Creating an eBay ready web page

**dogbertbh** · 10 April 2008, 01:59 AM

Tomorrow I'm going to try inserting an iframe into the HTML description on eBay.

This way I can have the entire page show without special links.

I'll let you know how it works with eBay tomorrow.

-Harris

**dogbertbh** · 10 April 2008, 03:09 PM

Well the iFrame doesn't work.

eBay doesn't allow the javascript term IFRAME into their descriptions.

Now I need to figure a way to alter the code generated by xara to point to the right domain from within the description

-Oh well

**sculptex** · 16 June 2008, 08:08 PM

dogbertbh - did you have any luck with this?

**dogbertbh** · 16 June 2008, 10:35 PM

I had no luck with this, actually.

There's something about how Xara sets up the web page to start at the absolute top of the page.

I recently tried doing something an HTML based email for a non-ebay application and when I sent it to someone using browser-based email (gmail, comcast, etc.) it didn't work. People using Outlook Express saw exactly what I expected.

**sculptex** · 17 June 2008, 08:58 AM

I have had some success with:-
* stripping out all the header info and leaving just the content within the <body> section
* uploading all my images to my own server and changing all image paths to my server address instead
* changing the first instance of position:absolute; (in the first <div> straight after where the <body> declaration) to position:relative
* inserting the above html into an ebay listing

See my ebay listing:-
[sorry, no links to eBay auctions/shops, please] that I created with this method.

I have built this facility into my XXFX application, I will release a new version very soon.

The main thing is that any javascript will not work as it is referenced in the <head> (header) section from the html. Obvioustly with an ebay listing you are already in the body section. I am not sure what javascript can be declared in the html body area and also what ebay will allow in any case. Perhaps some expert here will enlighten me on this?
also anything such as a background declared within the <body> tag will also be lost.

**dogbertbh** · 17 June 2008, 04:18 PM

Sculptex: It looks great. I'll print your email, follow your steps (I believe the IMPORTANT info was position:relative) and post my result.

I'm actually planning to do some eBay listing today, so this works out.