Designing Your Own Templates -- Template 1
To give you a better idea of how the AS template tags work, here is the code for Template 1. Additional explanatory comments have been added in blue text:
This is where the example text that only shows up in the Template Description starts. Everything between the <ascomment> tag and the </ascomment> tag is straightforward HTML.
<center> <font color="00099"> <h2>This template has the following features:</h2></font><br></center>
<b>
1. You can choose your background color and the font color for your text.<p>
2. Use this template with no pictures or one picture. If you do not input a picture, the template will automatically reformat to accomodate this.<p>
3. Your picture is placed to the left of your description text. This works best with a smaller vertical format picture.<p></b>
<p>
<p>
<center><font color="00099"> <h2>EXAMPLE WITH 1 PICTURE</h2></font></center><p>
<table align=center cellpadding=10 width="90%" border=7 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="FFFAC6">
<tr>
<td valign=center align=center width=25%>
<table width=80%><tr><td bgcolor ="00099" align=center> <p> <p> <font color="FFF000">PIC 1</font><p> </td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign=top align=left> <center> <font size=5>YOUR TITLE or ALTERNATE TEXT</font></center><br>
<p><font size=3> <b> YOUR DESCRIPTION GOES HERE</b> </font>
description description description description description description description description description description description description
description description description description description description
description description description description description description description description description
</td></tr></table>
<p><p>
<center><hr width=80%></center>
<p>
<center><font color="00099"> <h2>EXAMPLE WITH NO PICTURE</h2></font></center><p>
<table align=center cellpadding=10 width="90%" border=7 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="FFFAC6">
<tr>
<td valign=top align=left><center> <font size=5>YOUR TITLE or ALTERNATE TEXT</font></center><br>
<p><font size=3> <b> YOUR DESCRIPTION GOES HERE</b> </font>
description description description description description description description description description description description description
description description description description description description
description description description description description description description description description
</td></tr></table>
</ascomment>
This is where the actual template starts
<table align=center cellpadding=10 width="90%" border=7 cellspacing=0 bgcolor=<asbgcolor>>
<tr>
<asifpicture1>
<td valign=center align=Left><img src="<aspicture1>"></td>
</asifpicture1>
<td valign=top align=Left>
<font color=<astitlecolor> size=5><astitle></font><br>
<p><font color=<asdescriptioncolor> size=3><asdescription></font>
</tr></table>
</astemplate>
This is the start of the template.
<astemplate name="Template 1" author="Auction Submit Staff">
<ascomment>
This is where the example text that only shows up in the Template Description ends.
This sets up the table and designates the background color.
This positions picture 1 (if it exists) on the left side of the table.
This positions the title at the top of the right side of the table and allows for the font color choice.
This positions the description below the title and allows for the font color choice.
This is the end of the template.
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