Alec Young This guide covers editing the Title, Summary and Description of your Items in Bulk Edit, and formatting the Summary and Description.
This guide has been rewritten to match the current Webtron Dashboard, including the new sidebar. It is a first draft, so wording and animations may still change.
Before you start
- Bulk Edit only takes Items in DRAFT or PREVIEW. PREVIEW Items open straight away. Draft LIVE Items first. Drafting hides Items from your Portal, so Bid, Auto Bid, Buy Now and Make Offer all stop until you approve them again.
- Rows on the Auction’s New Items tab are not Items yet. Edit their text in the New Items grid, which works the same way. See Creating Lots and Listings for Timed Auctions & the Marketplace.
- To change the text of many Items in a spreadsheet, or to add a translation, see Auction & Item Content Overview.
Editing the Title, Summary and Description in Bulk Edit
Each step has a short animation of the screen. Select a part in the bar under an animation to hold it there, then select Play to carry on. The red outline marks what to select next.
Step 1: Opening your Items in Bulk Edit
- On the Auction’s Items tab, tick the Items. If any are LIVE, select Draft and Confirm first. PREVIEW Items don’t need drafting.
- With the Items still ticked, select Bulk Edit.
Step 2: Editing the Title
- The Title column is next to Lot #. Select the Item’s Title cell.
- Type the new Title. The Title is plain text, with no formatting.
Keep Titles short and descriptive: what the Item is, in one line, about 120 characters or one sentence at most. Bidders scan Titles in lists and search results.
Step 3: Editing the Summary and Description
- Select the Item’s Summary or Description cell. The Item Summary And Description dialog opens, with an editor for each.
- Select the words you want to format, then a button above the editor, for example B for bold.
- Use the list buttons for bullet points or numbered lists.
- Select Save.
Both fields are optional and can be left blank.
The formatting buttons
Each editor has the same buttons:
- Bold, Italic and Strikethrough.
- Bullet list and Numbered list.
- Insert/edit link: select the words, then the link button, type the web address, and set it to open in a new window. Remove link takes a link off again.
- The Paragraph menu: Paragraph, Heading 1 to Heading 6, and Preformatted.
- Source code: shows and edits the HTML behind the text.
- Preview: shows the text as it will look.
Only edit the Source code if you know HTML. It can add things like tables, but in-line styles and JavaScript are removed when you save.
When copying text from a website, a PDF or a spreadsheet, paste it without its formatting to avoid odd styles: press Ctrl+Shift+V on Windows, or Command+Shift+V on a Mac.
Step 4: Saving your changes
- Select Save And Finish. The Dashboard asks if you are sure you want to finish the Bulk Edit and save all your changes. Select Save.
- The Item List shows Editing successfully completed.
Back on the Item List, the Items are in PREVIEW. Tick them, select Approve, then Confirm.
FAQs
Bulk Edit doesn’t stop long Titles, but short ones read better. Aim for one line that says what the Item is.
The Summary is a short line or two that shows with the Title on the Item list and in search results. The Description is the full detail on the Item’s own page.
No. Only LIVE Items need drafting first.
Yes. Export the Item content to a spreadsheet, edit it and upload it again. See Auction & Item Content Overview.