Each template has the ability to use or position the following elements:

1. Color controls: You can use the color pickers on the Select Templates screen to specify colors for your background, title text, description text, and additional text.

2. Title text: This is the Title text that is either filled in on the Add A New Listing screen or optionally from the Select Templates screen.

3. Description text: This is the Description text that is filled in on the Add A New Listing screen

4. Additional block of text: This is an additional optional block of text that can be filled in from the Select Templates screen.

5. Pictures: You can position up to four pictures in your template. Picture 1 is inputted from the Add A New Listing Page. Pictures 2, 3, and 4 are inputted from the Select Template screen.

background color = <asbgcolor> If you use this tag in the place of a specific color in a background color attribute of a Table tag, then whatever color chosen using the "Background Color" color picker on the Select Template screen will be inserted here. This tag can only be used once

title color = <astitlecolor> If you use this tag in the place of a specific color in the Color attribute of a Font tag, then whatever color chosen using the "Title Color" color picker on the Select Template screen will be inserted here. This tag can only be used once and only refers to the text in the Title field.

description color = <asdescriptioncolor>If you use this tag in the place of a specific color in the Color attribute of a Font tag, then whatever color chosen using the "Description Color" color picker on the Select Template screen will be inserted here. This tag can only be used once and only refers to the text in the Description field.

additional text color = <asadditionalcolor> If you use this tag in the place of a specific color in the Color attribute of a Font tag, then whatever color chosen using the "Additional Text Color" color picker on the Select Template screen will be inserted here. This tag can only be used once and only refers to the text in the Additional Text field.

Text tags

comment = <ascomment>.....</ascomment> Only the HTML that is bracketed within these tags will be executed when the "Template Description" button on the Select Template screen is clicked. Anything bracketed with these tags will not show on your template. The primary use of these tags is to display a sample of your template when the "Template Description" button is clicked.

title = <astitle> Place this tag wherever you want the text from the Title field to appear

description (required) = <asdescription> Place this tag wherever you want the text from the Description box of the Add New Listing screen to appear.

additional text = <asadditional> Place this tag wherever you want the text from the Additional Text box of the Select Template screen to appear. Note: You can only use one Additional Text block.

Picture Tags

picture #1 = <aspicture1> Use this tag to designate the URL that is inserted in the URL of Picture box of the Add New Listing screen.

picture #2 = <aspicture2>Use this tag to designate the URL that is inserted in the PIC 2 box of the Select Template screen.

picture #3 = <aspicture3> Use this tag to designate the URL that is inserted in the PIC 3 box of the Select Template screen.

picture #4 = <aspicture4> Use this tag to designate the URL that is inserted in the PIC 4 box of the Select Template screen.

Picture Area Tags:

When using pictures you MUST also use the following tags to specify regions of HTML that should only be used IF there is a picture present. This is useful for designs like our template T6 which re-orients depending on how many pictures are inserted

Here are simple uses of these tags:

<asifpicture1>   <img src="<aspicture1>">   </asifpicture1>

<asifpicture2>   <img src="<aspicture2>">   </asifpicture2>

<asifpicture3>   <img src="<aspicture3>">   </asifpicture3>

<asifpicture4>   <img src="<aspicture4>">   </asifpicture4>

It is permissible to also have other HTML bracketed between the <asifpicture>     </asifpicture> tags -- just remember that anything between these tags will be ignored if the related picture URL is not entered. Note: You can only use a particular <asifpicture> tag once in a template.

1. All templates must start with the <astemplate> tag and end with the </astemplate> tag. This helps the program get information about the template. The <astemplate> tag has two attributes, "Name", and "Author", and should be in the following format:
   <astemplate name="Template Name" author="Author Name">

2. All Auction Submit template tags must be in lower case.

3. You can only use each of the AS color tags once and they can only be used for their respective function (for example, Title Text or Description Text).

4. Every <aspicture> tag MUST be bracketed in <asifpicture> tags. It is permissible to also have other HTML bracketed between the <asifpicture>     </asifpicture> tags -- just remember that anything between these tags will be ignored if the related picture URL is not entered. Note: You can only use a particular <asifpicture> tag once in a template.

5. Though not strictly required, you may get better results if you enclose all ASColor Tags and all ASPicture tags in quotes.

6. If you use fixed images in your template, such as logos, MC/Visa gifs, or background files, the URL's for these files must be specified as an absolute URL -- For example, "http://www.myhost.com/logo.jpg" is an absolute URL. Just using "logo.gif" will not work.

1. Save your template as either a text file (.txt) or you can save it in the Auction Submit Template (.tem) format.

2. Open Auction Submit.

3. Click on the File dropdown at the top left of your Auction Submit screen and select Template Manager.

4. Import your template as follows:
   • Click the Add New Template button. A "Load New Template" dialog screen will appear.

   • Locate and select your template file. Note: The "Load New Template" dialog screen defaults to the "files of type" setting of .tem . If you did not save your template in this format you will have to click the downarrow in the "files of type" box and select "all files".

   • Click the Open button and your template will be imported into the data base of Auction Submit. It will be identified by the name that you inserted in the <astemplate> tag.

   • Select your new template and click the Preview button. This should give you a good overview of what you have created. All pictures designated by an <aspicture> tag will show up as a "broken" picture icon. If you need to edit the template, go back to your template file, edit it and import it again (this will overwrite the earlier version.) You can also go to the Add New Listing screen and test out the template using the Preview button there.

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