What coding standard for ebay?

I generally code in xhtml strict (ofc tableless)... does this work for ebay, or do I need to use tables and conform to html 4?

Cheers

 

Interested to find this out too

 

You should be able to use either, but eBay is coded with HTML 4.01 strict

 

I think they rewrite your html if it is not in a format they like. Always use the preview feature right after you copy it to the input box.

Some of my hash has failed to work before.

 

Why the hell would doctype matter? XHTML is not XHTML unless it's sent as application/xhtml+xml (MIME Type over DOCTYPE). 99.9% sure Ebay sends its pages as text/html.

You shouldn't relate Tables to HTML 4 and Tableless layouts with XHTML. It's perfectly fine to use HTML 4.01 Strict as a DOCTYPE and use CSS for layout.. don't let the XHTML Nazis fool you because at the end of the day when your pretty little "XHTML" file gets sent to the browser its treated the same as HTML 3.2, and all those end tags for self closing elements are useless.

 

ebay wont allow just putting a background in. You need to put a table in that is the size of the window then changing the background colour of the table. Otherwise ebay justs blocks it and your listing will come up with a white background