Article #50
Creating pages on your website


Overview

Login and add your event
Get all your lots ready
Compile all your photo's, documents, pictures, etc.

Go to Tools > Flexilot Website
Refresh to view your website pages
Each record here represents a webpage

Click "+" to create a new record or "^" to change"
Create the content for this page
Upload page content to website
Upload any media to website in the FRP section

Content formatting

The content for your webpage, the header and lot info will be formatted as follows:
If the content start with "[HTML]" no processing is done, the content will be displayed as-is.
If a Line starts with a certain string, the values following that string will be formatted accordingly




   
Start
   
Content
   
Example



  
[=]
  
Output the actual html for this line
  
[=]<b>100</100>



   
[#]
   
Make a hyperlink
   
[#]Click here for the map > map.jpg



   
[REG]
   
Goto registration page
   
[REG]Please register for this auction



   
//
   
Remarks not displayed
   
//Lot section here


Hyperlinks

Format:

  [#] DISPLAY > LINKTO

Display can be any text or a picture, e.g.

[#]Go to the map > /map.pdf
[#][5][U]Go to the map[u][0] > /map.pdf
[#]/mapicon.jpg > /map.pdf

Linkto can be any valid hyperlink location, e.g. a PDF or word document, an email address, 
another picture, page or a website




  
$XXX
  
Link to your webpage with ID xxx
  
[#]Goto auction 100 > $100

         [#]HOME > $50



   
/xxx
   
Your picture or file
   
[#]Goto the map > /map.pdf



   
*xxx
   
Picture in shared image folder
   
[#]*gavel1.gif > /lot1.jpg



   
mailto:xxx
   
An email address
   
[#] Mail me > mailto:myname@myisp.com

          [#]mailto:myname@myisp.com > mailto:myname@myisp.com



   
abs:xxx
   
Link to another website
   
[#]Search > abs:http://www.google.com

       [#]/searchpic.jpg > abs:http://www.google.com



Formatting


[B] [b] - BOLD ON/OFF
[I] [i] -  ITALIC ON/OFF
[U] [u] - UNDERLINE ON/OFF
[*] - BULLET ITEM
[+] - NEW LINE 
[-] - HORIZONTAL LINE 
[1]..[9] SET FONT SIZE
[0] CANCEL FONT SIZE, E.g. [2]Hallo[0]

Tables:

[T1],[T0],[t] TABLE (with/without border) ON/OFF
[/],[\]  START/END ROW
[|] NEXT COLUMN
[//],[||],[\\] as above, but heading
e.g. [T1][//]C1[||]C2[\\][/]R1C1[|]R1C2[\][/]R2C1[|]R2C2[\][t]

Creating page content from an event

The event needs to be active to use this function.
Goto "Page content" tab.
Click "Refresh this page from event ..."
Specify the header intro for the page
Click "default" to use  standard template
Specify the Lot template that will be repeated for each lot in the event
Click "default" to use  standard template
Click "Save and use this content" to create page content
Please note: When the lots change, you need to refresh the page as explained here

Vailables to use for above:

{LOT}
{QTY}
{QTY1}
{MASS}
{TYPE1}
{TYPE2}
{BID}
{BUYER}
{SELLER}
{RES} - Reserve
{COST} - Cost price
{REF} - Externakl Reference
{START} - Start price
{GRV}
{VNOTE}
{LOTCONTENT} - As entered for  each lot
{STOCK} - Grv Stock Code
{DESCRIP} - Description

Example of contenct template

[-][B][4][U]LOT {LOT} [b][0][u]
Draw horizontal line | font bold | underline on | font size 4 | Display "LOT". 
Replace {LOT} with actual lot number |  Bold off | Underline off | Default font size
[B][3]{TYPE1} {TYPE2}[b][0]
Font bold | font size 3 | Replace {TYPE1} with actual lot TYPE1 | 
Replace {TYPE2} with actual lot TYPE2 | Bold off | default font size
[I][1]{LOTCONTENT}[0][i]
Italic on | font size 1 | Replace {LOTCONTENT} with actual "WEB LOT CONTENT" (lot capture) | 
Italic off | default font size.
[I][1]Reserve: R {RESERVE} ZAR Ex. VAT[i][0]
Make italic | font size 1 | Display "Reserve: R" | Replace {RESERVE} with actual lot reserve price | 
Display " ZAR Ex. VAT" | Italic off | Default font size.
[#]{LOT}.jpg > {LOT}.jpg
Replace {LOT} with actual lot number, e.g. {LOT} replaced by 100, 
Show picture as specified, e.g. "100.jpg" with hyperlink to picture "100.jpg"
[REG]Please click here to register
Make a hyperlink for the browser to go to the registration page. The completed details will be emailed to you.



1) Predefined Banner (can only be changed by us)
2) Your defined menu page list 
All pages where menu is set to "Y" in specified order
3) The page heading (as set in CAPTION) 
4) The page content (as set in PAGE CONTENT) 
5) Predefined Footer (can only be changed by us)

By default banner.jpg in your company folder is displayed as header
By default the Flexilot information is displayexd as footer

By default style.css is used to display styling for your webpage.


Please contact us to change this, if required


Common images in FLEXILOT IMAGE folder

Prefix with "*" to use as a link/picture: e.g. PICTURE: *pkat.gif



Proxy settings

Use Proxy.txt in your profile folder to define your proxy server for internet access. 

E.g.




  
Basic=yes

       USER:username:password

       IP=10.0.0.2:8080



Customer Registration for the auction



User will complete registration form online and submit it. 

You will receive an normal email from the FLEXILOT system

NAME=Wihan Kotze
EMAIL=wkotze@wccsoft.co.za
CEL=072 110 4050
TEL=051 000 0000
FAX=051 000 0001
ADRPOST=pobox 123 bloemfontein
ADRPHYS=7de laan bloemfontein
FIRM=flexiauction
FIRMNR=00/00000/000
FVATNR=4700000000
PAY=CHEQUE
EVENT=1000
CO=AUCPRO
IPADR=41.243.131.159
DATE=3/7/2008 12:13:52 AM
FORM=REG


Copy the content of this email to your clipboard






You will create the customer in the FLEXIAUCTION SYSTEM
The "CUST NR" must be the customer 10-digit mobile number.

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