A selection of simple & helpful HTML codes to add to your eBay listings!

How To Create A "Watch My Item" Link. This is a great way of getting your auctions to the eBay pulse and keeping buyers interested in your auctions, you simply paste the following code into your auction, replace xxxxxxxx with your item number (you will have to submit your listing to get this then go to 'revise' your item and add the number eBay has just given you, where it says 'click here' simply delete this and add your own text, if you would like the link to be in a picture just add the HTML code instead of text.

<a href='http://cgi1.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MakeTrack&item=xxxxxxxxx'>WATCH THIS</a>

 

How To Create A Pre-Filled 'Email Me' Link. This is the best way for your buyers to ask any questions about your items, when clicked the link will bring your email address for the buyers to send you a direct email with your address and your chosen subject already filled in for them, this can be a text link or a link in a picture,  just add your email address and either your text or the HTML code of your picture: Example: EMAIL ME

<a href="mailto:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?subject=YOUR SUBJECT">EMAIL ME</a>

 

How To Create Other Page Links. This is a good way of promoting your other items, shop, feedback, or maybe your web site, simply add the URL of the web site you want the link to lead to and add the text or a picture which will become clickable. Example: YOUR TEXT

<a href="http://WWW.THE ADDRESS YOU WANT TO LINK TO">YOUR TEXT</a>

 

How To Add A Background To Your Auction. I f you would like to add a background to your auction page simply paste the first part of the code right at the very top of your auction description and the second part at the very end of your description, the only thing you need to replace is 'YOUR URL' with the URL of your picture from photobucket, remember this is the URL and not the HTML code, then just click back to standard and the like magic the background will appear behind your description!

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="0" BACKGROUND=YOUR URL> <TR><TD> <td width="521"> <p align="center">How To Make Moving Text (Marquee)</p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial">This is a very simple but effective code, simply paste the code into your listing and add what you want it to say, there are a few variations of this, it may look confusing but with a bit of practice is very simple, this will make the text move back and forth between the margins</font><p align="center"> <font face="Arial">Example:<br> <br>  <marquee behavior="alternate">YOUR TEXT HERE</marquee></font></td> <td> <p align="center"><textarea rows="8" name="S5" cols="40"> <marquee behavior="alternate">YOUR TEXT HERE</marquee>

 

How To Make Moving Pictures. This is similar to the code above, just insert an image code instead of text, this is only recommended with small images, and it can make pages slow loading. Example:

<MARQUEE behavior="scroll" direction="left" width="100%"><img src="YOUR IMAGE URL"></MARQUEE>

 

How To Change The Speed Or Direction Of A Marquee Similar to the code above but here you can change the speed and direction of the text, simply change the your text in the code, then change the number, 1 being the slowest, then you can change left or right to suit. Example: YOUR TEXT HEREYOUR TEXT HERE

<marquee behavior=scroll direction="left" scrollamount="5">YOUR TEXT HERE</marquee>

 

How To Add Music In Your Auctions! I rarely put sound in my auctions as a lot of people browse eBay at work and don't want your music suddenly blasting from their speakers, you have been warned! If you want to add sound you must first of all host your song or sound file in the same way as you host your pictures with photobucket, free music hosts are very hard to come by but just try a Google there's usually some special offers, then your host will give you the URL address of your song which you just add below:

<bgsound src="http://www.YOUR MUSIC URL" loop=-1>

 

How To Frame Your pictures If you would like to add a border around your pictures, simply copy a code from and add the URL of your picture, the colours can be changed to anything you like. Example:

<img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" style="border: double 10px; border-color: YOUR CHOICE OF COLOUS">

 

How do I add a form button link? Add this code to your page, then simply add the url you want the button to link to and the text you'd like to appear on the button. Example:

<form method="get" action="YOUR URL"><input type="submit" value="YOUR TEXT"></form>

 

How To Create A Drop Down Menu. Cut and paste the following code to make a drop down menu or a jump menu. Add your own links and information ie. colour, font, font size, form name and menu name. If you use the colour tags, please note, they won't be seen in Netscape. Example:

<form method="post" name="nameform"> <font color="#9933CC" size="2" face="Times New Roman"><select name="tanyasmenu" size="1" style="BACKGROUND: #cc99ff; BORDER-BOTTOM: outset; BORDER-LEFT: outset; BORDER-RIGHT: outset; BORDER-TOP: outset; COLOR: #0066FF; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <option selected value="YOUR URL">MENU TEXT</option> <option value="YOUR URL">MENU TEXT</option> <option value="YOUR URL">MENU TEXT</option> </select> <input type="button" value="Go" onclick="location = document.nameform.tanyasmenu.options [document.nameform.tanyasmenu.selectedIndex].value;" style="BACKGROUND: #cc99ff; COLOR: #0066FF; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </form>

 

Please Note that the following codes are Java...

Although a lot of ebayers do use the codes in auctions, ebay officially only allow html.

You Have Been Warned!

 

How To Create Roller Coaster Text! This is a very simple yet funky little script, just copy the code and add whatever text you like. Example:

<script> var fs=1 var direction="right" function rollertext(whichone){ var thetext=whichone for (i=0;i<thetext.length;i++){ document.write(thetext.charAt(i).fontsize(fs)) if (fs<7&&direction=="right") fs++ else if (fs==7){ direction="left" fs-- } else if (fs==1){ direction="right" fs++ } else if (fs>1&&direction=="left") fs-- } } //Change below text to your won rollertext("Life is like a roller coaster ride. Hang on tight!") </script>

 

How To Create A Cursor Image. This is a cracking little script, but can be annoying if you choose the wrong image, and be warned that ebay do not like the use of this in auctions! I presume you've already noticed the example :)

<IMG id=PSlogo style="LEFT: 260px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1321px" height=25 src="YOUR URL FOR YOUR IMAGE HERE" width=50 onload="javascript:function movecursor() {document.all.PSlogo.style.pixelTop = event.y + document.body.scrollTop + 9.5; document.all.PSlogo.style.pixelLeft = event.x + document.body.scrollLeft + 9.5;}document.onmousemove=movecursor;">

 

How To Stop People Stealing Your Images There's no real way round this but this code will sure help! Paste this code at the top of your auctions and when people right click to copy an image they will get an error message saying whatever you like, again ebay aren't lovers of this script.

<head> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var message="ADD A MESSAGE HERE WHICH WILL SHOW WHEN THE VIEWER ATTEMPTS TO STEAL YOUR IMAGES"; // Message for the alert box // Don't edit below! function click(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button == 2) { alert(message); return false; } } if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers) { document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); } document.onmousedown=click; // --> </script>

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