srscott
Forum Replies Created
-
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX] Toronto BoardHey There.
Yes, our software can be used with TREB.
The pages on your site are natively part of the URL string, its not a frame or link to an alternate URL. For example, our sample page
home
https://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/Search results page
https://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/?sr-listings=sr-search&sr_keywords=houston&sr_ptype=&sr_minprice=&sr_maxprice=&sr_minbeds=&sr_maxbeds=&sr_minbaths=&sr_maxbaths=&sr_vendor=Property Details page
https://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/listings/Houston/Texas/77429/15804+South+FM+3+Boulevard+%231795%2C+Houston%2C+Texas+77429/1005199/Our software does support closed listings, they would need to be provided by Treb as part of your RETS data feed (Treb does have the ability to provide them, but they also have a number of feed options – I am not sure they all include closed, I would clarify with them at the time you sign up for the RETS feed).
Here’s an outline of our setup process in case that helps clarify how you use our software with your data feed from the MLS.
When you’re ready to try the software out, you can do so without getting a data feed using the free built-in sample data on the plugin.
Please do reach out here or directly via email ([email protected]) if we can answer any other questions
-Scott
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX] Potential New Client QuestionsHi Quenzel. Thanks for checking us out.
The attachment didn’t come through in your posting, but I think I can answer your questions without it.
Q1 Results page layout
Our results page doesn’t have a lot of flexibility in it, it takes its design from the template you’re using for the site. You can see an example of an unstylized search/result/detail on our support site at https://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/It can be styled a bit more than what’s shown on our demo page using CSS.
The plugin is Open Source, so you may find you need to use it as a base to build your own customizations. The code is here https://github.com/SimplyRETS/simplyretswp
With very specific design and layout targets, I suspect you won’t truly be happy until you’ve customized the plugin to your needs.We do support a different detail page (not what you asked but a feature which does get asked about) by using a separate template file. To do this, you just need to add a file called single-sr-listings.php to your theme’s templates directory; the plugin will pick it up and use that automatically.
Q2 Search Bar
We have a search widget that can be placed on every page. You may be able to style it into a bar using CSSQ3 Detail Page Image
We do not specifically have a background gallery view the way you described, but with the flexibility in the template, I would start with what can be stylized using the detail page template I mentioned in Q1.Q4 Closed Listings
As long as the listings are provided by the MLS, we do make closed listings available in our Premium and Enterprise packages. Our replication software uses the feed you pull with the MLS as the source of data – we don’t have any data to license of our own. We do not currently have any clients in SWFLA who have a closed data feed, so I would confirm with the MLS about availability.Q5 Area & Address Search
Our q= search parameter (used by default in the “search” field on the search forms) searches City, MLS Area, Subdivision/Neighborhood, Street Number and Postal Code. I spot checked a number of the examples you provided and they seem to return results ok. You can specify an area on pre-built quick-search links or pages by specifying q= in a short code or by using the URL and passing the search location in the correct parameter in the query string.Q6 Hosting
We do not provide any hosting, you would develop your site at whatever host you choose.
We DO take care of hosting the listing data and replication software, so when choosing your hose, you do not need to worry about memory/storage/bandwidth/compute for listing databases or data migration. The Plugin will connect to the hosted API and pull the data real-time in response to visitors searches.Feel free to reach out us at [email protected] if we can answer any other questions or clarify anything further, and thanks again for checking us out!
-Scott
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX] Do I have to pay if I have MLS credentialsHi Amir
The plugin itself is free, but it is designed to connect to an App in SimplyRETS which manages the replications from the RETS or WebAPI over to a database provisioned for the Plugin by the SimplyRETS App. – so you would need to create a SimplyRETS account to proceed. The monthly fees vary by the features you require.
What you’d do is sign up for a SimplyRETS account, create an App, and add the RETS login to the App. As soon as the data mappings are provisioned and the initial replication complete, the API key and secret will be available in the app to add to the plugin.
On the Plugin side, you’d add that to your WordPress site and then add the API info from the SimplyRETS app to it in Settings – that connects the listing data to the plugin.
You can see an overview of the process in this article here.
We have plugin documentation including CSS info and some CSS tips, in case you haven’t found them yet.
The plugin includes sample data (based around Houston TX) for you to use in testing, so you don’t have any fees up front to try it all out.Thanks
Scott