eBay

gumleaf_goodies · ‎07-01-2021

I use a simple WYSIWYG editor (SeaMonkey) for creating my ebay listings. The upper part of each listing contains two small GIF images (hosted on Imgur) which although showing correctly when I make the listing:

However, when I view the actual completed listing, this is what is displayed:

The HTML code for this is:

Can anyone see why this is happening? Is there something wrong with the code?

gumleaf_goodies · ‎09-01-2021

@*tippy*toes* wrote:
I see the gumleaf image on the left of the screen if I view your listings. I never look at someone's store, only ever the listings. Not sure if that makes any difference.

Doesn't appear as though the mods have moved my post, so i am going to repost it myself on the Selling forum.

How odd you can see one of the images but not the other? and on the other side of the screen it is suppposed to be seen? The gumleaves and flower are suposed to be on the far right and the name 'Gumleaf Goodies' on the left.

gumleaf_goodies · ‎09-01-2021

UPDATE!

After accidentally discovering that when viewed via Firefox rather than Chrome, the images showed correctly, this led me to Google if there was a connection between ebay and images stored on Imgur -- pages and pages of results. Most informative was archived posts on the US Technical forum from 2015 (!!!) about eBay blocking imgur photos. So it is obviously an isssue that has been going on for some time, so I have been lucky it has only recently affected me. Doesn't explain why the links worked on Firefox however.

Basically the solution is to move the hosting from imgur to another site - most recommended was Dropbox, which I have now found works perfectly. Whether I will bother changing the code on my 500+ existing images is another matter but certainly from now on, I will use the new links.