As you can see, the Header shows that the Auction Template Builder opened in a browser window just like any other web page that you might view. You can see the Title, Auction Template Builder, the Close Auction Template Builder button (Online version is Back to Auction Template Builder Library), the Go To Library button (download version only) and notice the Version and Build is shown in the Header. This is important because from time to time you will want to login to the Auction Template Builder Library home page to see if there is an update available for you to download.

Auction Template Builder opens with the Stock Template #4 loaded. You can select a different template from the drop-down box by first left clicking the View Template List button to open the Template List selection window. Left clicking the little down arrow to the right of the Template List: field and left clicking on one of the templates listed to select it. Then left click the Load Template button. A small window will open as shown below.

The status field will show Loading. Click the OK button and your template selection will be loaded and the status field will change to Load Complete and the Page Title field will have the name of the template you just loaded showing. Plus all of the other fields will now contain the correct template information.

To learn how to add and modify templates (download version only) see Add and Modify Templates in the Library.


Buttons
 
Other than in the Header and Final Section, in each section, One through Twelve, you will find a set of three Buttons like these.

 
Test View Page button: Click this button any time to view your page and see the changes that you have made. When you are finished viewing your page, click the button at the top or bottom of the page or the in the top right corner to return to Auction Template Builder.

Note: Don’t forget to Close the Test View Page or the next time you click Test View Page you will wonder why it won’t open. Because it is open, look in your browser tray.

 
View Backgrounds button: Click this button any time to you want to see the Index (shown below) of the available backgrounds for you to use.

Left clicking any of the Folder Names will open the appropriate screen.
Left click the HOME button or the Auction Template Builder link to return to Auction Template Builder.
Left click the Brown Folder and the following screen will open.

When you are finished selecting a background image left click either of the buttons at the top or bottom of the screen to return to either the Background Index or Auction Template Builder.

View Color Chart button: Click this button any time to you want to see the Color Chart of available web safe colors and their numbers for you to use. When you are finished viewing the colors, click the button at the top or bottom of the page to return to Auction Template Builder.

Default Data
 
When you opened Auction Template Builder you may have noticed that all of the data entry fields were populated with default data. Each time you open the Auction Template Builder it will be populated with the same data.
 
Why this is important. Well, think of building a template as a session.
You need to complete each session before you close or refresh Auction Template Builder or you will loose any data that you have changed.
 
Let me explain a session. A typical session might be:
1. Open Auction Template Builder.
2. Select a template.
3. Edit any data entry fields that you want to change.
4. Click Test View Page button to see the result.
5. Continue to edit data fields and test view until you are satisfied.
6. Click the Build Page Code button.
7. Copy, Paste and Save your page code.
8. Close Auction Template Builder.
 
Note: You can Test View your page, View Backgrounds and View Colors as many times and as often as you want and your data will be just as you had it. The only time you will loose your changes is when you close or refresh Auction Template Builder.

To learn how to add and modify templates (download version only) see Add and Modify Templates in the Library.

My Text Buttons:
By left clicking any of the My Text buttons located above the text fields will open the window shown below that you can copy and paste your data from. Just click the to close the window.

To learn how to modify your My Text information (download version only) see Modify the My Text button Data in the Library.

Quick Tags Buttons:
Will open the help window shown below to use any time you want to include some HTML Tags in any of the text fields. Find the tag you want and copy and paste it in the appropriate text field. Just click the to close the window.

 
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