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I have attempted a very minor customization of the Alligator Skin Black template and I never can get my actual listings and sometimes even new listing previews to match what shows up in the Custom Template editor. I am close but can't get it fixed. IF SOMEONE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT AND FIX IT FOR ME I WOULD BE GRATEFUL. Auctiva support has proven to be useless.

My only problem (that I am aware of) is that I cannot seperate the [DESCRIPTION] tag from the [PAYMENTINFO] tag so that I can keep the description centered like it belongs and the payment info left-justifid like the rest of the template.

When I load the HTML in FrontPage to look at it it's all one long line which is useless. Here is the code from the Auctiva Custom Template Editor page:

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%" bgcolor="#b9b9b9" align="center"><p style="text-align: center"><!-- Auctiva Corporation - Copyright 1999-2006 . Auctiva Corp. maintains all rights to the HTML and images used to create this template. Unauthorized Duplication is Prohibited --></p><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom: #000000 10px double; border-left: #000000 10px double; border-top: #000000 10px double; border-right: #000000 10px double"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="75" width="100%" background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_bg.gif"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom: #b9b9b9 10px double; border-left: #b9b9b9 10px double; border-top: #b9b9b9 10px double; border-right: #b9b9b9 10px double"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_bg2.gif"><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><center><br /><b><font color="#000000" size="5" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[TITLE]</font></b></center><br />  <p> </p><table id="table1" border="3" bordercolorlight="#c0c0c0" bordercolordark="#000000" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Arial">Please read our Payment, Shipping, Terms of Sale and Warranty information <br /> carefully before placing a bid.<br /> Images below with our watermark are of the ACTUAL ITEM you will receive!</span></span></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center"><br /><style type="text/css">.acttbl { width:100%; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 13px; }</style></p><div align="center"> [IMGS_PAIRED]</div><p style="text-align: left"><br /><br />[DESCRIPTION]<br /><br />[PAYMENTINFO]<br /> </p><p style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: left"><img alt="" src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_pay.gif" /></div></p><p style="text-align: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />[PAYMENT]</font><br /><br />[/PAYMENTINFO][SHIPPINGINFO]<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></font></p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_ship.gif" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />[SHIPPING]</font><br /><br />[/SHIPPINGINFO][TERMSINFO]<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></font></p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_terms.gif" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />[TERMS_OF_SALE]</font><br /><br />[/TERMSINFO][ABOUTINFO]<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></font></p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_about.gif" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />[ABOUT_ME]</font><br /><br />[/ABOUTINFO][CONTACTINFO]<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></font></p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_contact.gif" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />[CONTACT_US]</font>[/CONTACTINFO]</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><!--
Filename:AlligatorSkinBlack
Displayname: Alligator Skin Black
Keywords: Leather.
Colors: Black, Grey, White.
Category: Generics, Clothing/Shoes/Acc.
--></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center"> </p>
Original Post
Hi Boz,

I’m not quite sure exactly what the desired outcome is based on your description but, when I created a template using the code you provided, the template appearance remained consistent between the preview done from the template editor and the preview done from the saved listing I applied it to.

The only issue with the template that was immediately recognizable as a *problem* was that the header text for the “Payment” section is left justified while the header text for the rest of the seller details sections are center justified.

When I selected the “Payment” header with my cursor in the Standard mode of the template editor, I noticed the “left justified” button on the template editor toolbar was selected. I went ahead and selected “center justified” instead and that corrected the problem.

If the misalignment of the header for the “Payment” section is the only issue you encountered, please use the following code for your custom template and you should not encounter that problem when you use it:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#b9b9b9" align="center" width="95%"><p style="text-align: center;"><!-- Auctiva Corporation - Copyright 1999-2006 . Auctiva Corp. maintains all rights to the HTML and images used to create this template. Unauthorized Duplication is Prohibited --></p><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" width="100%" style="border: 10px double rgb(0, 0, 0);"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="75" background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_bg.gif" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" width="100%" style="border: 10px double rgb(185, 185, 185);"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td background="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_bg2.gif"><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><center><br /><b><font size="5" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">[TITLE]</font></b></center><br /> <p> </p><table border="3" width="100%" bordercolordark="#000000" bordercolorlight="#c0c0c0" id="table1"><tbody><tr><td><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please read our Payment, Shipping, Terms of Sale and Warranty information <br /> carefully before placing a bid.<br /> Images below with our watermark are of the ACTUAL ITEM you will receive!</span></span></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><style type="text/css">.acttbl { width:100%; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 13px; }</style></p><div align="center">[IMGS_PAIRED]</div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />[DESCRIPTION]<br /><br />[PAYMENTINFO]</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_pay.gif" alt="" /></div><p> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br />[PAYMENT]</font><br /><br />[/PAYMENTINFO][SHIPPINGINFO]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br /></font></p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><div align="center"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_ship.gif" alt="" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br />[SHIPPING]</font><br /><br />[/SHIPPINGINFO][TERMSINFO]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br /></font></p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><div align="center"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_terms.gif" alt="" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br />[TERMS_OF_SALE]</font><br /><br />[/TERMSINFO][ABOUTINFO]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br /></font></p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><div align="center"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_about.gif" alt="" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br />[ABOUT_ME]</font><br /><br />[/ABOUTINFO][CONTACTINFO]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br /></font></p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><div align="center"><img src="http://ti2.auctiva.com/tia/14E453/AlligatorSkinBlack_contact.gif" alt="" /></div></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br />[CONTACT_US]</font>[/CONTACTINFO]</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><!--
Filename:AlligatorSkinBlack
Displayname: Alligator Skin Black
Keywords: Leather.
Colors: Black, Grey, White.
Category: Generics, Clothing/Shoes/Acc.
--></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>

If you would like the description text to be center justified in a listing for which you are using this template, just choose to center justify that text within the description editor when you are creating the listing and it should come our center justified as desired.

I hope this helps.

-Mike

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