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"Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

OK...I've got "issues"...I get it.

 

BUT...don't simply alert me out and then show examples.

 

TELL ME SPECICALLY!!!

 

...or is that too much trouble???

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Welcome to EBay.

 

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Been on here for 19 years...maybe I'm being encouraged to buy a copy "HTTP for Dummies" on the site...
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!


@nawlinsron2 wrote:

OK...I've got "issues"...I get it.

 

BUT...don't simply alert me out and then show examples.

 

TELL ME SPECICALLY!!!

 

...or is that too much trouble???


Revise the listing.  Go to the description and click on HTML.  Your description will appear as a bunch of html codes (gobbletygook is the technical term grinning )   Look for anywhere in the text that shows http:// or HTTP:// and change that to https:// or HTTPS://   Update your listing and the error should go away.

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Thank you...BUT...the ONLY http ref has an "s" behind it...



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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

This just gets better...got notice that I had 10 listings with active content.

Found a link...within ebay...that checked for same...came back ZERO.

...yet another reason I'll be gone this spring.
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

You need help from the expert @shipscript 

 

Listen to him. He will not steer you wrong

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

give us an item number and we can look whilst waiting for the guru to wander in from the wilderness. stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Thank you as well...wonder if he can explain why one part of ebay ain't talking to another?
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

dtexley3...my store's on vacation...anything I send won't show...
There is NO http code in one of the items flagged that I checked...
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!


@nawlinsron2 wrote:
Been on here for 19 years...maybe I'm being encouraged to buy a copy "HTTP for Dummies" on the site...

Nah, they wouldn't recommend that one - they don't even know about it!

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Here's an item that was on the non-compliant list...made it an auction so it's visible.
382250982092
Didn't change a thing, and the system took it....
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

@nawlinsron2

 

I scanned item 382250982092 in this tool.

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

It shows that you have one image where the "secure" SSL protocol should be changed from http: to https: and it is about half way into the code. 

 

After you paste your item number into the tool and click the SCAN button, you can see the color-coded problems down on the "Markup" tab, and that will make it easier to find that background image (your top banner) that is not secure (non-SSL, non-https).  Since SSL protocol issues are not a mandate, eBay may flag them for your convenience, but may not address that issue in all of their tools.

 

For listings that are neither live nor recently ended (and thus don't have a live item number), you can copy the HTML code directly from the listing inventory and paste it into the tool, scan, and view the Markup results. This should help you locate those unexplained problems that eBay finds.

 

To fix those same issues using the Sandbox tool, open the "Filtered" tab on the tool to see the code with the violations removed or repaired. The SSL protocol (http to https) issues are not a violation because they can not always be corrected by changing the protocol to https. The https fix only works if the hosting server supports that protocol, and many do not.

 

Because SSL (http to https) is a recommendation and not yet a mandate, the Sandbox tool will only apply that fix if you checkmark the SSL box on the Filtered tab of that tool. If you do checkmark the box, use the popup preview to make sure the images modified by that fix are still displaying. If they fail to display, you won't be able to use that specific fix.

 

The Sandbox tool will find Active Content, Non-eBay links, and missing target attributes.  It will automatically remove the Active content and non-eBay links and will automatically add the missing target attribute.  Thus, you can use the tool to clean up those types of violations, and if the popup preview on the "Filtered" tab looks ok, you can copy the cleaned code from the "Filtered" tab and paste it into the HTML tab of eBay's description editor for a one-at-a-time repair.

 

If you need help bulk editing, feel free to ask for assistance on the Active Content forum

http://community.ebay.com/t5/Replacing-Active-Content/bd-p/activecontent

 

 

 

 

ShipScript has been an eBay Community volunteer since 2003, specializing in HTML, CSS, Scripts, Photos, Active Content, Technical Solutions, and online Seller Tools.
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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Thanks to shipscript for coming by.  Specifically it's the image of the green with the hand ready to flick the ball in the hole.

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Re: "Non-secure content(HTTP) issues"...HEY ebay!!!...I'm 71...I DO NOT write code!!!

Still confused...like I told shippy, I already had an https prefacing the hand...he said I had another http, although the scan shows just one...and I can't visually see another
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