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Old 04-17-2006, 12:38 AM Disappearing backgroung color
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I hope that this is the right forum for my problem.

I am using Dreamweaver 8 and Win XP to make a page to place on eBay - the completed page looks just as I want it when previewed thru' Dreamweaver in IE 6 (F12) however, when pasted into eBay, the background color disappears and there are holes everywhere - I am frustrated because I cannot see the error - can anyone advise me, please?

.Below is the code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-color: #660000;
}
.style1 {
font-family: "Century Gothic";
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18px;
color: #663300;
}
.style2 {
font-family: "Century Gothic";
color: #663300;
}
.style3 {
font-family: "Century Gothic";
font-size: 16px;
color: #FFFF99;
}
-->
</style></head>
<body>
<table width="950" height="1413" border="0">
<tr>
<td height="150" colspan="5" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><span class="style1">VERY ELEGANT BROWN CROCODILE LEATHER SIZE 5 -5.5 B &nbsp;</span><br />
<span class="style2">WITH TORTOISE SHELL/BAKELITE FEATURE </span></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="51" rowspan="9">&nbsp;</td>
<td height="50" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="528" rowspan="8" valign="top"><blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="style3">This pair of very elegant vintage dark brown croc leather shoes is a real classic beauty!<br />
I paid a small fortune for them, but sadly they are too small for me. My loss is your gain!</p>
<p class="style3">These shoes are marked &ldquo;Concerto&rdquo; by &ldquo;FLORSHEIM&rdquo; 5B, probably made around the 50&rsquo;s or 60&rsquo;s when Florsheim produced ladies&rsquo;shoes. The lady who sold them to me said they are real crocodile leather, and were used for store display purposes and probably never worn. She had them &ldquo;mink-oiled&rdquo; before sending to me. </p>
<p class="style3">The uppers have a rectangular piece of tortoise shell effect/ bakelite measuring 5.75cm x 3.75cm fastened on the top of each shoe, and are &frac34; lined inside. The edges are finished off by what appears to be grosgrain fabric piping (commonly used for trimming real croc leather shoes). I can see some very faint scuffing on the soles, most likely due to ladies trying on the shoes rather than through light wearing and also light marks where the original stickers were removed.</p>
<p class="style3">Please check these measurements to be sure and see the photos.<br />
They are marked as 5B in size (I assume this would be US sizing)<br />
LENGTH:&nbsp; Inside from toe to heel 24cm (following contour) but please remember the shoes do taper and your toes do not reach all the way to the tip.<br />
WIDTH: Inside at widest part is approximately 6.5cm <br />
HEIGHT: Heel is 5cm <br />
Shipping of these shoes will be only by registered mail of $7.40 within Australia due to the value of these shoes. <strong>NO RETURNS, &nbsp;SO <strong>PLEASE READ ALL OF THE DESCRIPTION AND ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING</strong>.Let me know if you require additional photos.</strong><br />
<strong>Only bid if you want to make the purchase. Non-paying bidders will be reported.</strong><br />
<br />
Buyer to make contact within 3 days of Auction close and payment is due within 7 days. Preferred payment is by Bank Deposit for Aussie buyer or Paypal only. <br />
Please leave username or item number when making payment so it can be easily identified. <br />
<strong>Do not bid if you do not agree to the&nbsp;above terms.</strong> <br />
Thank you.</p>
<p class="style3">&nbsp;</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="304" colspan="3" bordercolor="#000000"><img src="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/4...kshoes23xp.png" />&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="50" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="333" colspan="3"><img src="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9...kshoes14sw.png" />&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="50" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="263" colspan="3"><img src="http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/838...kshoes32cw.png" />&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="50" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="169" height="130"><img src="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8...kshoes51sr.png" />&nbsp;</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="170"><img src="http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2...kshoes61qf.png" />&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Any help would be most appreciated

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Old 04-17-2006, 11:59 AM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Is possible to have you css overided by ebay css. Try to dont use css just plain html.

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Old 04-17-2006, 05:44 PM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Is that your code or the code produced when you go on your eBay page?
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Old 04-18-2006, 12:55 AM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Hi Adrian

Thank you for your help. I have an earlier version of Dreamweaver that does not use CSS but HTML and, after your note, I re-did the whole exercise but , unfortunately to no avail - it made no difference - it still does not come up correctly.

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Old 04-18-2006, 12:58 AM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Hi

It is my code not eBay's - infact it is Dreamweaver 8's code - I simply prepare the page in Design form and Dreamweaver writes the code - this is the code that I have posted on the eBay site

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Old 04-18-2006, 09:15 AM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Well, could you either post the source code from the eBay page or a link to it, because that is where your code is being mucked up.
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Old 04-18-2006, 09:36 PM Re: Disappearing backgroung color
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Hi All

I have found a solution to my problem - it appears that I need to use inline styles because the styles defined in the head are ignored when the eBay page puts the description into the middle of their page.

Thanks to all for the input

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