I'm an HTML dummy. I know the baby stuff, but beyond that, I've got a LOT to learn.

Today, I wanted to place a link to a website within the description for a Lot (didn't want to do it as a template component). I thought it was working, but when I viewed the auction on eBay, the link wasn't displaying right.

So I revised it and after about 30 minutes of fooling with it, I finally got it working. Then I copy-pasted the corrected HTML into the AW description (might have to relist it).

But when I Preview that Lot, it displays only the regular text (not the name I gave the link, but the bit of text saying "Here's a web site....") and no link at all (and it's not just hidden in the black background -- it's not there at all).

Why does it work online/on eBay but not in the AW Preview? Oh, and I have Enable Preview of Pure HTML Descriptions checked in Program Options.

Thanks, Sue

Here's the link with parentheses instead of carets:

(CENTER)(font face="maiandra gd" size="4" color="blue")(Here's a web site devoted to his work: (a href="http://www.michaelwhelan.com/" target="_blank" )Michael Whelan)(/font)(/CENTER)(/a)