eBay to go, or similar

[BlueDan]

Looks like it would be nifty for auction threads - parse the eBay item number from a URL and add one of these widgets - lets you see the current price and time left

http://togo.ebay.com/

Or an equivalent as these always display in USD There are probably some other free Flash widgets that scrape info from eBay via their API.

Here's an example for a car I posted recently:

<object width="355" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/togo.swf?2008013100" /><param name="flashvars" value="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-uk&mode=normal&itemid=300688860419&query=300688860419" /><embed src="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/togo.swf?2008013100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="355" height="300" flashvars="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-us&mode=normal&itemid=300688860419&query=300688860419"></embed></object>

And in case the HTML tags don't actually let you post HTML :doh:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12619096/ebay.html

 

[ben]

There was a reason we couldn't use it before, I'll try and remember why.

It might have been that it didn't support UK auctions... :chin:

 

[ben]

Yeah - that was it - only supports ebay.com

 

[BlueDan]

Ah shame, only showing in USD was a clue

I still reckon that kind of thing would be nice for the auction threads, though, if I more suitable version could be found.

 

[ben]

There might be a work around actually - I'll look into it

 

[BlueDan]

I tried changing the language in the embed code to en-gb, if that's what you're thinking