Images in my custom template ??????

well here's the answer I received from Jeff -

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Sorry that can't be done. We fill them in in order.

Depending on how many backgrounds you use you could just create 1 template per background.

There is a chance it may work if you used our new option for self hosted images and enterd the URL's into the box for image 16. I'm not sure though. That would likely be way too much work entering URL's for images for each listing.

So that tells me I got to change my templates AGAIN, lol.

Anyone know how to create a template here - with all the images hosted here - that that one template can have interchangable backgrounds?

Won't it work if you use IMAGE 1 as the background?

You can pick whick image you want for the preview and the gallery so this should work

If you want email me your template with a couple of the background images ans I'll play with it to see what might work

Hi BTPS,

I know exactly what you are referring to. I use the same method for creating my basic templates, so I had to figure out a quick work-around when my SD account transferred to IF. IF has an image position migrating set-up similar to Auctiva.

What I do to make my personal background picker work from within my template, is put a 1 pixel clear gif in each of the image slots I'm not using for that listing. It acts as a placeholder to allow me to use 13-16 for backgrounds, buttons, or whatever. This way my template coding still works. (I just uploaded some clear gifs, named them and pick them just like a regular image.)

I have not tried this with Auctiva yet since I'm just beginning to make this switch, but it should work.

I hope this helps, and also hope that it works with Auctiva because this is my favorite method for customizing my templates.

PJ