Flexmls® IDX Plugin

Changelog

3.14.8

Efficiency Update
* Prevent _page parameter from passing non-numerical characters to API
* Resolved several PHP warnings and notices
* Allow Dynamic Properties for PHP 8.2 and beyond
* Resolved portal pop-up bug
* Prevent WPBakery and Yoast from breaking sitemap
* Remove deprecated {Location} text instruction
* Fix Minor CSS Conflicts

3.14.7

Efficiency Update
* Proper formatting for location values with special characters
* Resolved a few PHP warnings
* Fixed Location Search field in Elementor page editor
* Resolved failed MyAccount API Call in default page editor
* Fixed SqFt values not printing for Oregon Datashare users

3.14.6

Efficiency Update
* Adjustments to List Price fields for SCC MLS customers
* Bug fix for noindex for sold listings

3.14.5

Efficiency Update
* Set Sold Listings To No Index

3.14.4

Efficiency Update
* Fixed CSS not applying when Google Maps API key is not applied in V2 listing template

3.14.3

Efficiency Update
* Removed Supplements From More Info Section of Listings Detail Pages V2 (Duplication)
* Focus Stays With Listings When Clicking Open/Close Map Tab in Version 2 Listing Template
* Updated Google Maps API Documentation Link
* Fixed IDX Search Error Upon Adding Widget In Elementor
* Removed Add Neighborhood Admin Page (Deprecated Widget)

3.14.2

Efficiency Update
* NAR 2022 Broker Attribution Policy Adjustments in Listing Detail Pages
* Fixed Documents Image Modal Window Links in Listing Detail Pages

3.14.1

Efficiency Update
* ‘Open Map’ Button Removed When No Google Maps API key applied or 0 Listings found in version 2 template
* NAR 2022 Broker Attribution Policy Applied To Listing Detail Pages

3.14

Improvements and New Features
* Open House Labels Added To Listing Summary Version 2 Pages
* Open House Detils Added To Listing Detail Version 2 Pages
* Updated Shortcode Generator Icon

Efficiency Update
* Resolved Applied Location Search Value In Listing Summary Widget
* Elementor Responsive Tools Act Strange When Our Plugin Is Active
* Slideshow Widget Under Elementor Duplicates When Row is Set to 1
* Elementor Throws JS Error when deselecting IDX Search Widget In Editor
* Classic Appearance > Widgets Page Not Working Properly With Our Plugin Activated
* Property Types Showing As Array in IDX Search Version 1

3.13.5

Efficiency Update
* Preparing plugin for PHP 8
* Implemented NAR Compensation Disclosure for Listing Detail pages
* Fixed Supplement spelling error in Listing Detail pages
* Resolved _page PHP Notice
* Set Listing Detail page to display SqFt from either BuildingAreaTotal or LivingArea in the API
* Resolved Elementor Soft Deprecation Methods
* Resolved Elementor Font Lists Not Displaying
* Updated deprecated jQuery property regarding IDX Slideshow widget

3.13.4

Efficiency Update
* Removing PHP warnings from Yoast in the listing detail pages

3.13.3

Improvements and New Features
* OpenGraph tag improvements to Listing Detail pages
* Contact Agent (Version 2) and Ask A Question (Version 1) contact form now includes phone number field

Efficiency Update
* Map View In Version 2 Search Result Pages Now Match
* Listing ID searches via Location Search field (IDX Search widget) will now append the criteria from the applied IDX Link/Saved Search
* Font List now displays in the IDX Search widget in WPBakery editor
* Removed PHP Notices in WPBakery editor

3.13.2

Efficiency Update
* Prevent PHP warnings in version 2 listing detail pages

3.13

Efficiency Update
* Fixed issue with Market Statistic widgets not showing dates

Improvements and New Features
* Attached Supplment field to Property Description
* New Plugin Design Dashboard/Setting Pages
* Sold Price will display in place of the List Price for sold listing (if your MLS allows for both)
* Improved CSS for IDX Slideshow widget

3.12.5

Efficiency Update
* Fixed issue with OpenHouse data in V2 pages

3.12.4

Efficiency Updates
* Fixed problem with WPBakery widgets

3.12

Improvements and New Features
* Introducing version 2 template for listing summary and listing detail pages/widgets
* New IDX Search widget front-end design
* New Style Settings Section
* New Version Setting to control Listing Summary and Listing Detail pages
* New Primary Color Selection
* New Heading Font Selection
* New Body Font Selection

3.11.2

Efficiency Updates
* Clicking Next to load next batch of listings in slideshow widget fixed
* Shortcode generator now works in the classic Gutenberg block
* Google map height value will automatically translate to pixels

3.11.1

Efficiency Updates
* Fixed cities missing from Location Search field
* wpColorPicker10n Deprecation Message Resolved

3.11

Improvements and New Features
* Portal Users Can Now Save Their Searches To Their Accounts
* Added FloPlans To Listing Photos – https://floplan.io

Efficiency Updates
* Applied Location Search values no longer labeled (undefined) in the WP dashboard/admin areas
* Closing open

<

div> tag in the Listing Detail pages, this will fix any sidebar issues
* Market Stat Widget Fixed For Classic and Gutenberg Editor
* Market Stat Legend Will Now Display On The Front-end
* Number of Days field appears again in Slideshow and Listing Summary widget settings
* Sort By Price Low To High has been fixed for the IDX Listing Summary widget and search result pages
* Removed

<

h1> tags in IDX Listing Summary widget and search result pages when widget title is blank

3.10.4

• Fixed Add Prorperty Type and Add Field in IDX Search Widget Classic and Gutenberg editors
• Fixed Yoast Sitemap PHP Warnings
• Fixed Previous Version Widgets For Elementor Editor

3.10.3

• Fixed WPBakery loading issue

3.10

Improvements and New Features
* Widget Compatibility For WPBakery and Elementor Page Builders
* Updated Favorite Icons On Search Results and Listing Detail Pages
* Location Search field can now apply custom location values – applies to specific MLSs
* Updated jQuery .live() method to improve compatibility

Efficiency Updates
* Safari Browser Will Now Show Listing Photo In Map View Bubble
* Fixed IDX Slideshow From Duplicating Listings If Certain Settings Are Applied
* Marked Favorites Now Highlighting For Portal Users
* IDX Listing Summary Widget Now Displays Agent Filter By Option
* Map View on Mobile Will Now Include A Listing Summary Below
* IDX Search Widget Will Now Save Default View Setting Under Appearance>Widgets

3.9.1

Efficiency Updates
* Fixed Map tab on Listing Detail pages

3.9

Improvements and New Features
* Auto-completion added to Location Search field in IDX Search Widget

Efficiency Updates
* Schedule A Showing Messages Will Now Deliver To Your Flexmls Account Instead Of A Direct Email
* Problem with some of the widgets not applying in Gutenberg editor in WordPress 5.3
* Fixed IDX Listing Detail Widget Showing A Different Property After API Authentication Token Expired
* Fixed Intermittent PHP Warnings From IDX Slideshow Widget
* DirectoryIterator Reworked To Speed Up The File Load Time
* Reworked PHP count() Method In Listing Detail Pages To Prevent Warnings

3.8.2

Efficiency Updates
* Fixed JS Error Occuring On Some Sites

3.8.1

Improvements and New Features
* Added alt text to IDX/MLS Logo Image Tag
* MLS ID is now appended to the API query for IDX MLS Data Sharing listings
* Ask A Question and Schedule A Showing forms set display property to table in order to prevent styling conflicts
* Placeholder text applied to the Location Search field

3.8.0

Improvements and New Features
* Added Blocks For Each Widget In The New WordPress Gutenberg Editor
* Transparent Background Color Option Added To The IDX Search Widget Options
* Added Option To Show Map or List View By Default In Listing Summary Pages
* Price Change Info Added To Listing Detail Pages
* Videos and Virtual Tours With Non-SSL/HTTPS URLs Will Now Open In New Windows
* “My Search Results” Selected By Default In The “Send Users To:” Option When Added New Widgets
* Added New Setting To Turn Off Select2 Scripts In The Admin and User Areas

Bug Fixes
* Slideshow Flashing and Duplication Problem Fixed
* MLS Number Search Added Back To The Location Search Field In IDX Search Widget
* Slideshow Widget Will Now Show The Correct Number Of Pagination Dots
* Map Tab Will Not Display In Listing Detail Pages If Google Maps API Key Is Not Applied
* Fixed IDX Search To Display Results If Location Search Is Not Displayed

3.7.1

Fixed: Selection of certain location search options wouldn’t apply on search

3.7

• Fixed: Map Setting “Do not load the Google Maps API scrip” is fixed
• Fixed: When initially installing the plugin, if Yoast SEO is active an error occurs
• Fixed: Listing Photo modal window on mobile devices adjusted for better fit
• New: Location Search fields (back-end and front-end) using flexmls Omni service
• New: Alt and Title tags added to icon images
• New: IDX Slideshow will now pause if user hovers over listing
• New: Old Internet Explorer CSS expressions removed for faster loading
• New: Plugin can now show data-share listings from MLSs that allow it in IDX

3.6

• Added Open Graph tags
• Added preloading tags to the listing summary and listing detail pages
• Fixed: Some sites using the IDX slideshow widget were not displaying the Beds, Baths, Sqft Fields.
• Fixed: Updating the selection of a property sub-type in the IDX Search widget will now display the proper results.
• Fixed: “Listing Not Available” “Mimic the contents of this page” setting will now save changes.
• Fixed: IDX Listing Summary widget Display option for Open Houses fixed.
• Fixed: Location Search field values in the short code generator repeating on some sites.
• Fixed: Neighborhood widget titles printing “&” in front on some sites.
• Fixed: Duplicate canonical tags printing when Yoast SEO is being used.

3.5.11.6

• Fixed: Fixes recent new listings capabilities for some MLS’s

3.5.11.5

• Fixed: Fixes search parameters on search widget

3.5.11.4

• Fixed: Issue with saved searches not appearing properly in portal
• Fixed: Open in new window setting not saving
• Fixed: No listing results in areas with slashes in their names

3.5.11.3

• Fixed: Replaces PHP sessions for hosts that don’t support them
• Fixed: PHP errors from empty loops
• Fixed: Javascript error in dashboard for certain slider plugins

3.5.11.2

• Fixed: Issue with visitors not able to log into portals
• Fixed: Portal position on screen
• Fixed: Portal timing for popup
• Fixed: Required/force setting for portal dismissal

3.5.11.1

• Fixed: Issue where contact widget would not use a custom title in sidebars

3.5.11

• New: Contact/Lead Generation widget rebuilt for performance
• New: Honeypot on Lead Generation replaces old captcha
• New: Background process to clean up old and expired database entries
• Fixed: Issue where Google map didn’t have height set for some agents
• Updated: Lead Generation widget rebuilt for speed and better integration with WordPress
• Updated: More API calls moved to Spark Platform using WordPress functions
• Updated: Updates README to point to new FlexMLS Settings section

3.5.10

• New: FlexMLS Options Panel to prepare for additional plugin features coming
• New: Brand new settings interface
• New: Under-the-hood improvements to speed and caching
• Fixed: Error when reusing API credentials before authorization token expires
• Updated: Caching system naming
• Updated: Security in settings panel

3.5.9.4

• Fixed: Fixes an issue with over-aggressive caching causing listings not to display
• Fixed: Google map on listings overview page

3.5.9

• New: Added performance enhancements
• New: Old database entries cleaned up after cache expiration
• Fixed: Settings menu and Add Neighborhood menu no longer both highlighted/open when visiting those pages
• Fixed: Widget constructor error notice
• Fixed: Google Map script now only loads once
• Updated: WordPress-integrated API connection method for better performance
• Updated: Updates caching system for faster page loads (more to come)
• Updated: WordPress warnings and notices updated and only display to site administrators
• Updated: Support page in dashboard updated
• Updated: Installation instructions in README

3.5.8

• added Map View to the top-right of the search result pages
• Fixed URL protocol problem with portal login page (only happened in some versions of PHP)
• Added School District and Area to Location Search field (If MLS has allowed for the field to be used here)
• Added Page URL To Contact Me Widget Notification Messages

3.5.7

• Agent/Office Search Widget Is Fixed (Offices only)
• Listing Detail Fields No Longer Repeating When SEO Plugin Is Installed
• Removed tags for better mark-up
• Setting Status Field Not To Show In IDX Search Widget Fixed
• Removed Dollar Sign From Search Results and Listing Details If There Is Not A Listing Price
• Listing Address will now only display if it is public
• The plugin is now HTTPS/SSL friendly
• Added Flexmls icon to plugin installer
• Listing Address will display in title bar again for certain themes

3.5.6

• Some options not applying to widgets in shortcode generator
• Virtual Tours will now full expand in modal window
• 1-Click Location Search widget not applying selected IDX link
• Search Result pages can now handle fields with multiple values
• Agent list is hidden by default in the shortcode generator
• “Ask a Question” send button text will change to “Sending…” after being clicked.
• Plugin is ready for WordPress version 4.4

3.5.5

• Previous and Next buttons properly navigate in listing details
• Ask A Question form not displaying
• Location Search values with special characters are now applicable
• IDX Search widget selected Property and Sub Types remain selected in pagination links
• Improvements in handling IDX Slideshow fields
• Updates to PHP constructors for WordPress 4.3

3.5.4

• Supplements Added To Listing Detail Page
• “All” Option Added To Property Type List In Shortcode Generator
• Listing Status Filter Added To Shortcode Generator (Displays If Your Association Allows Solds In IDX)
• More Default Sort Options Available
• MLS # Now Included In Location Search Box Placeholder

Bugs fixed:
* Widget Settings Not Saving Under Appearance > Widgets
* Line Height Value Added To Location Search Box in IDX Search Widget
* New Line Break Added After The URL In The Message Notification Email
* Portal Registration Popup – Pages To Show Checkboxes Now Saving
* Property Type and Property Sub Types Selected Fields Maintained For Both Search Results and Listing Detail Pages.

3.5.3

• Fixed bug on admin pages that use tabs

3.5.2

• Captcha to the contact me widget to prevent spam
• If your association allows sold listings in IDX, you can now allow your users to search for sold listings in the IDX Search widget.
• IDX Slideshow will properly format the listing address (if shown)
• Added Line Height value to the location search box. This could only be seen on Internet Explorer
• PHP warnings property sub-type field have been removed from the IDX Search widget.
• For those that were experiencing a problem with your theme using font awesome the conflict has been resolved in this version.
• Location Search box line-height added to prevent placeholder text cut-off in IE
• Add box-sizing: content-box to CSS file to prevent the close button and navigation arrows from being hidden.

3.5.1

• Fixed bug that caused api key to be cleared when updating to 3.5.0

3.5.0

• All widgets are now responsive
• IDX Slideshow widget will now fade to the next set of listings
• Property Types are now check boxes in the IDX Search widget, which will allow users to select multiple property types
• Added Sub-Types to IDX Search widget and the shortcode generator
• New favorites icons
• Added mouse rollover text displays to explain each favorite icon
• IDX Listing Summary widget can now select multiple values from the Location Search box in the shortcode generator
• New color selector box in the shortcode generator
• Fixed displaying fields multiple times in the listing detail pages
• Remove curly brace from 1-Click Location Search HTML Title Attribute(minor)
• IDX List Number Search Property Type is no longer restricted

3.4.9

• Made shortcodes work with new tinyMCE api
• Fixed street address parameters for smart frame results
• Agent website links now open in a new window
• Property type is now included in 1-Click location searches
• Updated CSS for search fields
• Now caching portal api service

3.4.8

• Preventing oauth2 api requests when not authenticated

3.4.7

• Stable for WordPress version 3.8

3.4.6

• Fixed title for the search results widget
• Fixed pagination error for OnMarketDate

3.4.5

• Allowing contact sessions to be saved when php’s autostart is turned on.

3.4.4

• Bug fix where schedule a showing errors on apostrophe
• Removed from email tags from email headers
• Changed Ajax error to be console log message

3.4.3

• Fixed bug where widgets would not save options on edit

3.4.2

• Constructor Warning message is fixed

3.4.1

• IDX links now get looked up individually per summary widget

3.4

• Fixed subdivision lookups
• Fixed a pagination bug for listing details
• Added email in schedule a showing messages
• Added listing carts
• Added Force Portal Registration Options
• Added Favorites, Possibilities and Reject Icons for listings
• Added more sort options to searches
• Added Status in details and search results
• Added portal logins
• Added the portal widget

3.3.2

• Fixed rare bug on agent search where Array could show as value for email
• Fixed bug in Field Order on Detail’s page
• Removed Wildcard for search on Subdivisions

3.3.1

• Added MLS logo on summary and detail pages
• Preventing lead generation changes
• Fixed IE 8 issue where photos showed blue background on listing details
• Plugin’s directory is now referenced correctly
• Location searches now show field names on all fields
• Fixed URL encoding bug on search results prefill

3.3

• Added Office Roster in the shortcode generator
• Added Documents to Listing Details
• Plugin no longer activate if cURL is not enabled
• Subdivisions will now work in shortcodes

3.2.4

• Full screen photo on details page now shows currently selected photo
• Now only one photo box will come up when selecting photos
• Details page now uses the api field ordering service
• Request a showing button will now work if agent name has an apostrophe
• Users can now choose how many days for new listings, open houses, etc.
• Fixed minor bug which would cause possible issues in the future with api requests
• Removed wildcard from uneccessary parameters in location search

3.2.3

• Added user side seting for number of search results

3.2.2

• Allow size changes of slideshow widget
• Added user side sort by options on search widget

3.2.1

• Fixed issue with apostrophe in city name
• Fixed double prefill of mlsareaminor searches

3.2

• Eliminate pass-by-reference to avoid deprecation errors on PHP 5.3
• Added Questions Button for lead generation to listing detail and search results
• Support additional IDX compliance rules
• Added new settings to allow site owner to choose “no available listing” page
• IDX search widget now complies with any saved search it is based on
• Changed presentation of rooms in listing details
• CSS changes to no longer obstruct content in dialogs
• Fixed padding issue in vertical slideshow
• Centered text in some search widget buttons

3.1.12

• Add Street Additional Info to listing addresses

3.1.11

• Bug fix for Map Overlay searches

3.1.10

• Wildcard searching for some location search fields

3.1.9

• Data fix for our Roanoke customers

3.1.8

• Remove Street Suffix and Street Direction Suffix from list of Property Attributes

3.1.7

• Added support for WordPress timezones in Listing Detail footer

3.1.6

• Added MLS# under the address on the listing details page

3.1.5

• Reverting some meta data changes for greater listing data support

3.1.4

• Suppressing some additional fields from summary section of details page that should not be shown

3.1.3

• Changed to use API meta data for labels and values

3.1.2

• Added new setting to allow multiple summary list widgets on a page if needed. Not recommended for normal use

3.1.1

• Add MLS Area (minor) to location searching

3.1

• API db improvments
• Maintain last search criteria in search widget
• Schedule a Showing
• Allow address and subdivision location searching

3.0.11

• Fixed error when searching without a location input box

3.0.10

• Fixed error where site url confusion on www/non-www

3.0.9

• Fixed error when commas and dollar signs are entered and get 0 results

3.0.8

• Fixed trim error on listing detail

3.0.7

• Fields moved around api return, presentation fix

3.0.6

• Fix for boolean “main” custom fields as details
• Fix for bath fields
• Add the ability to force the display of the listing agent on the WordPress plugin detail page
• Fix title override from bleeding out
• Fix links and widgets from being broken when WordPress is referenced from different folder

3.0.5

• Fix for some broken image paths for IE users
• Fix for photo film strip for IE users
• Added some cache garbage collection to help keep the transient cache clean

3.0.4

• Changes so list prices with decimals display correctly without rounding
• Fix for listing price searches when using the IDX frame results
• Fix for the lead generation widget to properly send data and identify notification preference
• Changed assumed default for listing sorts in listing summary, slideshow and results widgets (assumes “price, high to low” if none given)
• Small fix to the Settings screen to help eliminate PHP notices in certain environments

3.0.3

• Improvements to speed up the plugin and API requests
• Fix to IDX search results widget to allow PostalCode and other location search fields as criteria
• Fix to photos when using multiple listing detail shortcodes

3.0.2

• Fix to IDX Search widget so submit button honors selected color in IE
• Small changes to IDX Slideshow widget to help longer lines fit without wrapping
• Fix to IDX search results widget to allow ListingId to be used as criteria

3.0.1

• Fix for issue with PHP error reporting levels and the new IDX Search widget features
• Flagged third party plugin as having conflicts due to Javascript errors

3.0.0

• Newly architected PHP API client for better speed, efficiency and features
• New option in IDX Slideshow to limit shown listings by agent if the site uses an office API key
• Lots of changes to IDX Search widget to support skins and new options
• New widget to integrate a summary list of listings (or search results) directly into a WP page
• New widget to integrate a detailed property report directly into a WP page
• New shortcodes for the 2 new integrated widgets
• Expanded and better organized settings screen under Settings > Flexmls® IDX
• Ability to turn on display of Listing Office for more control over IDX compliance
• Added the ability to rename property type labels shown to users (from Settings > Flexmls® IDX > Behavior)
• Fixed some issues with the recent change to IDX link pagination

2.4.2

• Fix for slideshow’s missing/broken pagination

2.4.1

• Changes needed to support the IDX Links service’s pagination update

2.4

• More minor updates to the IDX slideshow widget to better integrate with Facebook pages
• Fix to slideshow for broader IE compatibility
• Improved internal API session management to speed up requests and reduce session collisions (and associated errors)
• Plugin now correctly handles browser pre-fetching for those that support it
• Improved JSON parsing code. Now automatically uses native PHP functions if available for much faster JSON parsing

2.3.3

• Minor update to the IDX slideshow widget to better support Facebook page integration

2.3.2

• Small Colorbox changes for the photo viewer for better viewing on Facebook pages
• Fixed a bug with Property Type conditions on My/Office/Company slideshow widgets

2.3

• Added notification option for site owners when a new lead is created
• Fixed some issues with magic_quotes and how quoted data is submitted to the plugin and API
• Removed the ability for site owners to disable API caching. Cache can still be cleared manually from the Settings page

2.2

• Added Area and Subdivision to location search where enabled
• Upgraded Flot and Excanvas for better IE9 compatibility

2.1

• Added protection to block directory viewing on misconfigured servers
• Added a backup parsing method for URLs when $_GET isn’t available
• CSS enhancements to better cope with theme conflicts
• Fixed market statistics graph compatibility issue with IE9
• Fixed an issue with the default handling of idx_frame settings

2.0

• Restricted portions of the address are now ignored
• Add new Neighborhood Page feature
• Changes to photo loading on the IDX Slideshow widget
• Enhanced IDX Slideshow to include additional, optional fields to show
• Enhanced IDX Slideshow to make additional calls to API for more slides
• Enhanced IDX Slideshow to allow sorting
• IDX Slideshow widget now uses the selected Saved Search link as part of the criteria for pulling listings
• New “My Office” and “My Company” filters for IDX Slideshow
• Calls to the Flexmls® API now include the version of the plugin being used
• CSS and Javascript changes to better integrate with themes and other plugins
• Fixed issue with IDX logo being too large in some cases

0.9.6

• Fixes an issue with the lead generation widget throwing an error in certain environments

0.9.5

• Contains fixes for some CSS styling conflicts with certain themes
• Fixes an issue where the location search selection isn’t saved correctly under certain circumstances
• Fixes for element and widget positioning

0.9.3

• Contains fix for broken links to Javascript and styles

0.9.2

• Small fix to correct the displayed IDX logo

0.9.0

• This is a beta version.