eBay HTML Code Tutorial - Part 2

Background Color

Some auction sites allow you to specify the background color of your ad. This is done using the <BODY bgcolor=”(color)“> tag. You would of course subsitute (color) with the color of your choice.

There are two ways of doing this. You can simply type a common color name like <BODY bgcolor=”yellow”> which will work for most browsers. Another option which will give you more flexibility in choosing your colors is to use the hexadecimal code.

The tag <BODY bgcolor=”#FFFFFF”> will yield a white background. By now you are probably saying, “O.K. knucklehead, how am I supposed to know what the colors and their corresponding hexadecimal codes are?!?!?!?” No problem, just check out our handy color chart to see the colors and their codes. Bookmark it to keep it handy for future reference.

Note that a closing tag: </BODY> is not required.

Practice this in the window that opened when this page loaded.

If you closed it or block popups, just click this practice button:

Fonts

The Tag will allow you change your ad’s font(s) on many auction sites. Examples of some common fonts are:

Download Free Trial!

Example of Comic Sans MS
Example of Comic Sans MS
Example of Courier New
Example of Courier New
Example of Times New Roman New
Example of Times New Roman
Example of Modern
Example of Modern
There are many more you can try as well.

Practice this in the window that opened when this page loaded.

If you closed it, just click this practice button:

Font Sizes

You can select the size of the font in a similar manner. The Tag will do this for you. Here’s a table with several examples of different font sizes:

<font size=”1“>Font Size 1</font>	Font Size 1
<font size=”2“>Font Size 2</font>	Font Size 2
<font size=”3“>Font Size 3</font>	Font Size 3
<font size=”4“>Font Size 4</font>	Font Size 4
<font size=”5“>Font Size 5</font>	Font Size 5
<font size=”6“>Font Size 6</font>	Font Size 6

Font Colors

Changing font colors can be done in a similar manner. Use the tag. Like the background color tag above, you can use either a name of a common color or its hexadecimal equivalent in place of color in the tag above. Here are a couple of quick examples for this tag:

<font color=”red”>Example 1</font>	Example 1
<font color=”#0000FF”>Example 2</font>	Example 2
<font color=”#009900″>Example 3</font>	Example 3

You can combine the different font properties in one tag. For example: Bid on my Auction! yields:
Bid on my Auction!

Click here for the skinny on line breaks and spacing…

Looking for professional auction templates to help convert visitors to your listings to buyers? When you’re ready to graduate from free auction templates to the ones that the professionals use, I highly recommend Listing Factory 2008. You can choose from the dozens of included predesigned templates, or create your own template to use over and over again. Listing Factory 2008 even includes a FREE 100mb image hosting account. It’s the system that I use to quickly and easily create and post my auctions. What used to take me 30-40 minutes, I now accomplish in about five! I recommend you download your free 30-day trial of Listing Factory 2008 today.

eBay HTML Code - Part 1

eBay Tools

Understanding Bid Increments and Proxy Bidding Part III

Multiple Auction Pictures

eBay Beginners Tutorial Part 2