Template Menu
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Commands in this menu work with or affect properties of the selected auction templates. Therefore the commands are only available in Templates or Previews Mode.
Start Auction...
This menu item will start auctions for the selected auction templates. When a group of templates is selected, an auction is started for every single auction template in the group. Before the auctions are started, a panel is presented where the number of auctions to be started is displayed and the eBay account that should be used can be selected.
Verify Auction Template...
When this menu command is invoked GarageSale will verify each of the selected auction templates with eBay and display possible errors or warnings returned by eBay.
Edit Item Description...
When invoked, GarageSale's Description Editor will be opened. It provides you with a text field to edit your item description, a automatically HTML preview of your description as well as commands to insert often-used HTML tags in your description.
Insert HTML Link in Description...
You can enter the URL and the visible text.
Optionally (instead of the visible link text), you can use a picture for which you'll have to enter the URL as well:
According to your choice a link (text or image) will be added to your auction text:
Convert Description To HTML now
Only available if the 'Convert Description to HTML automatically' checkbox for the selected template is checked. Will convert your text formatting to HTML right away and replace the contents of the description field with the resulting HTML code. Use this menu command to fine tune to generated HTML before it is uploaded to eBay.
When using a version of GarageSale prior to version 2.2, this menu command cannot be undone.
Choose Listing Design...
Will present you with a panel showing thumbnails of the available listing designs. Selecting one of those thumbnails will change every selected auction template to use that listing design.
Listing Design
Use the submenu of this menu item to change the design template for all selected templates instantly.
Choose Primary Category...
This menu item opens GarageSale category browser and lets you change the primary eBay category for all selected auction templates at once.
Chose Secondary Category...
This menu item opens GarageSale category browser and lets you change the secondary eBay category for all selected auction templates at once.
Edit Payment Options...
Invokes the payment options window and lets you change the accepted payment methods for all selected auction templates.
Edit Shipping Options...
Brings up the Shipping Options window lets you change the shipping options for all selected auction templates at once. See Shipping Options for more information.
Edit Scheduled Time...
Brings up a panel that lets you selected the start time for the selected auction templates for use with eBay's scheduler. Unlike GarageSale built-in scheduler eBay's scheduler costs you extra and requires you to start your auctions with GarageSale prior to the auction start time set in this panel. Refer to Scheduling Auctions for more information about this topic.
Edit Item Attributes...
Opens a window where you can edit the item attributes (also known as item specifics) for all the selected auction templates, if they are in the same eBay category.
Get Listing Fees from eBay...
Retrieves the listing fee for the selected auction templates from eBay if your auctions were to be started right now. Opens a panel displaying a detailed list of how all the auction options add up.
Get Product Information from eBay...
Displays a window which can be used to search eBay's product catalog for an item which represents the item your are selling. This menu item is only available if have selected a product enabled eBay category for your item. See Listing with Pre-filled item information for more information about this topic.
List with eBay Product Information...
If a check mark next to the menu item's name, there is an item from eBay's product catalog associated with the selected auction template. Choosing this menu item will turn off the check mark and remove the connection between your auction and eBay's product catalog. See Listing with Pre-filled item information for more information about this topic.
