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 February 15, 2007
top stories
A warm welcome for Max Mancini
Max's thoughts about leading the Developers Program & 2007 priorities.
read Max's post >
Customize Ask Seller Questions
Two new API calls enable sellers to manage questions about their listings.
read story >
Faster International API releases
International API versions now go live just one week after US release.
read story >
technical alerts & product news
Tech Support Alert: Upcoming Required Changes to Ad Format Listings
As of late February, developers building applications using eBay Web Services should be aware of required changes related to our Ad Format listings . Check the Knowledge Base for information on how to update your code, as well as API documentation release notes for more details on these important feature changes. read alert >
Upcoming changes to UPS calculated shipping requirements
As of early March, eBay will enforce the dimensions requirement on listings in order to guarantee a more accurate shipping cost calculation for buyers. We recommend that you update your application early to be ready for this dimensions requirement. Please see the API documentation for details on how to specify package dimensions when listing an item with calculated shipping. be prepared>
Tech Support Alert: Deprecated Calls, Fields, and Types Have Been Deleted
As of mid-February, we have now deleted all deprecated calls, fields, and types from the latest schema (API version 499). This change was originally announced in mid-November 2006 and January 2007 . We strongly recommend that you read about our new eBay Schema Versioning Strategy if you haven't already done so. Dont be surprised - get informed >
Reminder: Type Changes: Store IDs May Reach 64-Bit in 2007
As previously announced in December 2006, IDs used for eBay Stores may reach 64-bit values by July 2007 (or later). As of mid-February, we have changed the data types of the affected elements to xs:long (API version 499) to help you prepare for this in advance. Please refer to the API documentation release notes for more information about affected elements, types, and calls. view changes>
developer community
Project San Dimas and Adobe Apollo at DEMO 2007
Alan Lewis was in Palm Desert, CA in early February for the DEMO 07 conference , along with hundreds of venture capitalists, reporters, exhibitors, and, for a brief moment, even Barry Bonds . read Alan's event wrap-up >
Developer Forums Thread of Every Other Week
Recently in the eBay Web Services forum, Active forums poster yougottahavethis and fellow developer matt.walsh were looking for advice about caching strategies for heavy weight calls like GetSearchResults and GetProductSearchResults: "Any thoughts or suggestions on speeding up the searchresults call?" Up your coding karma - post an answer >
the buzz
Vodafone to offer eBay Mobile
eBay has announced an agreement with Vodafone across Europe last week. Launching in Italy initially, the new eBay mobile service will be available across Europe later this year. read Reuters article >
It's about DEMO 07
The media and blogosphere have been buzzing about Alan's eBay demo based on Adobe Apollo..."Perhaps the most significant demonstration came not from a startup but from Adobe, which offered a preview its upcoming Apollo platform ... The sample application shown, an eBay desktop, illustrated the value of this approach." read InformationWeek article > ... CIO article > ... Financial Times blog > ... ZDNET blog >
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product updates
API Version: 499/497i
Deprecated Objects Deleted
Ad Format Changes
Java SDK 495 full release
.NET SDK 495 full release
events

Feb 14-15: LinuxWorld Summit
March 5-7: 360Flex
March 19-23: SDWest
April 15-18: Web 2.0 Expo
April 24-25: Grid Computing for Financial Services

developer pulse

Most popular in Knowledge Base
1) Migrating from Ad Format to Classified Ad format
2) GetPopularKeywords Sample using eBay JAVA SDK
3) Error 420 - You may list an Ad-Format item only in supported categories
4) .NET SDK Sample in C# to specify the Item Condition using LookupAttribute
5) ViewItem page showing only 1 shipping service even though AddItem had 3 and returned on errors

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