The vzaar HTML code

(or how vzaar embeds the video player in your eBay Auctions and Listings)

When vzaar inserts a video into your listing we insert a block of HTMl code that looks a bit like this below.

<!-- VZAAR START: [SOME-COMMENT-TEXT]-->
<div id="vzaar_media_player" [SOME-STYLE-INFO]>
      <object width="334" height="300">
        <param name = "movie" value="http://vzaar.com/users/[YOUR EBAY USERID]/videos/[THE VZAAR VIDEO NUMBER].swf"></param>
        <param name = "wmode" value="transparent"></param>
        <param name = "allowScriptAccess" value="always">
        <embed src  = "http://vzaar.com/users/[YOUR EBAY USERID]/videos/[THE VZAAR VIDEO NUMBER].swf"
              type  = "application/x-shockwave-flash" 
              wmode = "transparent" 
              width = "334" height = "300"
              allowScriptAccess    = "always">
        </embed>
      </object>
 </div>
 <!-- VZAAR END: [SOME-COMMENT-TEXT] -->

If you never edit your HTML code you’re good to go.

However if you want to move it around your own designed template feel free to do so. However make sure you don’t change anything beyond the style information in the opening DIV tag and it’s position in the rest of your HTML.

This is because when you ask vzaar to remove or relist your video we look for certain things. So make sure you keep the following HTML ‘DIV’ intact.

<div id="vzaar_media_player">
    [ANYTHING]
</div>

This allows us to successfully find the code we are looking for (unlike the droids in Star Wars) and make life easier for you

Can I use vzaar in my own templates?

Yes!

If you are real pro user, and have designed your own listing or auction templates so that they look smart on eBay, you can now position your vzaar videos in them when you are designing them. This is especially useful if you use use some of the more advanced listing tools like Turbo Lister or Seller Manager Pro (or any eBay tool that allows for you to store templates).

Drop this block of code below into your listing where you want the video to appear. Then when you tell vzaar to add a video to your listing or auction, it will replace this code with the video you have chosen, leaving the rest of your template untouched and intact.

<div id="vzaar_media_player">
    <object width="334" height="300" data="http://vzaar.com/images/coming_soon.gif">
        vzaar video placeholder image. This will be replaced by an actual video of the item.
    </object>
</div>

Remember if you get any bids on your auction or sales on your multi-item listings, you can’t revise the code, and we’ll insert the video below it as we normally do on listings where eBay doesn’t let us (or you) edit the description.

You can also embed the vzaar code directly in your auctions. Each video has on the video listing page a block of code. You can put this code directly into your auctions. So if you have a video for a particular product line, you can just insert that embed code for all templates for that product line, and your done.

If you have further problems with your templates, please contact us, and we’ll be glad to help further.