tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
11/30/08 12:00 PM
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Email a Preview??
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Is there a way to email an AW Preview to someone? I'd like to be able to show a consigner (who lives hours away) what the auction will look like before submitting it. If I copy the source code and email it as ordinary text, would there be a way for the person to see how it would display online? Could they use some sort of HTML viewing software?
Oh, and by the way, there are a dozen photos, so a screen shot really wouldn't work.
Thanks, Sue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
11/30/08 12:08 PM
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Sue.
Interesting idea.... I wonder if you can generate the preview, save it and then upload to your webspace and send the client the link. Right off that is the only idea that comes to mind.
I'll have to work on that one for a bit...
Judy/blue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
11/30/08 01:48 PM
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I think that will work, but you have to first upload the images (which I forgot to do and tried to view the result -- duh!), cancel out of the listing process, then find the image names on your host site, then replace the image names in the Preview source code. I don't have time right now to do that (and Pair.com certainly doesn't make it easy to find particular images), but I'll fiddle with it later and let you know if it succeeds. Thanks, Sue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
11/30/08 02:34 PM
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Sue
If you right click on the images in the Preview, the properties box will give you the image URL so you don't have look for it at pair.com.
I tried just saving the preview as another file and that didn't work. Didn't think it would but tried it anyway.
I'll try another idea or two and let you know.
Judy/blue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
11/30/08 11:19 PM
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In reply to:
If you right click on the images in the Preview, the properties box will give you the image URL so you don't have look for it at pair.com.
But I uploaded the images to Pair, and I uploaded the HTML code to my ISP's webspace, so the image addresses need to be changed to reference my Pair server. I pasted that part of the address into each of the 15 image URLs (like I've done many times when I have some sort of image glitch after an auction has been submitted) and re-uploaded the code, but for some reason, it didn't work. Probably something simple I'm not seeing.
The image Properties now say
http://myserver.pair.com/myusername/myimagedirectory/LotImg15478.jpg.
The full image tag in the source code is
<IMG SRC="http://myserver.pair.com/myusername/myimagedirectory/LotImg15478.jpg" BORDER="0" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5" WIDTH="208" HEIGHT="470">
This should be working, but it's not -- I'm still getting the red Xs. Maybe it's something to do with the ISP's web space. Any ideas?
Sue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 00:30 AM
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Finally got it working. It was just an issue with the image URLs. There's an extra aw2k I was leaving out. I still don't know why it's there -- a sub-directory of the main directory for my auction images. I probably created it and forgot. Some day FTP will be easier. It gives a lot of grief, doesn't it. So exacting!
Anyway, once you get the URLs of your images right, you can easily upload the HTML source code to some web space and send the address of the page to your consigner, and say, see, doesn't it look pretty? So now give me the go-ahead and we'll both make money!
Sue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 00:36 AM
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Just noting that my 12-01 reply is listed after my 11-30 reply. Strange. Sue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 00:38 AM
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Sheesh! I need sleep!
What I meant to say is that my 12-01 reply is listed BEFORE my 11-30 reply.
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
12/01/08 04:59 AM
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Sue,
I knew EXACTLY what you meant. Only the "boys" might not be able to track it Girls can almost always track thoughts with another girl
The AW2K directory on your webspace is created by AW2000 the first time you upload images. It is necessary to maintain all the images as AW2K does.
FTP is getting much easier than it use to be. And yes it is very exacting.
I am glad you got it fixed. Let us all know what the client thinks about it.
Judy/blue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
12/01/08 01:25 PM
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Sue,
Just to see if there is an easier method, I checked with AW2000 tech support.
The only method to generate a Preview which you can email to a client is to use the "Preview" right before the item lists on the Lister window itself. That way the images are uploaded and the generated page already has the URL's correctly written. You should be able to save it and send it.
I am gonna give it a whirl and see what happens. You may get an email from me!
Judy/blue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 01:52 PM
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Well, that's basically (or maybe exactly) what I did. I queued the Lot (just put any old numbers where needed), uploaded the images as if listing it, then cancelled out of the listing process. Then I opened the Preview and saved the source code. Then I uploaded it to my ISP's web space. I did it again just now to check the process, and as before, the image didn't appear. You still have to edit the source code in Notepad to change the image URLs to match what they are when they get to your image host. The Preview has the addresses as just what's generated within AW. I'm probably not using the correct terminology, but I think you get what I mean. Here's an example:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/emailshere/5752Preview.html
The "broken" image URL is
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/emailshere/LotImg15495.jpg
and the source code shows it as
LotImg15495.jpg
whereas it needs to be
http://www101.pair.com/tic/aw2k2008/aw2k/LotImg15495.jpg
and here it is with the code fixed:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/emailshere/5752Previewedit.html
I don't see how AW would get the actual address of the uploaded pics into the Preview code. Seems like you'd always have to manually edit that part.
Sue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
12/01/08 02:01 PM
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Sue,
Thom said to use the "Preview" on the Listing window itself instead of cancelling the listing and going back to the Auction lot. There is a "Preview" button to the left of the description field on the LIster window. That is the "Preview" he suggested using.
Did you try that?
Judy/blue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 03:29 PM
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Oh! (lightbulb lighting up over head)....that Preview!
Now, I get it. Sorry, dense. I never even noticed that button. Tried it just now and it worked perfectly. Thanks Thom and Judy!
Sue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
12/01/08 05:20 PM
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Sue,
Well had I gone ahead and told you to use that Preview yesterday your task would have been much easier. I started to and then decided the other way would work. Although it is a whole lot more work. I am sorry I didn't say something about the "Preview" on the Lister window. I know to use that one for all kinds of trouble shooting etc. Just had a brain freeze I guess.
Maybe it was a fevered brain..... I was home in bed running a temp with a bad cold. Does that count for a good excuse??
Judy/blue
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tictictic_OnEbay (addict)
12/01/08 05:30 PM
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Yes, a virus counts. As well as fever, fatigue, overwork, brain overload, agedness, sore feet, pesky relatives, and just life in general.
Sue
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bluepennylady (Carpal Tunnel)
12/01/08 05:39 PM
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Sue,
Well then I'll claim virus, fever and tired all at once!
I spent the entire weekend in bed, literally. In warm flannel jammies, thick down comforter, hot tea, kleenex box, laptop and TV. Hubby pulled rank and told me I wasn't going anywhere so I just took my laptop. Slept, typed and watched TV, slept, typed more and watched more TV.. Hardly ever do that.... Kinda of nice other than the stinking fever coming and going. Today I feel human although I am fairly certain my head is going to be stopped up forever
Well off to go fix my kids computer. Onboard LAN seems to be disabled, not working or dead. So gotta tear it apart so grandkids can hit the blue "E" grandma and get on their "INternet" and play their school games...
What a grandma won't do for the grandkids...
Judy/blue
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