Problems with Html code in Ebay ad description

maggiez33Member

About a week ago I noticed that when I tried to edit my description in an Ebay ad, it came up as Html code. Have been using Auctiva since February 2006, and this is the first time I have seen this problem. I am wondering if this is just a passing Auctiva problem which they are "working on", or has Ebay done something to mess up our Auctiva ads.

Or, could it be related to the browser problem I had last week? I am not very computer literate, so bear with me. My dsl is through SBC, and the browser stopped working. So I started using the ie browser, and it had some little glitches too. Then I downloaded foxfire, and am quite happy with that. However, could this have something to do with the problem I am having in my ads?

Anybody got any ideas?

7/3/063:17 AM

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canvasersMember

Are you using Firefox? if so this browser only shows the HTML editor (or at least I havent found a way of changing it) I use explorer to make any changes.

7/3/066:27 AM

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wayoutwestMember

whenever using templates other than ebay's (which using ebay's cost $), if you edit the description on ebay it's going to show you the html code.

this is because in order to use a non-ebay template, you have to send ebay the html.

7/3/066:27 AM

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westvatexanMember

Hi maggiez33, It is your Firefox browser. It will only show ebays editor in html. You will have to use IE or go and get firefox's IE tabs plugin. The plugin will enable you to use IE for whatever pages you specify without having to use a different browser. Hope this helps!

Good Luck! William

7/3/066:37 AM

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rickbradfordMember

Another workaround is to revise your listing here at Auctiva, save it, then use the "Get HTML" button in Saved Listings. Copy the HTML it gives you and paste that into eBay's description field.

7/3/0611:23 AM

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rickbradfordMember

And I guess I've been using Firefox for a while now because I didn't even know eBay has WYSIWYG editor!

7/3/0611:23 AM

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suthrnjewlMember

quote:
Originally posted by Rick Bradford:
And I guess I've been using Firefox for a while now because I didn't even know eBay has WYSIWYG editor!

Yep. I signed into eBay one day to revise an auction...and went..WHAT? WYSIWYG editor? Kewl beans!

Suthrnjewl<---easily impressed
HA!

Donna

7/5/066:10 PM

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wayoutwestMember

Well, now I feel totally stupid. I never noticed that they updated their editor! It defaults to HTML for me. (probably set that way in preferences from way back when, back when they first started having the new editor with buttons for bold, etc)

Just went and looked and clicked "Standard" and whddya know!

Course, the down side is that competitors have access to it. All our learning html for ebay no longer gives us as much of an edge. But, such is life. Least their editor doesnt have buttons to insert tables and such

Here's hoping they leave it as-is for awhile

7/5/066:40 PM

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