eBay Developer Newsletter


April 11, 2007



	top stories



	Keynotes @ eBay DevCon Adam announces keynote speakers from Adobe, eBay, and PayPal. DevCon keynotes >



	Sandbox testing for Feedback 2.0 ready Don't forget that Feedback 2.0 is likely to come to US & DE this Spring. prepare your app >



	Reviews & Guides available in REST NEW GetProducts call retrieves catalog information on a variety of products. read story >

Your chance to catch Pierre Omidyar and John Donahoe is @ eBay DevCon
Pierre and John are two of the keynote speakers we have lined up for this year's conference. Join us for eBay Developers Conference 2007, June 11-13 in Boston. register now>



	technical alerts & product news

Sign-up for Firefox Companion for eBay alpha testing
Would you like to help Mozilla and eBay build a faster, safer online auction experience? If you're an eBay developer using Firefox, we'd love to have you participate in our alpha test program. We're still testing and improving the Firefox Companion for eBay, but we want quality feedback from experienced eBay members who enjoy an interesting challenge. If this sounds good to you, and you'd like to help us with our alpha testing, please sign up for alpha testing >

Mid-April changes to Tickets and Motors Item Specifics
As of mid-April, there will be item attribute changes in the Tickets and Motors categories. check updates >

developer community

Get Ready for Boston: John Donahoe on our commitment to innovation
"Frankly, some of the most important innovation at eBay is driven by all of you. We are absolutely both awed by and appreciate the spirit of entrepreneurialism and innovation you bring to the eBay Community." Take a look at this clip from our 2006 conference as John and other executives from eBay, PayPal and Skype talk about how developers using our respective API platforms are changing the game for our company. view the video clip > then register to join us at eBay DevCon 2007, June 11-13 in Boston! >

Developer Forums Thread of Every Other Week
Recently in the Tech Soup forum, PHP developer juvenil2006 was looking for assistance in getting past an error message trying to get started with the PHP5 code samples. Turns out, this developer wasn't alone. zhuowei.developersupport@ebay.com recommended a workaround that did the trick for juvenil2006: "It fixed my 931 error. The problem was that each request was sent to the Sandbox-Server. I was finally able to solve that problem when I changed the SandboxServer from 'true' to 'false' when I created a new session object." Can you make a usability improvement to the current PHP5 code sample? It's open source - so you can log-in to the codebase using your eBay Developer User ID (same as for developer.ebay.com), then submit your patch to the Issue Tracker. view the thread, then submit your fix >



	the buzz

eBay's San Dimas in InformationWeek
"Seeing eBay as a platform is a core tenet of our philosophy. Don't get me wrong--the Web site isn't going away, we just want to provide choice." J. Nicholas Hoover from InformationWeek recently quoted eBay technical evangelist Alan Lewis in his article about the history of rich Internet applications from Adobe, Macromedia and Microsoft. San Dimas, the eBay desktop application that will be entering private beta soon, has been building on Adobe's Apollo format since last summer. read article >

Spring Certified Provider Fair in Salt Lake City
Over 300 eBay employees attended eBay's second Certified Provider Fair at the eBay Customer Support center in Salt Lake City, UT, on Wednesday, March 14th. Attendees included Top Seller Account Managers, Seller Outreach and OnRamp Business Consultants, PowerSeller Stores Support, ProStores Pre-Sales, Motors, Half.com, Listing Tools and even our Trust and Safety teams. These teams are on the phone every day helping sellers grow their eBay businesses. Saving time and increasing profits is key to the success of every eBay seller, so helping to pair the right solution with the right seller is vital. Check out photos and event re-cap >

product updates

API Version: 507/505i

USPS Rate Change coming

Half.com on U.S. Express

Simpler Ticket Finder

events

April 15-18: Web 2.0 Expo
April 24-25: Grid Computing for Financial Services
April 30: eBay Town Hall: Trust & Safety
June 11-13: eBay DevCon

developer pulse

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