@gec2002 wrote:It is a little more complicated than just replacing http with https, your host or you must have the certificate.
I don't really know a lot about this area of things, so this may be a silly question, but what kind of issues may arrise if one has been doing that (adding s to http, I mean)? Asking for a friend...
I've tried to find out myself, but google search isn't really getting me the results I need, however I have confirmed that the elements in my template are http, not https. I went in to edit them out (some of them are things like textures that were part of the template set up but which I de-selected so I thought it would be ok to just remove them), but deleting the link to the elements stuffed up my templates completely (backgrounds disappeared and formatting went crazy). So I added 's' to all the links instead and everything looks normal, while eBay doesn't flag my listings for non-secure links.
Sometimes when I click to view a listing from the submission page, I get that "view listing" button that opens it up in another window, but if I use any other link, or check from another browser/ account, or on my mobile, my descriptions appear as normal on the original page.
@digital*ghost wrote:I don't really know a lot about this area of things, so this may be a silly question, but what kind of issues may arrise if one has been doing that (adding s to http, I mean)? Asking for a friend...
Depends if the site has certification or not. So for eBay you can use
https:// stores.ebay
or
http:// stores.ebay
both will take you to the store. If there is no certification
http:// prettypicture/1.jpg you see the image https:// prettypicture/1.jpg No pretty picture
Without seeing the listing its a bit hard to tell whats going on, are you using a hosting site for images etc.?
@gec2002 wrote:Depends if the site has certification or not. So for eBay you can use
https:// stores.ebay
orhttp:// stores.ebay
both will take you to the store. If there is no certification
http:// prettypicture/1.jpg you see the image https:// prettypicture/1.jpg No pretty picture
Without seeing the listing its a bit hard to tell whats going on, are you using a hosting site for images etc.?
Thanks for the reply, I'm pretty sure the site doesn't have certification, as the template was created using Freeform 2 and on the info page for eBay's new requirements it says "...the images that are included with FreeForm and FreeForm2 (such as borders and backgrounds) are HTTP, not HTTPS." and just goes on to say that eBay won't show descriptions because of this, but rather the button to view them, so it doesn't seem like they'll be updated to https.
The template itself has HTML like this: {background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:url("http ://freeform2.robshelp.com/textures/transparent.gif"), which I first thought was superfluous because I de-selected the background image(s) and / or selected transparent like in the above example, since I had to make a selection when customising the template, and then just set background colours (or, at least that's what I thought I was doing 
) but removing the http link to the image seemed to remove all of the background stuff, while adding s to http kept everything the way it was, or so it seems when I view the listings myself.
@digital*ghost wrote:
Thanks for the reply, I'm pretty sure the site doesn't have certification, as the template was created using Freeform 2 and on the info page for eBay's new requirements it says "...the images that are included with FreeForm and FreeForm2 (such as borders and backgrounds) are HTTP, not HTTPS." and just goes on to say that eBay won't show descriptions because of this, but rather the button to view them, so it doesn't seem like they'll be updated to https.
The template itself has HTML like this: {background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:url("http ://freeform2.robshelp.com/textures/transparent.gif"), which I first thought was superfluous because I de-selected the background image(s) and / or selected transparent like in the above example, since I had to make a selection when customising the template, and then just set background colours (or, at least that's what I thought I was doing
Yes I think you are correct the site that Freeform2 uses for images doesn't have certificate
These ebay self build stores then to have tables within tables within tables (you get the picture) so altering or removing code can have unexpected consequences. Also all the codes tends to sit there even if its not being used, so altering so URLs to HTTPS may have no effect as that bit of code isn't being used, such as its being used for a picture gallery which is not being used. If there are jpg images on the listing try changing one of those to https you should see a broken sign, change the img <src="http not the <href= "http
@gec2002 wrote:Yes I think you are correct the site that Freeform2 uses for images doesn't have certificate
These ebay self build stores then to have tables within tables within tables (you get the picture) so altering or removing code can have unexpected consequences. Also all the codes tends to sit there even if its not being used, so altering so URLs to HTTPS may have no effect as that bit of code isn't being used, such as its being used for a picture gallery which is not being used. If there are jpg images on the listing try changing one of those to https you should see a broken sign, change the img <src="http not the <href= "http
Thank you 🙂 I'll have a play around with it tonight, see what happens. I'll likely either have to get used to a template-free description at some point, or pay for one like incense has mentioned, but if I can keep this one functional for a while (without having to have the view listing in a new window button), I'd prefer that for now as I like the info being organised into their little boxes and can't really afford the prices I've seen quoted for a new, fully compliant one.
