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‎11-07-2017 11:42 PM
So I got a few lines of HTML code I need to replace on my listings in order to fix the security errors.
I have trying a few times using the find and replace tool. It only worked once, but since then, it completly stopped working.
For example, I am trying to search for :
http://www.kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
And replace with :
https://www.kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/
Example listing :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142121609717
It just does not work.
Any tips ? are there any other tools that will allow me to do it in bulk ?
Thanks
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‎11-07-2017 11:55 PM
@nmo029 wrote:So I got a few lines of HTML code I need to replace on my listings in order to fix the security errors.
I have trying a few times using the find and replace tool. It only worked once, but since then, it completly stopped working.
For example, I am trying to search for :
http://www.kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
And replace with :
https://www.kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/
Example listing :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142121609717
It just does not work.
Any tips ? are there any other tools that will allow me to do it in bulk ?
Thanks
Violations??????????????
Ummmmmmmmmm
AAARRROOOoooo
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‎11-08-2017 04:13 AM
@nmo029 wrote:So I got a few lines of HTML code I need to replace on my listings in order to fix the security errors.
I have trying a few times using the find and replace tool. It only worked once, but since then, it completly stopped working.
For example, I am trying to search for :
http://www.kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
And replace with :
https://www.kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/
Example listing :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142121609717
It just does not work.
Any tips ? are there any other tools that will allow me to do it in bulk ?
Thanks
It's just a thought but how about trying to find and replace with the following.
com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
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‎11-08-2017 10:03 AM
I had issues with the bulk editor failing completely recently, but I was trying to do something a bit more complex and break HTML tag pairs which apparently it refused to do. That shouldn't be an issue for your S&R.
Bulk editor did have a 200 at once limit (that may have been upped depending on which bulk editor one is referring to), but shouldn't be an issue for your current number of listings.
Just some out of the box ideas: Suggest trying smaller batches anyway - maybe 50 at a time. Also suggest maybe breaking it into 2 passes. Do a search replace on "http://" and replace with "https://" first pass, and then run through again and do a search on "kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/" and replace with "kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/"
No other bulk means available I'm aware of other than Turbolister, File Exchange, and outside services like Sixbit.
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‎11-08-2017 10:27 AM
I tried the smaller batch approach, too. No go.
Bulk edit find/replace hasn't worked since the day eBay flagged listings for the "security" issue (https instead of http). It's been reported to Tech, on the discussion boards, etc.
We finally gave up and are editing one listing at a time. With closer to 9000 listings and day-to-day business, it's taking a long while. I feel bad for the really big sellers who have far more listings that we do. But maybe they've found a work-around I haven't.
~Melody R
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‎11-08-2017 10:35 AM
@nmo029 wrote:So I got a few lines of HTML code I need to replace on my listings in order to fix the security errors.
I have trying a few times using the find and replace tool. It only worked once, but since then, it completly stopped working.
For example, I am trying to search for :
http://www.kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
And replace with :
https://www.kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/
Example listing :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142121609717
It just does not work.
Any tips ? are there any other tools that will allow me to do it in bulk ?
Thanks
the bulk search and replace doesn't like the //
Do one search and replace to update http: to https: Be sure to include the colon in both!
Then update the rest of the url with a second search and replace.
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‎11-08-2017 10:38 AM - edited ‎11-08-2017 10:39 AM
@dtexley3 wrote:
@nmo029 wrote:So I got a few lines of HTML code I need to replace on my listings in order to fix the security errors.
I have trying a few times using the find and replace tool. It only worked once, but since then, it completly stopped working.
For example, I am trying to search for :
http://www.kdwebhostingdesign.com/eBay_Hosting/thestompshop/
And replace with :
https://www.kdwebhostingdesign.host/client/TheStompShop/
If it still balks on the url search and replace eBay_Hosting with client and then another pass replacing thestompshop with TheStompShop
the // (and possibly /) are used in many editors as "escape" characters for what follows.
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‎11-08-2017 11:15 AM - edited ‎11-08-2017 11:18 AM
Maybe try escaping the slashes (/) PCRE style with a backslash (\/)and see what happens?
ie: http:\/\/kdwebhostingdesign.com\/eBay_Hosting\/thestompshop\/
On another not, anyone editing the listings one by one might give my little search and replace tool a whirl. (replace-o-matic)
You fire it up, edit a listing, enter the search string, enter the replace string, let it fix up the listing, and as long as you leave it running in the tray it remembers the last search and replace strings, and all you have to do on the next listing is click in the html editor tab, hit Alt-Win-X, and it will use the last terms. Does regEx too (there are some end of line RegEx bugs I haven't worked out yet but in general it works):
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/REMOVING-quot-LINKS-quot-from-eBay-listings/m-p/27522643/highl...
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Here-we-go-again-quot-Changes-to-Chrome-will-affect-your/m-p/2...
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‎11-08-2017 11:18 AM - edited ‎11-08-2017 11:19 AM
augh, RegEx the bane of my existance, i hate RegEx..... hehehe.
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‎11-08-2017 11:19 AM
Me 2. But it's a necessary evil and I'm trying to get more proficient with it.
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‎11-08-2017 11:20 AM
I know just enough to really screw things up with it.
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‎11-08-2017 01:14 PM
Tried it now on a couple of listing, nothing...
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‎11-12-2017 03:13 AM
Bump for more suggestions ?
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‎11-20-2017 06:22 AM
Anyone ??
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‎11-20-2017 06:47 AM
You might try asking on this board:
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Replacing-Active-Content/bd-p/activecontent
Shipscript is the guru on all this stuff and may be able to help
