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[upnorthdecals]

Hi again there!

Now that i finaly figured out how a hosting web site works, i need to go further and need some help again. Like i said in my previous post, i needed a place to host my .jpg (which are used for my item description on many market places) where the link to that .jpg remains the same so i can overwrite the .jpg to revise all my item at the same. It works very well.

Here is the 10 thousands points question;

If some when i decide to build a web store, or simply build more tricky html pages instead of simple .jpg as for my item description, it would be a great idea to have my link in .html already so i can overwrite it later...

Let me explain this;

there is a link if one of my item description i just uploaded as a test;
upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html

This is actually a html i made from a simple .jbg. Nothing tricky, no link, no roll over, no button, no animated gif, nothing. Plain jpg.

Here is the problem. I'm pretty new to all this html things.. I'm using html tag to link .jpg for my item description, as previously mentionned. For exemple the link was upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.jpg

It worked flawlessly, but not with the .html. It always results in a broken link.

i was using the tag <img src=http://www.mydomain.com/images/yourpicture.jpg />

I'm trying to do the same thing with the html, but with no luck.

If some one could tell me how to have a .html file showing up in a market place listing, it would be very appreciated!

Why i wanna to do this? Because for the moment i'm only using .jpg for item description, but i'm planning to build more tricky pages in html with link and animation, and then, instead of revising all my items one by one on many market places, i will only have to replace the hosted files by replacing the .html. The link i showed you above is actually the same for about 500 products. So every time i make a change in the item despcription, i have to revise all item one by one! What a waste of time. by replace the html (or the .jpg) it revise them all at the same time.

Hope its not too confusing lol Sorry for my bad english btw! Any help will be appreciated.

PS; i found a thread about this, but not sure to understand the solution suggested.. but it resume exactly what i want to do. Here is the link;

http://www.justanswer.com/questions/r85-html-webpage-upload-ebay-lising

Thanks to everyone in advance. x10 is a very friendly place!

 

[xav0989]

Welcome to x10, we are all glad to have a new member here!

As to your question, use the quotation marks around the src value:

<img src="http://www.mydomain.com/images/yourpicture.jpg" />

Also, use the [ HTML ] [ /HTML ] tags when posting html code on the forum, it'll make your post cleaner.

 

[upnorthdecals]

hi xav, thanks for your response. Actually i don't want to link the .jpg file, but the .html file. How can i do that?

this is the link
http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html

Like i mentionned, i made a .html from the .jpg.

 

[xav0989]

I don't really understand what you mean by linking the html file? could you explain more?

 

[upnorthdecals]

Sure. I'll make it very simple.

I sell decals over the internet on many different market places such as ebay, blujay, bonanzle... Each of these place allow html code in the item description, instead of using plain text... If i had an website, i could even paste in one of my website's page into the item description, but i don't have a web site, and i certainly don't know how to do that anyways. I used .jpg for my item descriptions, just like you said. But i saved my .jpg in .html format, because i'm planing to make .html pages, and i want to be able to overwrite the file later, without having to revise all my items. You know what i mean??

What i want is to have this link (http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html) showing up my itemp description into my listing, but it always result in a broken link. If you noticed, this is not a .jpg, it's a .html file. It works with jpg, but not with .html file.

The question is how to insert an .html file into an ebay listing.
Edit:
if i have my "item description" in .html format already (even if is actually just a jpg), i will be able to overwrite it with another .html file later. For exemple if i build a more attractive page, with boutton, rollover, animation. If i stay with the .jpg method, and then i want to use html page, i will not be able to OVERWRITE the actual file. Thats why i made an html file with that jpg, to be able to overwrite it later, but i can't figure out how to link this html file to my ebay listing.

thanks
Edit:
click this link;

http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html

In other word, what is the code i have to paste here if i want to have this image showing up in this thread?

 

[xav0989]

Well, here the html is not supported (security risk), so the code would actually be BBCode, which is basically simplified HTML.

Now, first off, you can't set a html file to act up as an jpg file. The img tag you used accepts images, and not actual pages. This means that if the content of the src attribute does not reference an image, it will not show up.
That said, there may be a solution for you. If Ebay hasn't blocked iframes, you could use those. Iframes are basically a simple way of displaying the content of an external html page inside another, what you are trying to achieve. Use the following code in your item description. It will display the page, and if it cannot, it will display a link to the html page.

<iframe src="http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.<br />Please visit <a href="http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html">our website</a> for the information.</p>
</iframe>

 

[upnorthdecals]

thank you xav, i'll give it a try right now

 

[xav0989]

tell me if it works. (it should)

BTW, if you ever learn a programming language such as php, you could literally dynamically generate an image and have the php page act as an image.

 

[upnorthdecals]

Xav, you are a genius. IT WORKS! But there is a small issue though, which i think you will be able to resolve. I can see the image, but in a small frame, maybe 100px x 50px, when the actual image is 780px wide x XXXpx height. Is there a way i can specify the "frame" size?

Thanks Xav.

 

[xav0989]

yes, simply add a width and height attributes to the iframe, like so:

<iframe src="http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html" width="780px" height="100%">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.<br />Please visit <a href="http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html">our website</a> for the information.</p>
</iframe>

That should do the trick.

 

[upnorthdecals]

it works! here is the entire code;

<iframe src="http://upnorthdecals.x10hosting.com/images/vehiclegraphics/sponsorslogos/sponsorslogos.html" align="center" width="780" height="1730" frameborder="0" framebordercolor=transparent scrolling="no" bgcolor="transparent" ALLOWTRANSPARENCY="true"></iframe>


However, i realize that with this method, if i make changes in my item description or decide to change the entire look of the description, i will have to specify the frame size again in each of my single auction or listing page, which is actually my concern. :S

Do you have any suggestion?

 

[xav0989]

Using the iframe solution I just proposed, I don't see any ( apart from some advanced JavaScript, which is not rendered for security reasons).

However, using the dynamic image one, it would be as simple as linking an image, but would require you to learn a programming language such as php or perl.

 

[upnorthdecals]

Yeah i guess i got a lot of thing to learn. I'm a graphic designer but not a web designer. I do graphic designs for printed project. So i think i will stick with the .jpg for now! Thanks for your great help Xav

 

[xav0989]

You are very welcome, you were not bad yourself (some users get mad/angry/impatient when we do not understand what they mean the first time).

Why not continuing contributing on the forums, there are a few categories that could interest you, in particular in the http://forums.x10hosting.com/community/ section of the forums.