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Jan
30

How to Correct the Size of Auction Images on your Site

RochelleHow To...

The largest width eBay allows for gallery images (the images you see next to most auction results) is 96px. In versions 1x and 2x of BANS image width is 80px (v3x corrects this so you do not need to add this mod to v3 sites). This means many image widths are cutoff, making them look strange and incomplete:

Image of how auction images that are too narrow look

Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix this. I don’t know who came up with this but will gladly give credit if you let me know who you are.

 

My instructions to correct the size of auction result images:

Step One
  Open index.php. (Click here if you don’t know how to do this.).
   
  Save a copy of the original code (click here for instructions on how to do this).
   
  Search for all 80px Replace with 96px.
   
  Save changes and view site for errors.
Step Two
  Open FrontControl.php. (Click here if you don’t know how to do this.)
   
  Save a copy of the original code (click here for instructions on how to do this).
   
  Search for all 80px Replace with 96px.
   
  Save changes and view site for errors.
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Your images will now look as the sellers intend them to look and your site will look that much more professional:

Image of how corrected auction images look

Rochelle

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