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At short notice my mother-in-law decided that she needs more space in the house, and wants to dispose of some of her paintings. She has decided to have a sealed
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
At short notice my mother-in-law decided that she needs more space in the house, and wants to dispose of some of her paintings. She has decided to have a sealed-bid auction, culminating on June 25th.
She wondered if something "web-like" could be done, so I took a few hours and knocked up this. It's not perfect, and in some ways it's not good, but she seems thrilled by it, so "the client is happy".
Just thought some of you might like to see it. All done in hand-crafted HTML (and almost certainly not standards compliant) and in hand-crafted Python, with no frameworks or libraries.
Comments welcome, but be gentle. Changes are still being made as refinements are suggested.
- retube 16y agoobvious perhaps, but have you considered ebay or etsy?
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoWe have, but at such short notice it was less risky to create a site to accompany the live sealed-bid exhibition and sale, than to try to work out how to torture eBay into doing what we want. We're expecting most people not to be particularly comfortable with computers, nor to have PayPal (or other) accounts, etc, so making it independent seemed the best option. Most are comfortable with a browser, completing a form, and email, so that's all this version requires. PS: I'm in London(ish) June 23 to 26. Perhaps I could buy you a coffee, or other beverage of your choice.
- retube 16y agoThat's very kind! Unfortunately I'm away over those dates. But if in London again let me know. Good luck with the auction!
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoHow can I let you know? There are no contact details in your profile. Apart from that - thanks again.