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Product Page Update

We have resolved the issue affecting Product Pages. We are now working on implementing a new policy for Product Pages that will ensure flexibility for our Creators as well as safety for everyone.

For now, all previously submitted Product Pages with dynamic content and JavaScript currently in the Product Catalog will continue to function. However, any new submissions or edits to existing Product Pages can no longer include any dynamic content. This may include code that you obtained from a third party website to customize your page, such as Youtube videos or JavaScript.

We will automatically reject product submissions that violate these terms, so you will know immediately if your page includes any dynamic content.

As mentioned above, this is not the final solution. We’re still working on a longer term policy that combines flexibility and safety, and we’ll make sure to keep you updated. Please be assured that any future changes should not result in issues similar to those experienced over the past few days.

Again, we truly apologize for the inconvenience caused by this issue, and we appreciate your patience as we worked to correct the issue.

Update with additional clarification:
To clarify for those of you requesting more explanation around what can no longer be used in your Product Pages, please see the good/bad examples below. The bad will result in your submission being rejected:

GOOD:
<img src=”http://www.myhost.com/this-is-good/please-do-this.jpg”>
<img src=”http://www.myhost.com/this is bad/do not use spaces.jpg”>

<style>
body, html {
    background-image: url ('http://static.flickr.com/my_picture.jpg');
    background-color: Black;
}

body, #product-details h1 {
    color: White;
}

a:link {
    color: White !important;
}
</style>

Animated gifs are okay!

BAD:

<img src=”http://www.myhost.com/this%20is%20bad/use%20spaces.jpg”>
(this is bad because it uses %20 instead of a real space.)

Thank you,
Jami
Sr. Community Manager

169 Comments

getLIKEmeBABY says:

June 30, 2009 at 2:08 pm

wow like forreal, this is ridiculous. I dont even know why you ask our feedback if you dont even consider our opinions. But whatever, WE SUPPORT YOU. with out us, IMVU would be nothing.

PIAV says:

June 30, 2009 at 3:58 pm

html still pics for product pages still work for me, try to name your files without spaces in the name. example: avipicnumberone instead of avi pic number one. this may help your code.

IbreeI says:

June 30, 2009 at 8:51 pm

i think it would be a smarter idea to just scrap this new policy

Rachel says:

July 1, 2009 at 7:03 am

Im a developer on IMVU and it seems that instead of making it better to out do the competition, things are getting harder and more of a headache. I love IMVU and the ease of creating however if it continues this way many more are going to move over to SL…so think about it, WE MAKE IMVU not the other way around.

LunaTigress says:

July 1, 2009 at 7:53 am

you know i don’t like feeling like a second rate person here on imvu. My money (or credits) are as green as the next developer. So i dont have pro I still work hard to do my pr’s enter my products and sell like you want. SO why dont i have rights like a pro? How can i sell my virtual items if i can’t give the customer a page that will excite the eye and make the brain say buy. Thanks for making me fell less of a person and a delveloper. ITS JUST NOT RIGHT

irishgirl78 says:

July 1, 2009 at 1:10 pm

i agree with everyone i am working towards pro but cannot allow my real life to be affected because all i am doing is developing. I think its wrong to take that away from developers that even though are not pro make wonderful products. In the long run if we are making more credits so is imvu even if we are not pro!