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Post Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:38 pm 
 

The messages are auto-pruning, after an auction has been complete for a week.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:59 pm 
 

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Another usability Q for you: if I'm browsing the eBay threads on my mobile device, is it possible for the auctions listing widget to invoke my eBay app instead of a traditional web browser?


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:27 am 
 

I'm a mobile device noob.  Probably it can be done.  What's the name of your app?

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:08 pm 
 

It's the Official eBay Android App.


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:54 pm 
 

I looked into it -- it's theoretically possible, but nobody's come up with a working solution yet.  The URL schema "ebay://" will open your eBay app... the problem is switching the link out with that app on-the-fly.  In other words, I can switch all the eBay links on the site to that, but that won't amuse users who aren't using the eBay app.  Also, there's no way to pass along parameters with the URL schema (as of yet), so the app would just open to eBay, not to the item's page.

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:58 am 
 

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:
grodog wrote in Site Update:Unrelatedly, is there a reason that the Rares Currently on eBay thread seems stuck at 2 pages in length?:  Rares Currently on eBay  It's been that way for quite awhile now, not sure if the newer entries are simply being pruned and therefore we haven't actually reached 3 pages, or if something is deleting them prematurely, etc.?


The messages are auto-pruning, after an auction has been complete for a week.


It would be nice having the historical record on the rares auctions like we do in the TSR and Non-TSR Interesting Items threads:  any chance you'd be able to have them behave the same way, Scott?

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:I looked into it -- it's theoretically possible, but nobody's come up with a working solution yet.  The URL schema "ebay://" will open your eBay app... the problem is switching the link out with that app on-the-fly.  In other words, I can switch all the eBay links on the site to that, but that won't amuse users who aren't using the eBay app.  Also, there's no way to pass along parameters with the URL schema (as of yet), so the app would just open to eBay, not to the item's page.


That makes sense.  Thanks!


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Post Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:20 pm 
 

grodog wrote in Site Update:It would be nice having the historical record on the rares auctions like we do in the TSR and Non-TSR Interesting Items threads:  any chance you'd be able to have them behave the same way, Scott?


Done!

I originally set it up to delete old auctions because there was no visible way to discern what was a completed auction and what was still active.  The new display clearly shows when auctions have been completed, so there shouldn't be any confusion... thus no need to delete them.

One unfortunate side-effect of this is that Auction Hunter will now probably overtake killjoy on the post-count race.  Al better step up his game!

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:34 am 
 

Just read an article that cited a Stanford University study, showing that auctions now represent only 12% of eBay's listings.  While that seems a bit low, especially for the RPG category, the writing's definitely on the wall that auctions are being marginalized.  With that in mind, I opened Auction Hunter's searches back up to Buy-it-Now and Fixed Price listings.  As you can see, the listings jumped by around 75%.

If this gets too annoying, I may look at dropping some of the class-3's that AH is currently looking for (Eldritch Wizardry, etc).  

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:17 am 
 

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:Just read an article that cited a Stanford University study, showing that auctions now represent only 12% of eBay's listings.  While that seems a bit low, especially for the RPG category, the writing's definitely on the wall that auctions are being marginalized.  With that in mind, I opened Auction Hunter's searches back up to Buy-it-Now and Fixed Price listings.  As you can see, the listings jumped by around 75%.

If this gets too annoying, I may look at dropping some of the class-3's that AH is currently looking for (Eldritch Wizardry, etc).  

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I agree with that last statement whole-heartedly. Those digest books are not hard to find at all. Perhaps, limit the searches to include "first print" or something along those lines? They have greater value and rarity; of course, that goes unnoticed sometimes, but, that's part of the fun!! :)

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:14 am 
 

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:Just read an article that cited a Stanford University study, showing that auctions now represent only 12% of eBay's listings.  While that seems a bit low, especially for the RPG category, the writing's definitely on the wall that auctions are being marginalized.  With that in mind, I opened Auction Hunter's searches back up to Buy-it-Now and Fixed Price listings.  As you can see, the listings jumped by around 75%.

If this gets too annoying, I may look at dropping some of the class-3's that AH is currently looking for (Eldritch Wizardry, etc).  

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I was just wondering why so many popped in to the thread since last night!  ;-)

I've noticed too that the level of BIN items have drastically increased.  Not sure if I like it better or not - I'm primarily a buyer and like many, am always on the lookout for a deal.  BINs are rarely a deal.

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:41 pm 
 

Hey Scott---

Over in the thread @ hole-less Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert booklets? I wasn't able to get the URL tag working at all, and had to enclose it in the code tags to display or link to the DF thread at all.  

1. When I tried to just leave the URL string embedded in the body of the post without any tags around it, it disappeared:  hole-less Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert booklets?

2. When I tried to enclose the URL by pasting it in and then highlighting that string and clicking the URL button, it disappeared:  acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... mp;t=14048

3. When I tried to manually tag the URL string by pasting the URL and then typing the URL tag without enclosing it in quotation marks, it disappeared:  acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... mp;t=14048

4. When I tried to manually tag the URL string by pasting the URL and then typing the URL tag while enclosing it in quotation marks, it disappeared, and then rendered all of the text after the string unviewable:  [url="http://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14048"]hole-less Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert booklets?[/url]

When I previewed this just now, all of these links seem to work OK, although they provide slightly different user experiences based on what text is displayed as the linked text.  When I tried this to point to the DF post, the text disappeared several times over:

1. DF post link = Dragonsfoot • View topic - B/X: No holes?

2. DF post link via highlighted text and URL button tag = dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f= ... mp;t=64338

3. DF post link via typing URL tags manually = dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f= ... mp;t=64338

4. DF post link via typing URL tags manually with quotation marks = [url="http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=64338"]Dragonsfoot • View topic - B/X: No holes?[/url]

Can you please check this out?


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Post Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:44 pm 
 

Will do.  The problem is the eBay previewer code which doesn't like those links for some reason.  If you don't have eBay auctions in your message, links will work fine.

Incidentally (and I know you know this, Allan, but many people don't), you don't need to use the [URL] tag on any links; you can just post the link normally and it will work fine.  The only need for the [URL] tag is to do a text-replacement on a link, such as this:

My favorite forum

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[url=http://www.acaeum.com/forum/]My favorite forum[/url]

If I have time this weekend I'll look into the eBay preview problem.  Thanks for pointing it out!

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:54 pm 
 

Problem should be fixed now.

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:41 pm 
 

Hey Scott---

Anything we need to do re: changing passwords relative to Heartbleed (which I keep thinking of as Fafhrd's sword "Heartseeker" in my head ;) )?


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Post Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:17 pm 
 

The server was patched almost immediately.  It's also not been documented that any hackers actually exploited the vulnerability, though it's possible.

Regardless, the vulnerability doesn't affect the forum software, but rather server accounts.  If you have a subaccount on the Acaeum server, feel free to change your password -- though I think the risk, and the potential for dastardly deeds, is pretty low.

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Post Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:41 pm 
 

Excellent news, thanks!

Unrelatedly, I just got a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to watch John's Zagyg set from the eBay widget @ Castle Zagyg The East Mark Gazetteer (signed)  The error page resulting was Internal Server Error


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Post Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:42 pm 
 

I just added it to my watchlist without any problems.  Check your watchlist and see if it was added; if not, try adding it again.  If you get a 500 error again, let me know.

eBay itself has had all sorts of issues the last month.  It was probably them, choking on the watchlist request that the Acaeum sent them.

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Post Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:50 pm 
 

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:I just added it to my watchlist without any problems.  Check your watchlist and see if it was added; if not, try adding it again.  If you get a 500 error again, let me know.
eBay itself has had all sorts of issues the last month.  It was probably them, choking on the watchlist request that the Acaeum sent them.



Looks good, thanks Scott:  the item was in my Watch List when I verified.


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