Mini Mods - Ebay Listing widget BB code (with your affiliate id added in)

Hi all, this little bit of code, will allow your members to use the official ebay listing widget on your site...

As seen At my Leicester Talk Forum (first post)

This will automaticly add your affiliate code on the end too, so you can make some money with this.

Theres no products to upload, or templates to edit.. Just follow these steps.

Creating the basic Widget
Go To "Admin CP --> Custom BB Codes --> Add New BB Code"

Enter the following...

Title: eBay Listing
BB Code Tag Name: ebay
Replacement:

<div align="center"  style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="355">
        <tr>
                <td class="thead" style="text-align:center">
			<object width="355" height="300">
				<param name="movie" value="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/togo.swf?2008013100" />
				<param name="flashvars" value="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-us&mode=normal&itemid={param}&query={option}&campid=Affiliate-ID-HERE" />
				<embed src="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/togo.swf?2008013100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="355" height="300" flashvars="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-us&mode=normal&itemid={param}&query={option}&campid=Affiliate-ID-HERE">
				</embed>
			</object>
		</td>
        </tr>
</table>
</div>

You will need to change the "Affiliate-ID-HERE" for your own in TWO places. If you don't have one just leave the code as is, ebay will just ignore it.

You can get one at ebays partner network site


Example: [ebay=classic cars]170449644305[/ebay]
Description: Add an Ebay listing to the forum. Locate the auction of interest you want, and copy the Item Number from the box on the right, and paste between the [ebay] tags, you should also find a search that you want to perform after the auction has expired (end time + 120 days) and put that in as a option. So the syntax is [ebay=search term]item number[/ebay].
Use {option}: Yes
Button Image (Optional): whatever 20x20 image you want, I've put one at the bottom. Please upload the file and then refer to it...
Remove Tag If Empty: Yes
Disable BB Code Within This BB Code: Yes
Disable Smilies Within This BB Code: Yes
Disable Word Wrapping Within This BB Code: Yes



Thats It Folks..
If you wish to thank me, check out my advertisers or considering you will be making some money off this a donation would be nice

Then maybe I will be able to buy the car in the example listing

I will be putting the other ebay widgets up in a moment too...

[nitra1000]

Originally Posted by MrD

Hi,
is it possible to allow the Code only in one Subforum?

I don't beleive so, unless someone brings out a mod where you can restrict BB code to a certain forum.

Originally Posted by MrD

maybe work this without the Option only with the itemnumber?

Sorry this might be a limitation of the widget ebay supplies

Originally Posted by MrD

But is it easy to change the Language in German?

Have you tried changing the ".com" > ".de"?

[donottumbledry]

Also take note of the language parameter in the URL's in the embed and object tags.

Change "lang=en-us" to "lang=en-gb" for the UK or "lang=de" for Germany, for example

[nitra1000]

Originally Posted by donottumbledry

Also take note of the language parameter in the URL's in the embed and object tags.

Change "lang=en-us" to "lang=en-gb" for the UK or "lang=de" for Germany, for example

Thanks, missed that

[MrD]

Hi,
thx for the Answers.
but if i set the language to de the widget load and load.

[nitra1000]

Originally Posted by MrD

Hi,
thx for the Answers.
but if i set the language to de the widget load and load.

Hi sorry for the delay.... I've only just got me ebaypartner stuff approved and been able to check out the availability of the widgets...

It appears the only official support is in the eBay-US with some other countries having it available but not advertising it...

If the widget just loads and loads, chances are DE doesn't have it yet..

[Delilahs]

is there anyway you can do one widget that covers all, so that when anyone puts a link to ebay, it automatically includes the forum owners ebay affilliate number?

[nitra1000]

Originally Posted by Delilahs

is there anyway you can do one widget that covers all, so that when anyone puts a link to ebay, it automatically includes the forum owners ebay affilliate number?

Not to my knowledge... As I've said before (in other BB code threads), my knowledge is very basic.. I simply see a widget and it's parameters and then turn it into BBcode..

Limitations like that are not something, I'm going to look into.

However it may be worth taking a look at the auto embeder mod, thats floating around...

[abqtj]

Originally Posted by abqtj

Very nice...tagged for when my affiliate app gets approved

well crud, my application wasn't approved for some reason.

[raaowdot]

Thanks for this widget. Works perfectly and looks great on the site.

[The_Hawk]

Very sadly it seems that this is US only, looks and works great, just not so great when you expect another currency.