ebids item lister is driving me crazy

[ivesondesigns]

i am trying to list more items but every time i design the listing insert the text and go to preview the item the images and text get moved around ahhhhh

anyone else having this problem when listing or is it just me

[astral276]

I can't see anything wrong with those items I have looked at (but then I don't know how you intended them to look). Have you got an existing auction id that is wrong to look at?

You could try the Paste From Word option (looks like a clipboard with a W on it). Although your code does not look to have been created in MS Word the option can sometimes clean up any errant code.

[ivesondesigns]

Hi

the listings that are already listed are ok but i am trying to add more i think i need a tea break i'll come back and try again in a bit

[astral276]

Well if you still have problems post an item regardless whether it is wrong and give us the auction id so we can look at the code and maybe spot any problem.

Some people do have problems with the editor while most have none. I have not seen a common factor that links those who do have problems together. The most common culprit is code generated by MS Word (as indicated earlier) but that does not look to be applicable to you.

It has been indicated that the offline lister is to be released along with the new site launch on the 5th Jan - but experience teaches us not to hold our breath.

You might also want to take out the references to eBay in you listings.

[ivesondesigns]

hi

i have just relisted one of the items http://uk.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?...741&mo=auction when i listed the star decal the decal sizes and some text vanished

[astral276]

Does the @ character appear anywhere in your description? eBid uses that as a trigger that an email address is included in the description (which is not allowed) and then makes a right pigs ear of stripping it out; usually taking a whole load of text with it. That's the only thing I can think of at present. It is best to avoid the use of the @ character altogether until eBid fixes the problem.

There is also a lot of superfluous code in your descriptions. Reams and reams of <font> tags changing size and colour repeatedly While these shouldn't present a problem tidying them up wouldn't hurt.

Did you try the Paste From Word option?

[Roundsound]

Drives you nuts don't it

[ivesondesigns]

thanks for the info i will try listing the items again without the @ symbol

[astral276]

A quick experiment would indicate that replacing the literal @ character with the sequence:

& # 6 4 ;

in your source before posting it allows the @ to display without triggering eBid's flaky email address filter.

Remove the spaces in the above 5 character sequence. I had to put them in to stop the forum editor translating the sequence back to @

[ivesondesigns]

hi

astral276 i think the problem is sorted now thanks for the help all i need now is some sales, i'm thinking about putting some happy hour auctions on for the 5th the day that the new site is going to be launched