equinux iSale 5.9.7 - Manual (Page 87)

Step 4: Upload Your Template
After you successfully created the images and modified the code,
it's time to put your template online.
Upload Using FTP
Many hosting providers offer affordable or even free webspace
suitable for serving your template resources to your auctions'
viewers on eBay.
To upload your template using FTP, please complete the follow-
ing steps:
‣ Launch your FTP client application and connect to your server
‣ Copy the template package to your server
‣ Make sure that the base URL specified in your template's
eqTemplate.html matches the public URL of your template
Step 5: Test Drive
Now that your groundbreaking new template is online, waiting to
be displayed to auction viewers, let's use it for an auction!
Install Your Template in iSale
While your template is publicly available on a webserver, iSale is
still not aware of its existence.
To install your template in iSale, please complete the following
step:
‣ Launch iSale
‣ Drop the template package onto the iSale icon in the dock
The template will automatically be installed. You now can choose
the template in the template browser.
Create a New Auction
What good is a template without an auction to use it?
To create a demo auction, please do the following:
‣ Create a new auction in iSale by clicking the „+“ button under
the auctions tab
‣ Click the “Template“ button to activate the template chooser.
‣ From the menu, choose “Custom“
‣ Click on your template to apply it to your auction
‣ Open the Layout Editor and add some content areas
‣ Complete your auction details
‣ Check the template display in the “eBay Preview“ tab
‣ If the preview looks good, submit the listing to eBay
‣ Check the auction on eBay
Note You can save an auction template layout for future use
by choosing “Layout” > “Save Layout as Template”.
Note equinux does not offer support for custom templates.
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