Saving / Downloading Listings

Go to listings > Saved listings > then find the link to the right that says 'html,' Click that and a box will pop up with the html. You can copy that and paste it to notepad or wordpad and save it on your computer.
I don't know what server disaster would cause you to lose everything beacuse it would still be in your closed listings on Ebay for a while
(60 days ?).
I hope this helps!! Good luck!!

I wasn't worried about uploaded files, just the ones I spent all day yesterday, and soon to be today on, that have not been uploaded.
I have worked with computers enough years to know that failure rates are relative to the amount of time and effort put into the item to be lost (Murphy's Laws of computing).
Things can and do disappear into the ether.

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Is there a way to download the listings I am creating online so I have a local copy in case of a server disaster?

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I wasn't worried about uploaded files, just the ones....that have not been uploaded.

I'm confused. Maybe one of the experts will come by and answer this one for ya soon. Good luck!!

Hi Spotmom, I'm a little confused too. When you say 'not yet uploaded', do you mean the ones you have created on Auctiva, but have not yet posted to eBay? If so, then as long as you have saved the listing in Auctiva, then it is safe, it will be in your Saved Listings view until you delete it. Or, have I misunderstood your concern?

Hi spotmom,

Any listings that are saved within your Auctiva account will remain stored on your "Saved Listings" page unless you delete them. I can't imagine a situation that would cause us to lose the saved listing information of our customers, but, if you want, you could potentially paste your item descriptions and other vital listing information into a word document or spreadsheet and save it on your local machine.

Any additional questions or concerns? Please file a support request using the appropriate link on our help page: http://www.auctiva.com/free-auction-software-help/help.aspx

-Mike

I did mean listings not posted. Uploaded I guess is the wrong term for something created online.

I found I could copy the html and dump it in dreamweaver and it worked fine. Kind of tedious, though.

I just like to have a copy of things on my machine. With TurboLister I made the listing then uploaded it and it stayed on my machine. I did not have to go online to change it or make a new listing from it. (Not that crazy about TL, but it worked, most of the time)

On the other hand Auctiva being online has been good since right in the middle of launching about 60 scheduled listings my computer dumped (unusual!) and the listings kept on posting themselves without me. Nice!

I realize that my stuff is saved here on Auctiva, I just wish there was a way to hit the checkboxes and choose download to my computer. Just the way I am. Like to keep things in my hot little hands.

The best part about Auctiva is the ability to post lots of big pictures. If there were any one thing that sets apart making money and not it is good clear photos, showing the good, the bad or ugly. If a person can trust you are not hiding something they will bid with confidence and not be likely to leave you a neg when something that looks much worse than shown arrives.

Thanks for all the replies.

CH

Hi spotmom - What part of Alaska? I used to live in Anchorage.

Wasilla. Hicks from the Sticks. Valley Trash. We get called a lot of things out here. But everybody wants out of Anchorage and moves to the valley.
When did you live here? It has probably changed a lot. Hell, it changes every week any more.
CH

Home of the giant cabbages huh? Air Force brat, Elmendorf AFB, 1958-1960. I remember watching the fireworks celebrating statehood. How's that for old?

Definitely some changes! Not for the better, either. I have been here since I was 5 (1967) so it really gets to me the way things are going here. Too many people in too little space and only one road to get them there.

I don't suppose this conversation is appropriate for this section?

My daughter's old music teacher used to run the Iditarod. Yes, conversations do have a way of wandering off topic here, not to worry, you started this thread so in a way it's yours, and you started it in the correct section, so I will gladly shoulder all the blame for leading things astray. Stay warm.

What was that music teacher's name? We used to run sled dogs sprint, sold our slower ones to Iditarod teams. The Osmars got a couple way back in the 80's, Linda Plettner had a few, swapped dogs with the Redingtons, we got the last litter out of old Joe's famous lead dog Feets. Our bitch only had 2 pups and only one survived. Had a real go with Parvo when it hit the state. Go out on the Iditarod for a picnic and watch the dogs go by every year. Don't know as many names as we used to. Only teacher I knew that mushed was Vern Cherniski, but that was sprint.
Gosh, that was a lifetime ago when I was tougher and didn't have a computer. Training sled dogs is a real commitment to cold and hard work. I don't remember ever being cold though.

Spotmom, what about previewing your listing, and then File > Save the page as a Web Page? Would that do what you want?

Spotmom - The teachers name was Patty Struvy (not sure of spelling) and she ran in the middle to late 90's(not sure whether earlier or later also)and at the time we lived in Truckee, CA so she lived in the Truckee/Lake Tahoe area. I couldn't find her name in the archives though, not sure why. It sounds like you've really done the real deal with the dogs.

Been busy with finished listings!

Don't recognize the teacher's name. Didn't know everyone.

Back to packing stuff to ship!
CH