 13, 2001 12:25:04 PM new
toke, I really wouldn't know were to begin. If I understand you correctly I should be looking for a command that is not closed with </?>.
Oh shoot, I don't know is there a site or something that I can have check the code for me?
posted on January 13, 2001 12:51:08 PM new
I looked at the code and I think you forgot to close a table. I think </td></tr> is missing at the bottom of the page before </body>.
posted on January 13, 2001 12:51:35 PM new
Netscape is definitely less forgiving than IE. There were a few things wrong. You were using a ' instead of " in some places. There were no " around your links to your pics. You had a lot of unncessary code including end tags that didn't have beginning tags. And you started a table, column and row but didn't end them. That is a big one with Netscape. It kind of loads as it goes through the code, so if it encounters a problem it stops. IE tends to approach it differently, loading a bit of everything.
If you want to see the changes here. A good site for HTML is HTML Goodies
Hope that helps!
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edited because my explanation didn't make sense!
[ edited by berkeley on Jan 13, 2001 12:53 PM ]
When you go it to edit your listing on eBay it may not show the <blockquotes> as that is put in by their script once the listing is posted. So just remove what you can of the lines I posted above and don't worry about the <blockquote> command.
I tested the page with these corrections and it loads fine.
(In order to check this page I clicked 'View Source' then 'Control A' to highlight the page, then 'Control 'C' to copy the page. I pasted the whole page into Edit Pad (a text editor) then made the corrections mentioned above. I saved the corrected file and then opened it in my Netscape Browser and the listing came up just fine.
Edited to try to add some bolding to the trouble spots.
Edited again to say that there are other html errors in your listing that should be corrected. However, the page will load if you make the corrections shown above.
Edited again to say that there are more problems. You also have to take out this text at the bottom with the smiley image:
I am going to make a new reply to this post and paste the revised text for you. You should be able to copy it and go to your eBay listing and past the whole thing into the description box.
When I took out the smiley text the whole eBay listing loaded in just fine, even with other html errors in the text.
posted on January 13, 2001 02:02:32 PM new
Here is the corrected text that you can copy and paste into the description box on your eBay listing for this item. I added the font face "arial, helvetica" so that you have a nice, clean sans serif text that is visible to PC and MAC users alike. I also checked the page in IE and it loads okay. So here is the text to paste in the description box in eBay to get the listing to show up in both Netscape & IE.
<p><font face="arial, helvetica">This is a wonderful collection of 80 craft magazines of all types. Each magazine is full of craft ideas, patterns and instructions. There are thousands of projects in this large lot.</p>
<p>There are 12 knitting magazines, jam packed with all kinds of sweater patterns. There are 28 crochet craft magazines. These magazines have ideas for everything from afghans, sweaters, blankets, household crafts, dolls, tablecloths, curtains and many other decorative items. There are another 19 craft magazines each with a great assortment of between 27 and 58 different craft ideas in each magazine. Two fashion magazines with country crafts and decorating ideas. One magazine has all sorts of Christmas crafts and projects. Two plastic canvas craft magazines and 4 needlecraft magazines with patterns for everything, borders, sweaters, quilts, and placemats. Included are 7 cross stitch magazines containing projects like Victorian name samplers, lacy treasures and country crafts along with 5 other magazines that we will just say are loaded with projects.</p>
<p><b>This is an awesome lot for the craft person!</b></p>
<p><font face='News Gothic MT' color='black' size="+2">Buyer to pay
shipping/handling, plus insurance if desired, we will combine lots. To request shipping charges for multiple lots please email item numbers, along with your zip code.</font></p>
<p><b>$7.00 ship book rate.</b></p>
<p>Acceptable methods of payment are, personal checks (item shipped when check clears), cashier checks and money orders.</p>
<p><center><A HREF="https://secure.paypal.com/auction/pal=c_oubichon%40yahoo.com"
target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://images.paypal.com/images/lgo/logo6.gif" BORDER="0"
ALT="I accept PayPal, the #1 payment service in online auctions!"></A></p></center><!-- End PayPal Logo
-->
posted on January 13, 2001 02:15:02 PM new
AnnieJean,
But by taking out the table informaton at the beginning, that formatting is now gone. If the missing end table tags are put in at the end then it will work as intended.
<!-- end of initial ebay code and beginning of description -->
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE align="center" cellpadding="8" width="93%" border="7" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="bc8f8f">
<TR>
<TD align="CENTER" width="1%"><BR>
<P><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.users.uswest.net/~saphire1/craft.JPG"><P>
<P><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.users.uswest.net/~saphire1/craft1.JPG"><P>
<P><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.users.uswest.net/~saphire1/craft2.JPG"><P>
<FONT face="News Gothic MT" color="black" size=2>
This is a wonderful collection of 80 craft magazines of all types. Each magazine is full of craft
ideas, patterns and instructions. There are thousands of projects in this large lot. <BR>
<BR>There are 12 knitting magazines, jam packed with all kinds of sweater patterns. There are
28
crochet craft magazines. These magazines have ideas for everything from afghans, sweaters,
blankets,
household crafts, dolls, tablecloths, curtains and many other decorative items. There are
another 19 craft magazines each with a great assortment of between 27 and 58 different
craft ideas in each magazine. Two fashion magazines with country crafts and decorating
ideas. One magazine has all sorts of Christmas crafts and projects. Two plastic canvas
craft magazines and 4 needlecraft magazines with patterns for everything, borders,
sweaters, quilts, and placemats. Included are 7 cross stitch magazines containing projects
like Victorian name samplers, lacy treasures and country crafts along with 5 other
magazines that we will just say are loaded with projects.<BR>
<BR>This is a awesome lot for the
craft person!
</FONT>
<BR><BR><BR><CENTER><FONT face="News Gothic MT" color="maroon" size=2>NO
RESERVE!<BR></FONT></CENTER>
<P><CENTER><FONT face="News Gothic MT" color="black" size=2>Buyer to pay
shipping/handling, plus
insurance if desired, we will combine lots. To request shipping charges for multiple lots
please email item
numbers, along with your zip code. <BR><P>$7.00 ship book rate <BR>
<P>Acceptable
methods of payment are, personal checks (item shipped when check clears), cashier checks
and money orders.
I originally thought that the line </blockquote>
</blockquote></blockquote></center></center></strong></pre></em></font></dl></ul></li></h1> was strange too but looking at other listings it looks like Ebay puts in in every page just to cover their bases against those who start font tags, etc and don't finish them.
edited because I guess we don't need the [code] UBB tags.
posted on January 13, 2001 02:21:51 PM new
Berkeley: That would be the quickest fix. However, I just thought that the simpler, non table format looked just as nice for the listing. It doesn't have the background color, but the images are centered etc.
posted on January 13, 2001 02:25:47 PM new
AnnieJean: I agree. There are many ways to design with HTML and no two people do it the same. It's a fun, creative process. Between the two of us we probably gave Willta a lot to think about. I hope we didn't overwhelm him/her!
posted on January 13, 2001 02:55:15 PM new
WOW! You guys have all been great. Thank you all for your assistance. Now the auction has another bid. I think that I will let it ride and work on correcting the templete for the next listings. I intent to use all of the advise that has been posted here and see what works best for me.
AnnieJean, you are so right. My code is a complete mess. This is because I really don't know what I'm doing. I think that I have edited it to death. With all of the changes I have made I guess I was bound to run into some sort of problem.
berkeley, AnnieJean thanks to both of you for the code.
posted on January 13, 2001 04:04:07 PM new
Hey Bill,
Honestly I didn't steal it. I created it with ez-ad pro. Then added a bit here, took away bits there, until I came up with what I thought would work for me. Well after awhile all that giving and taking left a big mess.
posted on January 13, 2001 04:42:53 PM new
Speaking of EzAdPro...which I love...is there any way to get into the program and add a bunch of new background colors? I'd like to add some to the clickable list when you enter the program.
Now, I have to do it after I paste the program into the eBay description box...be nice to do it before, when I create and save the ads......
posted on January 13, 2001 06:00:54 PM new
Willta: You're welcome! We were all beginners at it once. I would really recommend the HTML Goodies site for learning more about it. Check out the link in one of my above postings. They have some great tutorials!
posted on January 13, 2001 08:17:40 PM new
toke, that is exactly how I got into this whole mess, adding stuff. I paste into auction submit and edit from there. Be very careful.
