Big Bulk Edit Problem

[LuckyTarget]

I need to get my postage prices fully edited or I will lose money on some sales. I had a plan. The plan is not going to work.

Awhile ago I created a table for the item description section because customers were regularly asking me about combined postage prices. It now needs replacing with a new table. My first attempt using 'Replace' / 'With' in Bulk Edit left the old table intact but just messed up the wording at the top.


Just in case it was a problem with the format I went into My Defaults, created the new table, then cut and pasted them into the 'Replace' / 'With'


This won't work because as far as I can see there is no way to bulk change large sections of item description. If there was a bulk delete I could at least delete the old table and then bulk add the new. I don't like the way that looks because additions end up at the bottom instead of in the correct section of the item description...but it would be better than nothing.

I have over 4000 items so I need some way to deal with this that does not involve changing each one individually and is not massively time-consuming as this is a busy time for me in other areas. Would really appreciate some help with this.

[astral276]

A possible solution (take a backup of your listings first) - simply hide the existing table.

Use Bulk Edit to replace

<table

with

<table style="display: none;"


The table will still exist but will not be displayed when the listing is viewed.

[Gothicina]

Once you have hidden the table you don't want as per Astral's instructions.

I suggest you set out your table & the information with it, as you would like it to look,(including size)
in an html editor or a word processing program or
a spreadsheet, it doesn't matter what you use.

Then take a screenshot of it, open that in an image editing program,
so you can get rid of anything you don't want to show & save as a jpg or a png image.

Upload that image somewhere on the web,
photobucket,
or G & M's photo hosting site http://www.snapagogo.com/

Then copy the direct link to the image & add that to your listings by bulk edit.

Then next year when the price goes up just replace that old image with the latest one.

[LuckyTarget]

Thanks very much to both of you. I'll try all of that out. Certainly, if I can get the old table hidden first I can work on the new one later. Cheers.

[astral276]

...or G & M's photo hosting site http://www.snapagogo.com/

I hadn't realised that was one of G&M's enterprises.

[Gothicina]

I hadn't realised that was one of G&M's enterprises.

Yes it's theirs,
& it's got a nice big eBid banner on top.
I keep meaning to give it a try, as I find photobucket very clunky these days,
not that I use it often.

[MPS16]

I keep meaning to give it a try, as I find photobucket very clunky these days,
not that I use it often.

Just uploaded some pictures as a test.

I mean to Snapagogo.

[Gothicina]

Just uploaded some pictures as a test.

I mean to Snapagogo.

Was it easy to use, it certainly looks it?

I've got some advertising stuff I've been working on for my Vet, so I might upload it there,
so they can check it out. Much quicker that creating a webpage on my site, although I believe my webhosting
does have a gallery option, I've not had time to get to grips with it.

[astral276]

...& it's got a nice big eBid banner on top.

Ahhh...my ad blocker was blocking that ad (shows it works I s'pose).

Would have liked to be able to have folders within folders - but that doesn't appear to be an option.

Also seems to be a mix of terminology - sometimes they refer to 'folders', other times to 'albums'.

[MPS16]

Was it easy to use, it certainly looks it?

I think so, but I am no expert.

This is a test link to one of my uploaded pictures.

Uploaded at Snapagogo.com