Hi to you! I am having a template made for me, she has uploaded it to Auctiva for me.
So I go to Listings, create a new, select template, select the new custom one, and then used the select an image boxes on the listing form, selected some Auctiva hosted images, saved them to the listing form, went to the bottom of the listing form, and selected preview, and my pics do not show up where she put the code for them in my template!
I had her do a series of small pics, that when moused over, enlarge one at a time to the left of the small pics.
Can anyone tell me how to get the pics into the template? Thank you!
It sounds like a problem with the template using the Thumbnail image arrangement (my favorite). My best guess without seeing the code is some type of tag or code conflict that is preventing the lister from working correctly.
If you can post a copy of the template, it might give me and others a chance to spot any obvious errors. You can copy and paste the HTML code to the practiceboard website and post back the link it provides, when you use the "see HTML" button.
I think for the question I originally posted, we figured out that I had to switch to external picture hosting, and then select the pics. So I uploaded the pics to photobucket and used their URL.
Tonight for the first time, I tried to do a listing using the new template, and when I PREVIEW, the listing is stretched all over the place, the pics are not in the right spots, the mouseover doesn't work ---is what you see in PREVIEW actually what you get when you post a listing?
The Forum server took an unexpected vacation yesterday (tripping-out), so I'm doing some catch-up. I'll try to step through what you've posted and see what's what and post back ASAP.
Danno
"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently isn't paying eBay and PayPal Seller fees."
First thing I noticed is your coder is using the Auctiva image tags, like [IMAGE1], which work in tandem with the Auctiva one-page lister and correspond to select IMAGE1 through 24. I believe that specific tag is reserved for use only with images stored at Auctiva, and correlates to their 400x300 stored selection.
There are alternate tags for external hosted to Auctiva images of the form [IMAGE1_URL] (original size), [IMAGE1_URL400x300] (400 x 300 size), or [IMAGE1_URL96x96] (thumbnail size). You can select the type on the "Choose Image Type:" drop-list on the Template editor (lower left). You normally use those on the one-page by switching the lister to external hosted mode (the switch is under the image section in small print).
Danno
"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently isn't paying eBay and PayPal Seller fees."
Hi Danno, Oh, I am glad it was just an outage yesterday, it was so odd!
So what you are saying is that I have to go into the HTML and change the image html?
My coder is long gone...she really was just a graphic designer who did my headers for me, I asked her to do the template also, and I wish she had just told me it was outside her area of expertise.
So, is what I see in the preview what my listing would look like if I listed it? cuz, like I said it is stretched out all over the place.
<!-- PUT THE URL TO EVERY THUMBNAIL YOU ARE ADDING, ORDER DOESNT MATTER --> preLoad("", "[IMAGE1]","[IMAGE2]","[IMAGE3]","[IMAGE4]","[IMAGE5]","[IMAGE6]","[IMAGE7]","[IMAGE8]","[IMAGE9]",
"");//
Should I change these tags to the 96x96 Image Urls?
If you look at lower left on the template editor page, you'll see a drop-down list of the types of image URL tags (tags for substitution of URL links). It depends what type of image you need for each situation, e.g. use the 96x96 thumbnail for that purpose with result [IMAGE#_URL96x96] in the code. It depends which tag is needed for the different image sizes (my last post gave quick list). You're substituting the tags the coder did for a URL tag in each case. It's alot of code to parse through....
Ouch to your coder being gone. I'd suggest doing a little at a time and checking results with the lister, as you go. If the coder didn't know Auctiva's system, that would explain the tags. I normally don't use the URL tags, as I host my listing images at Auctiva. I just know what they do. Was the coder under the impression you were hosting the images at Auctiva?
Danno
"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently isn't paying eBay and PayPal Seller fees."
Just saw your last post (added while I was typing). That's a good code example and at least it was documented. The [IMAGE1] ---> [IMAGE1_URL96x96] as an example of change. To easily create the tag, use 96x96 Image URLs in the Choose Image Type box and click on Image 1 for that last example. If you place the cursor in the section of the code for the tag, it should insert the tag at the correct location. I'd plant it next to the old tag and then remove the old. If you get the wrong number, just change it in the code.
Danno
"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently isn't paying eBay and PayPal Seller fees."
Since I requested that she give me thumbnails, that when moused over turn into a bigger pic on the left of the thumbnails, she said that I would have to host externally or give up the mouseover feature, which I really wanted.
So would I put the 96x96 Image URL tag in place of each [IMAGE 1, 2, etc] tag?
Then I can post the rest of the code that includes the mouseover command, and you can tell me what to put there, ha!
BTW, are u an Auctiva employe, or just a really nice guy?!?!?
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I'd suggest doing a little at a time and checking results with the lister, as you go. If the coder didn't know Auctiva's system, that would explain the tags. I normally don't use the URL tags, as I host my listing images at Auctiva. I just know what they do. Was the coder under the impression you were hosting the images at Auctiva?
