Managing eBay Items

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AuctionBlox Setup - Item Templates

An Item Template is useful if your auction items contain almost the same content (layout, shipping and payment informations etc.) and the only differences are the product details.

An item Template can have *all* available options pre-configured for use with the listing generator.

Some options can be changed in listing generator when creating an item with it, some options are definitely used from the template and can not be changed in listing generator.

You will have to play around a bit with the templates to find the best and easiest way for your needs.

Create a New Template

Select Templates Image:Templates.gif from the menu.
Select New Template.
Complete the listing template with the standard fields as needed. These fields will then be used every time you generate new items based on this template.
Save the new template.

Image:Newlisting.gif

NOTE: Some fields are not available to edit if you generate listing from this template


 Item description: you can choose to use the product description as item description or you can use the template description
 Andale Counter
 Private Auction
 Listing Upgrades
 Additional Pictures 2-8
 zip and location
 tax rate and 'Apply sales tax'
 Payment options
 payment instructions

So please make sure that these details are filled in in your template that the generator can use this information when creating new items.

Edit an existing Template

Select Templates Image:Templates.gif from the menu.
Select the Template you want to edit by click the little edit icon Image:Edit.gif
Complete the listing template with the standard fields as needed. These fields will then be used every time you generate new items based on this template.
Save the template.

Add HTML to your item description

At 'Create Template' page have a look for the little html editor Image:Htmleditor.gif icon. A click on this icon will open the HTML editor in a new window, where you can easily create and modify the layout of your item description.

Using CSS in item templates

If you launch many of items at eBay you may know about the work to change css styles if you need to. That would mean to edit each item at eBay, edit item description, save it - edit the next item.

A simple way to avoid this work is to use an external stylesheet file. This can be placed on your server and if you need to change your styles you only need to edit one file - your stylesheet file.

NOTE: Create a new css file and upload it to your webserver, e.g.:
http://www.yourdomain.com/ebay/ebay.css
and place all your ebay styles into that file.

Then use this code in your template:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/ebay/ebay.css">

So if you change your styles you only have to edit one file - and the html editor can work with this

You shouldn't have a <HEAD> section in your item templates since ultimately this is posted inside of ebay's page which has an html, head and body section. Instead, simply include the css file in your html editor and add tables. It's not exactly html compliant, but having 2 heads is definitely not good.

The item description of your item template could now look like this:

<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”http://www.yourdomain.com/ebay/ebay.css“>

<table border=0 style="xyz">

  <tr>

    <td colspan=3>This the name of my product</td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td>Here you find my left navigation</td>

    <td>The place for item information and IMAGE

        <br>

        {PRODUCTS_NAME}<br>

        {PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION}<br>

        {PRODUCTS_IMAGE}</td>

    <td>Here you find the right navigation and more info</td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td colspan=3>Enough place to inform the customer about checkout, payment and delivery is here ...</td>

  </tr>

</table>

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