There are 4 category levels. The new category can be a new category, i.e., a level 1 category, or it can be a sub-category or an existing category. The existing category can be level 1, 2 or 3. To designate the new category as a level 1 category, i.e., it is not a sub-category of an existing category, select "NEW (SEPARATE) CATEGORY" in the sub-category select list.

The new category name must be unique for that category level. A category name may be used more than once if they are not both level 1 categories or are subcategories of different categories. For instance, both of the following categories are acceptable:

Computers: Books
Fiction: Books

If the name is not acceptible, Emaze Auction will ask you to choose another name for that category.

Creating new templates and implementing them is a four step process:

1. Create the template and place it in the EmazeAuction/template/ directory. If the template is not already on the server, you will be given the option of uploading it directly.
2. Choose a name for the template and enter the filename. The file must end with ".cfm" .
3. Specify whether the template is for the auction home page, category home page, or lot page.
4. Edit the category, lot and/or system to use that template.

Using the table you can create a new template and then edit it or edit existing ones. You can also choose to delete templates, by choosing them from the most lefthand column titled: "Del" checkboxes, then checking the checkbox directly below the "Delete Template(s)" button.

The first form field titled: "Subscribe to Category Success" allows you to edit the text that will appear when a user has subscribed to a category.

The second form field titled: "Watch a lot sucess" allows you to edit the text that will appear when a user has successfully subscribed to watch a lot on your auction website.

The following section of field forms allows you to edit some of the text that will appear next to fields when a user is either trying to log in to their seller homepage or trying to subscribe to a category.

The following section contains two form fields. The login screen is where bidders log in to private lots for which they have permission. This is the header that appears above the login form and the footer that appears below it.

>>> Login Screen Header:
(This is the header that will appear at the top of the login page for private lots)

>>> Login Screen Footer:
(This is the footer that will appear at the bottom of the login page for private lots)

TEXT FIELD: Go to category page
(this is the text you will find hyperlinked to the category page)

TEXT FIELD: No Open Lots
(This is the text that will be displayed if there are no open lots in a category)

TEXT FIELD: No featured lots
(This is the text that will appear if there are no featured lots in a category)

TEXT FIELD: No lots opening today
(This is the text that will appear if there are no lots opening today)

TEXT FIELD: No lots closing today
(This is the text that will appear if there are no lots closing today)

The daily status e-mail is designed to do the following:

- E-Mail the status of bids on all open and recently closed lots
- E-Mail the list of new items posted to the categories each user subscribes to.

N.B. TO RUN THE DAILY STATUS E-MAIL SCRIPT THAT WILL SEND OUT THE E-MAILS: Use the following URL:

http://yourdomain.com/yourdirectory/program/dailyStatus.cfm?emazedaily

On the actual Daily Status E-Mails page, your domain and directory will be filled in automatically.

The first table found on this page us used to configure the FROM NAME, the REPLY-TO- E-MAIL, and the SUBJECT of the e-mail message that will be sent out to bidders regarding the status of their bids.

The next portion of the page allows you to define what the daily status e-mail message will contain.

Open lost user has bid on []
(turning this on will have the system include a list of lots that the bidder has bid on) (this can be turned on or off, and the text heading for the open lots can edited in the text field under the column named "Text Heading")

Lots user has bid on closed since last e-mail []
(turning this on will have the system include a list of lots that the user has bid on but have closed since the last status e-mail.) (this feature can be turned on or off and the text heading can be edited for this section)

Open lots user is watching []
(turning this on will have the system include a list of lots that the user has chosen to watch)(This feature can be turned on or off and the text header can be edited for this section)

Lots user is watching closed since last e-mail []
(turning this on will have the system include a list of lots that the user has chosen to watch but have closed since the last status e-mail) (This feature can be turned on or off and the header text can be edited for this section)

New lots in subscribed categories []
(turning this on will have the system include a list of new lots that have appeared in a category that the user is subscribed to) (This feature can be turned on or off and the header text can be edited for this section)

FIELD HEADINGS
This section allows you to edit the text that will be used as field headings within the daily status the e-mail.

HEADER OF DAILY STATUS E-MAIL
This is the text that will appear as the header found at the top of the daily status e-mail message.

FOOTER OF DAILY STATUS E-MAIL
This is the text that will appear as the footer found at the bottom of the daily status e-mail message. You can edit any of the text but do not edit the following in the footer:

>>> Lot Closed Title:
(This is the error title text that will appear if the bid is submitted and the lot is closed)

>>> Lot Closed Body:
(This is the error body text that will appear if the bid submitted and the lot is closed)

>>> E-Mail Address Not Verified Title:
(This is the error title text that will appear if the user has submitted his bid but has not verified his e-mail address with the system)

>>> E-Mail Address Not Verified Body:
(This is the error body text that will appear if the user has submitted his bid but has not verified his e-mail address with the system)

>>> Bad Bid Title:
(This is the error title text that will appear if the user has entered a bid but the system encountered some problems regarding the bid)

>>> Bad Bid Header:
(This is the error text that will appear to let the user know that there have been errors in the bid and that they are listed below)

>>> Bad Bid Footer:
(This is the error text that will appear at the bottom of the page if there is an error with the bid)

>>> Bad Bid Body:
(This is the error body text that will appear if the user has entered a bid but the system encountered some problems regarding the bid)

>>> Bidder Banished Title:
(This is the error title text that will appear if the user has been banished as a bidder)

>>> Bidder Banished Body:
(This is the error body text that will appear if the user has been banished as a bidder)

>>> Bad Cookie:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder is using a bad cookie)

>>> Bad Login:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder enters incorrect username and password information)

>>> Login Name Blank:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder leaves the username and/pr password fields empty)

>>> Link to Register When Bad Login []:
(If this option is turned on, and there is a bad bid, because the bidder is not a registered user, the system will provide a link to the registration area, and will also keep the bid information that was entered by the user on the first try, in memory)

>>> Link Display To Register:
(This is the text that will accompany the resulting page if the above (Link to Register When Bad Login) choice is turned on.)

>>> Link Display to Re-Bid:
(this is the link text that will appear asking the user to resubmit tbeir bid)

>>> Bid Amount Field Empty:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder leaves the bid amount field empty)

>>> Bid Amount Entered Too Low:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder submits a bid that is too low to meet the requirements set out by the seller or by default in the lot)

>>> Increment Amount Incorrect:
(Depending on how the bid increment amount has been set (multiple or integer) - this error text will appear if the bidder enters an incorrect bid increment in either case)

>>> Bid Quantity Amount Empty:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder leaves the quantity of items being bid on empty)

>>> Bid Quantity Amount Zero:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder enters a Bid Quantity of "0")

>>> Bid Quantity Greater than Quantity:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder enters a Bid Quantity that is greater than the quantity available on the lot)

>>> Bid Quantity Greater than Maximum:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder enters a Bid Quantity that is greater than the established maximum quantity for the lot)

>>> Auto Bid Max Price Empty:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder selected the auto-bid feature but did not specify a maximum price for the auto-bid feature to continue bidding to.)

>>> Auto Bid Max Price Too Low:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder selects the auto-bid feature but enters a lower maximum bid for the auto-bid to stop at, than the next bid increment on the lot)

>>> Auto Bid Increment Not Met:
(Same as above)

>>> Updated Bid Amount Invalid:
(This is the error text that will appear if the bidder attempts to modify their bid by adjusting it to a lower value)

Full path to Emaze Auction directory
This is the path to the EmazeAuction directory, or whatever you named it. The path is from your server's root directory, e.g. c:\WebSite\htdocs\EmazeAuction. There should be no trailing slash at the end.

URL to Emaze Auction directory
This is the URL to the EmazeAuction directory, or whatever you named it. It should be the full URL, e.g., http://www.yourdomain.com/EmazeAuction . There should be no trailing slash at the end.

Cold Fusion datasource of database
This is the name of the Cold Fusion datasource as determined in the Cold Fusion Administrator.

Email server for sending emails
This is the mail server to use when sending emails from Emaze Auction.

Logout URL
This is the URL where Admin is sent after logging out of the Emaze Auction admin screens. Logging out deletes the cookie from the admin's browser. There is currently no logout feature for normal users.

Allow automatic bidder login via permanent cookie
This enables users to bid on lots without entering their username and password. The permanent cookie stores the bidder's unique ID and username. Both are harmless without the proper password. (If the user changes his/her username, Emaze Auction will update the cookie with the new username.)

Use temporary cookie
This enables bidders to submit multiple bids without re-entering username and password after first bid. This is a temporary cookie that is automatically deleted when the browser session ends.

Term Definition
bgcolor: Background color. This is a solid color, normally white.
text: Color of normal text, i.e., not links or text within tags. Normally black.
link: Color of link that has not yet been clicked on. Typically blue.
alink: Color of link while you are clicking it. Normally purple.
vlink: Color of link after you have clicked on it, usually purple.
background: Background image used instead of bgcolor (when background image is found). Use the full URL.
other: Body tags can have some additional options, such as margin settings. Just enter the full settings.