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HTML tags for About Me pages

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Displaying your user ID
Displaying your Feedback
Displaying your items
Displaying eBay time
Displaying eBay registration date

We’ve created special HTML tags to help you spruce up your About Me page. Tags are not case-sensitive.

Displaying your eBay user ID:

<eBayUserID>
Purpose Displays your user ID.
Flags

<eBayUserID> - Displays your user ID

<eBayUserID BOLD> - Displays your user ID in bold characters

<eBayUserID NOLINK> - Displays your user ID, but not as a link to your account

<eBayUserID NOFEEDBACK> - Displays your user ID, but not your Feedback score

<eBayUserID EMAIL> - Displays your user ID with your email address

<eBayUserID NOMASK> - Displays your user ID, but omits "shades" regardless of status

Example
Typing: Yields:
My eBay user ID is <eBayUserID> My eBay user ID is demonstration (65)
My eBay user ID is <eBayUserID BOLD NOFEEDBACK> My eBay user ID is demonstration

Displaying your eBay Feedback Items:

<eBayFeedback>
Purpose Displays all or some of your Feedback.
Flags

<eBayFeedback> - Displays your Feedback.

<eBayFeedback SIZE="n"> - Displays your first n Feedback

<eBayFeedback COLOR="specified color"> - Changes the color of the lower line of the Feedback.

<eBayFeedback ALTERNATECOLOR="specified color"> - Changes the color of the upper line.

<eBayFeedback BORDER="n"> - Sets the thickness of the surrounding border to n. The default is 0.

<eBayFeedback CAPTION="specified text"> - Displays your caption at the top of your Feedback table.

<eBayFeedback TABLEWIDTH="n"> - Sets the width of the Feedback table to n, where n is the width of the Feedback table as a percentage of the available space. The default is 90%.

<eBayFeedback CELLPADDING="n"> - Sets the space between Feedback comments to n. The default is 0.

Example
Typing:
<eBayFeedback SIZE="2" COLOR= "SILVER"TABLEWIDTH="75%"><eBayFeedback ALTERNATECOLOR="PLUM">
Yields:
User: tutor@ebay.com (0) Date: 08/01/98 15:28:01 Pacific Daylight Time
Praise: Tutor has an amazing page!
User: tutor@ebay.com (0) Date: 08/01/98 15:28:01 Pacific Daylight Time
Neutral: Though, Tutors' color choices are questionable at best...

Displaying your items:

<eBayItemList>
Purpose Displays all or some of the items you're selling or bidding on.
Flags
<eBayItemList> - Displays the items you currently have for sale.

<eBayItemList BIDS> - Displays the items you’re currently bidding on.

<eBayItemList SORT="n"> - Sorts your items using a numeric code n to specify method.
  • 8 - Sort by date, newest first.
  • 2 - Sort by date, oldest first.
  • 3 - Sort by end date of auction, newest first.
  • 4 - Sort by price, ascending.
<eBayItemList CATEGORY="n"> - Lists items in the referenced category and its sub-categories.
  • 353 - Antiques
  • 266 - Books, Movies, Music
  • 866 - Coins & Stamps
  • 1 - Collectibles
  • 160 - Computers
  • 237 - Dolls, Figures
  • 281 - Jewelry, Gemstones
  • 1047 - Photo & Electronics
  • 870 - Pottery & Glass
  • 888 - Sports Memorabilia
  • 220 - Toys, Bean Bag Plush
  • 99 - Miscellaneous
<eBayItemList SINCE="n"> - Sets the number of days ended auctions stay in list. If n is set to -1 (the default), only current auctions will display.

<eBayItemList BORDER="n"> - Sets the thickness of the surrounding border to n. The default is 0.

<eBayItemList CAPTION="specified text"> - Displays your caption at the top of your items table.

<eBayItemList TABLEWIDTH="n"> - Sets the width of the items table to n, where n is the width of the Items table as a percentage of the available space.

<eBayItemList CELLPADDING="n"> - Sets the space in the cells to n. The default is 0.
Example
Typing:
<eBayItemList CAPTION="The best deals at eBay" BORDER="4">
Yields:
The best deals at eBay
Item Start End Price Title High Bidder
23946 09/01/98 09/08/98 20:44:22 23.00 Assorted Widgets No Bids Yet
23947 09/01/98 09/08/98 20:48:45 21.00 Italian Widgets No Bids Yet
23948 09/01/98 09/08/98 20:49:56 19.00 Domestic Widgets No Bids Yet
24073 09/06/98 09/13/98 10:36:51 17.00 Authentic Old West Widgets No Bids Yet
24074 09/06/98 09/09/98 10:37:56 12.00 Used Widgets No Bids Yet

Displaying eBay time:

<eBayTime>
Purpose Displays the current time at eBay.
Example
Typing: Yields:
<eBayTime> 09/04/98, 16:48:41 PDT

Displaying eBay registration date

<eBayMemberSince>
Purpose Displays the date of your registration.
Example
Typing: Yields:
<eBayMemberSince> 09/04/98, 16:48:41 PDT
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