Limitations of XHTML-CSS in eBay Listings ?

justpaper

trying too find what ebay are stopping and the ways around it,.. i just want my ebay listings too be different so ppl remeber them,. anyways i used a webpage template CSS edited it a bit made a listing from it but the CSS isnt working,.. just wonding if anyone knows what ebay are blocking so i know its not a code error,...

thanks

eporium

I have seen listings using CSS, external and block. The main problem with using CSS is that it has the ability to alter the ebay part of the page and this is against ebays rules. This means that it may be risky to use it, the listings may not work or may get deleted.

One way to get around this is to use inline style codes eg style=" " . These are robust enough to meet ebay requirements and produce good looking listings.

Without seeing your coding it is not possible to be more specific.

justpaper

i did it embedded css didnt make a diff/ still coming out wrong,..

ill have too code it in too inline but i didnt want too do that,..

heres a snap of the code,. as u can see im giving colour too boxes etc

a:link !!
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited !!
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover !!
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:active !!
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.line !!
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-right-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-left-width: 1px;
	border-right-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #99CC00;
	border-right-color: #99CC00;
	border-bottom-color: #99CC00;
	border-left-color: #99CC00;
	padding-left: 2px;
	padding-right: 2px;
}
.utitel !!
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #909EAB;
}
.htitel !!
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #99CC00;
	padding-top: 25px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	left: 1px;
	top: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #99CC33;
	width: 115px;
	margin-left: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
}
h2 	!!  
	margin-top: 1px; 
	margin-bottom: 2px; 
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #909EAB;
}

im just using a jpg image now ,. so im making the listing on Golive then snap shot it and making a jpg out of it,.. it looks ok ,.. i can still add Hyperlinks inside the image if i needed too,.

eporium

There are some errors in the coding.

Note; This board is changing the curly bracket to !!


.line !!
border-top-width:1px;
border-right-width: 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-width: 1px;
border-right-style: solid;
border-top-color: #99CC00;
border-right-color: #99CC00;
border-bottom-color: #99CC00;
border-left-color: #99CC00;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
}

In this part of the code you have only given the border a solid style on the right hand side, this means that there will be no border in the other sides.

It is possible to reduce the coding by combining the styles like this;


.line !!
border: solid #99CC00 1px;
padding: 0 2px;
}

Also, the h2 and the link "a" codes have not been given a class which means that they will affect or be affected by the ebay coding. You should use classes/id. The code could be writen like this;

a.weblink !!
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}

This one stlye will do for all the links: hover, visited, active .

Placing this coding inside the listing division or table and also making these changes may help.

If not then try the in-line styles, some help for doing this can be found here;
www.erns-eporium.co.uk/style.htm

Hope this is of help.

justpaper

thanks eporium i will look in too it,..