quote:Originally posted by wahm922:
An image can easily be replaced but not a whole template. ... When you replace an image you are just switching it on Auctiva but the img URL stays the same on ebay. You can't do that with a template.
Actually, that's not correct. Auctiva's templates are essentially no different that the images. The HTML coding of the listing includes the URL for the template housed on Auctiva's servers, just like the images we put in our listings. When someone browses the listing, the browser goes and gets the template image from Auctiva along with the other photo images, and plops them in the browser window. Presto, beautiful listing!
So, that being said, all you'd have to do is find the url name of the template that was originally used, and change it to the url name of the other template. That is not easy, but it is not too difficult, either. Its a matter of FINDING the URL reference that can be a bit daunting, as it is about halfway through the whole loooooong list of HTML for the particular listing.
You'd still have to change it at eBay (do a revise listing) because they have the HTML coding for that listing.
Auctiva might be able to program something to make this change, but it most likely would be something of a reverse programming [like: IF background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/ti/books3_left_panel.jpg" valign="top"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/ti/books3_left_panel.jpg"> and IF userid=xxxxxxx, THEN background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/ti/flower_left_panel.jpg" valign="top"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/ti/flowers_left_panel.jpg">]. If they just changed the template without an ID qualifier, then the template would be changed for everyone!
Doing that would be a big strain on their resources/servers, I would think. Dunno for sure, though.