If you are on NF you remember a few weeks ago when there were problems with listings and coding. Well this was posted by Erin today.
As many of you are aware, a few weeks ago we modified the types of HTML and other code allowed on your listings and home pages. We expected that the changes would have little impact on you and the layout of your listings, but we quickly learned that we were wrong. Not only was the impact on listing layout much greater than we expected, the way the changes were implemented prevented you from seeing how the code had changed before you saved your listing. And, because of this, we temporarily rolled back the changes. But the modified restrictions will return.
We are putting more limitations on the type of code you can use on your listings and home pages for a number of reasons, but
primarily to ensure the best possible experience for customers. We can do that by making sure that pages load quickly, that the layout is consistent, and the like.
Our research shows that a large percentage of our customers view NiteFlirt on screens that only allow them to view 1024 pixels or fewer. This means that, in order to make your listing look great to everyone and accommodate the NiteFlirt-generated content (such as your Call Now button!), the listing content you create should be no wider than 850 pixels. Listing content that is bigger than 850 pixels could be cut off if customers are viewing on a smaller screen and they would be forced to scroll in order to see the entire listing. Viewing the entire listing on the screen is always more appealing than a listing that has to be viewed in scrolling stages! We will be limiting the width of your pages to 850 pixels with these restrictions.
Our research also shows that a lot of the tags in listings' HTML are not closed. For example, every <font> tag should also have a </font> tag after the text you are formatting else the font will not display correctly for everyone. When we implemented the code changes previously, our system closed all open tags, and often in the wrong place. This caused the intended formatting to be lost and was one of the biggest issues we had. When the modified restrictions return, we will require all tags to be closed before a listing can be saved. We suggest you take a look at your code and close your tags now to avoid issues later.
When the modified restrictions return, we will allow Flash and image mapping. We've posted all tags and attributes that we support in the NiteFlirt Help Center. With the exception of image mapping, if it is not listed there, it will not be permitted. We suggest you start making any changes you may need today!
Please keep in mind that the ristrictions can change and become more restrictive if we find it necessary in the future, but we'll notify you first. Please know that just because it is permitted today doesn't mean it will always be.
We do not have an exact timeframe for when the modified restrictions will be put back into place. We need to do some work to improve how you edit your listing so it will take a bit of time. However, once we know, we'll let you all know.
Still vague on the time frame.



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