Creating an eBay ready web page

**steve.ledger** · 16 June 2008, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by raynerj1

Ummm Gary... That is just a popup which is blocked by most modern browsers by default. (Not a good idea to suggest those).

I don't think TARGET=_blank is regarded as a pop-up John.

**steve.ledger** · 16 June 2008, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by dogbertbh

I need to reference another site for the images on the HTML description

Create a placeholder image the same dimensions as your remote hotlinked image and using the name button give it a unique name.

Save your HTML.
Open the .htm file in notepad and find the unique name (ctrl+F), change the <img src="*"

EG:

<a name="EXTERNAL IMAGE" ><img src="index.htm_files/0.png" border="0" alt="" style="left: 29px; top: 53px; width: 551px; height: 91px; position: absolute;"/></a>

change to

<a name="EXTERNAL IMAGE" ><img src="http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/misc/vbulletin3_logo_white.gif" border="0" alt="" style="left: 29px; top: 53px; width: 551px; height: 91px; position: absolute;"/></a>

**covoxer** · 17 June 2008, 06:54 AM

To insert external image you have to create a placeholder object (with correct size and positioning). Then add a name to it:
img="http://www.myimages.com/image.jpg"
That's it. Entered link will be used in the exported html.

You may need to update your html filter in order to make it work. If so, download it form this message: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showpost...30&postcount=9

Hope it helps.

**sculptex** · 17 June 2008, 08:58 AM

I have had some success with:-
* stripping out all the header info and leaving just the content within the <body> section
* uploading all my images to my own server and changing all image paths to my server address instead
* changing the first instance of position:absolute; (in the first <div> straight after where the <body> declaration) to position:relative
* inserting the above html into an ebay listing

See my ebay listing:-
[sorry, no links to eBay auctions/shops, please] that I created with this method.

I have built this facility into my XXFX application, I will release a new version very soon.

The main thing is that any javascript will not work as it is referenced in the <head> (header) section from the html. Obvioustly with an ebay listing you are already in the body section. I am not sure what javascript can be declared in the html body area and also what ebay will allow in any case. Perhaps some expert here will enlighten me on this?
also anything such as a background declared within the <body> tag will also be lost.

**dogbertbh** · 17 June 2008, 04:18 PM

Sculptex: It looks great. I'll print your email, follow your steps (I believe the IMPORTANT info was position:relative) and post my result.

I'm actually planning to do some eBay listing today, so this works out.

**dogbertbh** · 17 June 2008, 05:28 PM

Covoxer,

I'm having an issue FINDING the htmlfiler.dll file. Where should i look for it? I did a search and came up with nothing.

I even did a DOS search using /s but didn't see anything at all.

**a4hire** · 17 June 2008, 05:40 PM

D:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Xtreme Pro 4\Filters

I found this file , HTMLfilter.dll in the above folder.

**dogbertbh** · 17 June 2008, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by dogbertbh

Covoxer,

I'm having an issue FINDING the htmlfiler.dll file. Where should i look for it? I did a search and came up with nothing.

I even did a DOS search using /s but didn't see anything at all.

Found it!!!

Originally Posted by covoxer

Create a backup copy of your "htmlfiler.dll". Unpack attached archive, extract both files to your "filters" folder. Open "html.ini" with notepad and change quality value as you whish. It should be in the range 10..99. New quality setting shall be applied to all exported jpegs.

I copied the filename from this explanation and "htmlfilter.dll" was misspelled.

Thanks again - trying it now.

**dogbertbh** · 17 June 2008, 10:26 PM

Just a quick note about the htmlfilter.dll change.

I used it and it worked fine. Then I created a new document and it didn't work at all.

I spent the last 2-3 hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong until I realized that I had rebooted in the meantime.

I re-extracted the files and it worked again!

YAY!

**dogbertbh** · 18 June 2008, 01:33 AM

Starting to feel like I'm talking to myself... consecutive posts.

It seems as if the filter works once per open document.

I've had to reload it each time I need to export my HTML otherwise it shows images as PNG's with names of img="http...../etc."