Etsy

We have noticed recently that the shop banner images have disappeared from Etsy shops. Poking around with Firebug, it quickly became apparent that this was a local issue due to Adblock Plus. The image appears in the markup in the #shop_banner div with an oddly named class "rqqqnzprfyozzyfluebf". This class is then used to hide the image by altering its URL via the following CSS:

This pattern may look familiar to anyone using AdBlock Plus -- ABP assigns a gibberish classname to images that it flags as ads, and then hides the image with some local CSS. In this case, Etsy's shop images are named in the form: iusb_760x100.SHOPHASH.jpg (where SHOPHASH is a string of numbers). The ABP "Fanboy's List" flags any image containing the string "_760x100." as an ad.

The solution was a simple one:

1. Go to Tools > Adblock Plus Preferences
2. Go to Filters, and click Add filter.
3. Type in the following filter (which whitelists these images on the etsy.com domain): @@_760x100.$domain=etsy.com

In my "other life" (when I am not doing contract software development), I help my wife and business partner with our online beading and craft store, 123Bead.com. In addition to selling through our own site, we also sell through Etsy and Artfire.

Erin manages the many listings in our Etsy store, but unfortunately Etsy does not currently have a way to jump directly from viewing an item, to editing that item. To make her life easier (and yours if you have an Etsy store), I have whipped up a "bookmarklet" that provides this functionality.