Description Block in the Selling Form - Using HTML?

[daveroo]

It's been quite a while since I last listed an item for sale (6 mos? 1 yr?).

The selling form has changed which was no surprise.

In the past I would use HTML to format the information in the Description Block on the Selling Form.

It now appears that HTML is not accepted there.

When I did a Preview my HTML was treated as just more text.

Did I miss/skip something?

Or is that the way it works now?

[southern*sweet*tea]

Click the HTML tab, then click standard to preview. Works for me.

[penguins_dont_fly]

Since you haven't sold in a while ...

If you have been using your own style definitions and HTML active content or 3P hosted text/pictures, you will need to brush up on the new compliance standards for those types of things.

The updates are scattered ... check fall 2016 through Fall 2017 (there was an extra "summer 2017" this year too)

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/index.html

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/listing/browser-security-standards.html

[*eponymous*]

eBay no longer allows active content in the description (and old format store pages).  Link to eBay scripting guru, ShipScript's scanner, to identify active content and disallowed html links.  The scanner provides replacement text for your listings.  The tool is user-friendly and performs bulk scans.

http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm

ShipScript's community forum page https://community.ebay.com/t5/Tools-Apps/Replace-Active-Content-in-your-Listings/td-p/26751476

[daveroo]

Thanks for the responses.

Simpler than I thought.

But I'm still going to have to get used to the new (to me) selling form.

BTW I sell under a different User ID so you won't be able to search up the results of your help.