Potential New Client Questions

  • Resolved quenzel

    (@quenzel)


    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hi!

    We have used IDX Showcase in the past, but have a client that is very particular about how listings are displayed and they have some other requirements as well. .

    FYI – The specific MLS is SWFLA MLS.

    Q1. Attached is a screenshot of how they are being displayed now on their existing website. I am wondering if we can present them the same way with 2 columns, no box around the properties, etc. They sell high end homes $2M+ and want a very luxurious presentation with big pictures. Is this doable?

    Q2. Can we have a search bar on each page?

    Q3. Can we display the default image and carousel on the detail page across the top of the page?

    Q4. Can we also display the last 12 months of properties sold?

    Q5. Their existing site has the ability to search properties by area or address. The have the following quick search created:

    Homes by Area: Aqualine shores, city of Naples, Coquina Sands, Moorings, Naples, Old Naples, Park Shore, Port Royal, Royal Harbor, Audobon, Barefoot beach, Bay Colony, Bayshore Drive/East Naples, Fiddler’s creek, Grey oaks, Kalea Bay, Lake park, Livingston Woods Estates, Mediterra, Naples Park, Naples, reserve, oaks Estate, Pelican bay, Pelican Marsh, Pine Ridge Estates, Quail West, Ritz Carlton Tiburon, Talis Park, The Isles Collier Preserve, Vanderbilt Beach

    Other SWFL Communities

    Barefoot Beach, Bonita Bay, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs, Estero, Isles of capri, Marco island, Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf, Pelican landing, Sanibel and Captiva islands, Shadow Wood at the Brooks, West Bay Club

    Is this something we can do?

    Q6. Do we have to host the website with you or can we host elsewhere?

    Thanks so much. I look forward to getting your response.

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  • srscott

    (@srscott)

    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hi 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 CSS

    Q3 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 support@simplyrets.com if we can answer any other questions or clarify anything further, and thanks again for checking us out!

    -Scott

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