Admin Menu- Preferences
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The preferences section will allow you to set up your default preferences for the items shown below.

1. Log Into The Preferences Section

  • Click on the house at the bottom of your homepage and log into the Admin Menu.
  • Click on "Website & Listing Preferences"
  • Select Website Options, Listings Options, Advanced Colors or IDX Options (IDX Options only available for IDX subscribers).
  • From the Preferences screen select your preferences as noted below.
  • When you have completed your changes click the "Save Changes" button.

Important Note Regarding Pop-up Windows
POP-UP's Not Working
Many ISP's and third party companies are now providing Pop-up blockers which will keep your pop-up forms from displaying. Most Pop-up blockers allow for setting certain domain names as OK for pop-ups. Check the help section of your pop-up blocker program for information on how to exclude your domain name from the pop-up block.

Our service uses cookies to track who has been to your site and will "remember" if a visitor has been to your site and will not popup the window after the first visit. This is done as not to annoy your visitors with duplicate popup windows. For this reason, you may not see a popup window when you visit your site.


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Website Options
This section allows you to set your default settings for your website including pop-up windows, slideshow, frames display and more.


Website Options

Forced registration sends a link to access your site via email, to confirm email is valid

Selecting "Yes" will email a link to the visitor when they register to gain access to selected areas of your site. Once the registration is submitted, an email is sent to the visitor with the link to the page they requested.*

Selecting "No" will allow access to the selected page immediately after the registration form is submitted.

Yes
 
*Note: Not all email programs will display the link for access to your site.
No

Graphical banners on subpages? Answering no may improve performance for slower connections.

"Text Only" will display your sub pages with NO graphical banners. A text title will appear at the top of the sub page.

"Graphical" will display your sub pages with the graphic banners of your choice.

Graphical Text Only

Allow banners on forms shown in popup windows?

"Yes" will display pop-up forms with graphic banner of your choice. (Pop-up will load slower)

"No" will display pop-up forms without a graphical banner. (Pop-up will load faster)

Yes No

Display slideshow on homepage?

"Yes" will display your slideshow on the home page.

"No" will disable/hide the slide show on the home page.

More on slideshows...

Yes No

Display Button Links in frames?
(ButtonLink subscribers only)

"Yes" will display ButtonLinks with the navigation on the left and the content page on the right.

"No" will display only the content of the ButtonLink page with no navigation in the left frame.

More on ButtonLinks..

Yes No

Automatically stretch Flash Intro to full screen? This may reduce image quality on larger displays.
(Flash Intro subscribers only)

"Full Screen" will stretch your Flash Intro to fit the browser window regardless of the browser window size.

"Fixed" will display your Flash Intro at a fixed size of 600 pixels X 400 pixels regardless of the browser window size.

More on Flash Intro's..

Full Screen Fixed

Sort Our Agents page by:
(Office Pro accounts only)

"First Name" will sort the agents in the agent directory by their first name.

"Last Name" will sort the agents in the agent directory by their last name.

First Name Last Name

Which form should appear in a popup window for new visitors?

Use the pull down menu to select a form that you would like to pop-up in a pop-up window when a visitor arrives at your site. The pop-up will only come up one time when they arrive at the home page

Pop-up windows not working?
See the note at the top of this page

Which form should appear in a popup window when visitors try to leave your website?

Use the pull down menu to select a form that you would like to pop-up in a pop-up window when a visitor leaves your site.

Pop-up windows not working?
See the note at the top of this page

Which page should appear as your start page?

Use the pull down menu to select which page of your site you would like visitors to land on when they arrive at your site.

Select your favicon

Use the pull down menu to select which favicon image to set up on your site.
Samples are shown below.


 
A Favicon is a small graphic that will display in the browsers Favorites (bookmarks).



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Listing Options


Listing Options
Do you want to use graphic icon for listing status ? Graphic Text

-Sort listings by price in which order?

Sorts listing in Descending or Ascending order by price.

Descending Ascending

-Would you like to showcase your closed listings?

"Yes" adds a Closed Listings button to your listing pages. Any sold listing can be selected as "Sold" and will be moved to the Closed Listing section.

"No" Hides/removes the Closed Listings button from the listings pages.

Yes No
Sort closed listings by: Closed Price Closed Date
Sort Closed listings in which order? Descending Ascending

-Provide a link to location map on each listing?

"Yes" adds a View Map button to each listing which will pop up a map of the listing location based on the address of the listing.

"No" Hides/removes the View Map button from all listings.

Yes No

-Provide a link to schedule an appointment form on each listing?

"Yes" adds a "Schedule an appointment" button which pops up a form to schedule an appointment to view the listing. An email is sent to you when the form is submitted.

"No" Hides/removes the "Schedule an appointment" button.

Yes No

-Provide a payment estimate on each listing?

"Yes" adds a calculator at the bottom of every listing to calculate mortgage payments.

"No" Hides/removes the calculator for the listings pages.

Yes No

-Separate sold/active listings pages?

"Yes" will store sold listings under the "Closed Listings" button.

"No" will display all listings, including sold listings on the main listings pages.

Yes No

-Play homepage music on listing pages?

"Yes" will play the home page music selection (if activated) while a visitor views a listing.

"No" No music will play while a visitor views a listing.

Yes No

-Use IDX compatible layout to display listings?
(IDX subscribers only)

"Yes" displays listings with IDX only compatibility and also displays IDX disclaimers required by IDX.

"No" displays listings in the default listing mode.

Yes No

-Feature open house listings on homepage?
(Not available for all site styles)

"Yes"- Include thumbnail photos and links to your featured listings from the home page.

"No" will not display thumbnail photos and links to your featured listings from the home page.

Yes No
-Feature virtual tour listings on homepage?
(Not available for all site styles)

"Yes"- Include thumbnail photos and links to pop-up Virtual Tours from the home page.

"No" will not display thumbnail photos and links to pop-up Virtual Tours from the home page.

 
Yes No

-Feature other listings on homepage?
(does not apply to all site styles)

"Yes" will allow display of Featured Listings and other listings on the home page. Individual listings can be selected to display.

"No" will not display Featured Listing and other listings selected for display on the home page.

Yes No

-Feature MLS listings on homepage?
(does not apply to all site styles)

"Yes" will display listings pulled from your MLS IDX database. Note- Listings are displayed based on price, listing type and other criteria. There is no control over which listings are displayed.

"No" will display only listings from your site, not from the MLS IDX database. You will have more control over which listings are displayed with this selection.

Yes No

-Display Home Link listings in frames?
(HomeLink subscribers only)

"Yes" will display HomeLinks with the navigation on the left and the listing page on the right.

"No" will display only the listing page with no navigation in the left frame.

More on HomeLink..

Yes No

-Rename Contact Agent button to

Enter the new name for the "Contact Agent" button displayed while viewing a listing.

Leave it blank to keep the name "Contact Agent"

-Rename Tell A Friend button to

Enter the new name for the "Tell A Friend" button displayed while viewing a listing.

Leave it blank to keep the name "Tell A Friend"

-Rename Flyer Format button to

Enter the new name for the "Flyer Format" button displayed while viewing a listing.

Leave it blank to keep the name "Flyer Format"

-Rename Closed Listings button to

Enter the new name for the "Closed Listings" button displayed while viewing a listing.

Leave it blank to keep the name "Closed Listings"




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Advanced Colors
This feature will allow you to change the global color settings for text, background, navigation, hyperlinks and Flash. The sample below describes these options.

Two methods are available for defining colors.

1) Select a color using the pop up color chart. (recommended method)
Click the "Select" button to open the pop up window.
Select a color with your cursor.
Click Done to finish your selection or Cancel to cancel.

2) Using the Hexadecimal color value- If you are not familiar with hexadecimal color values, use method one above to select your colors.
Enter # symbol followed by the six digit hexadecimal number. (i.e. #330066) in the second column.

Always click the Save Changes button to update and save your new color settings.


Advanced Colors

Note- To restore the default colors for your site, delete the hexadecimal color code and click save changes. Hexadecimal Click the "Select" button for
pop up color palette
Click here for example..

Flash intro background color
Defines the background color for the flash intro page.

Flash intro text color
Defines the text color for text displayed at the bottom of a flash intro.

Background Color
Changes the background color of your pages.

Text Color
Changes the color the text on your website.

Navigation Group Background Color
Changes the background color of group titles for navigation. (More info..)
Note: Does not apply to all site styles.

Navigation Group Text Color
Changes the text color of navigation group heading text. (More info..)

Hyperlink Color
Changes the color of hyperlinked (links) text with on your site.

Hyperlink Highlight Color
Changes the rollover (hover) color of links when the cursor hovers over a link the text changes to defined color.
Rollover this text for an example. Text turns red.

    


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IDX Options
Only available to IDX Subscribers.
This section allows you to set your preferences for displaying IDX Listings.


IDX Options

Feature search MLS on homepage?

"Yes" will add a Search MLS form field to search via MLS# or address from the home page.

"No" will not display the MLS Search field.

Yes No

Use IDX to present Search For Homes (Featured Listings)?

"Yes" will automatically populate your "Search For Homes" (Featured Listings) page with your listings directly downloaded and updated from the MLS. There is No option to edit the individual listings from your site when Yes is selected.

"No" will not automatically populate your "Search For Homes" (Featured Listings) page with your listings. All listings will need to be copied one at a time or manually entered into your website. You will have the option to edit each individual listing. Listings are not automatically updated from the MLS.

Note: The name of the listing page may be different if you have renamed the button.

Yes No

Use IDX to present New Construction?

"Yes" will automatically populate your "New Construction" page with your listings directly downloaded and updated from the MLS. There is No option to edit the individual listings from your site when Yes is selected.

"No" will not automatically populate your "New Construction" page with your listings. All listings will need to be copied one at a time or manually entered into your website. You will have the option to edit each individual listing. Listings are not automatically updated from the MLS.

Note: The name of the listing page may be different if you have renamed the button.

Yes No

Use IDX to present Lots & Land?

"Yes" will automatically populate your "Lots & Land" page with your listings directly downloaded and updated from the MLS. There is No option to edit the individual listings from your site when Yes is selected.

"No" will not automatically populate your "Lots & Land " page with your listings. All listings will need to be copied one at a time or manually entered into your website. You will have the option to edit each individual listing. Listings are not automatically updated from the MLS.

Note: The name of the listing page may be different if you have renamed the button.

Yes No

Show listing agent on IDX listings?

"Yes" will display the listing agent or office name at the bottom of each listing.

"No" will not display the listing agent or office name at the bottom of each listing.

Note: By default we have set up your IDX account to display all data that is required by the MLS. Removing the listing agents name and/or office name may be in violation of your MLS regulations. Contact your MLS for more details or do not make changes to this section if you are not sure.

Yes No

CC HouseTrack results to info@yourdomain.com?

"Yes" will send you copy of any HouseTrack emails sent.

"No" you will not be copied on HouseTrack emails sent.

More on HouseTrack..

Yes No

Show virtual tours on IDX listings?

"Yes" will show virtual tour link and pop-up virtual tour for any IDX listings that have a virtual tour available.

"No" will not show virtual tour information.

Yes No

Use IDX to show listings for Our Agents?
(Available for IDX Office Accounts only)

"Yes" will automatically populate agent listings for agents entered in the "Our Agents" directory. Listings are directly downloaded and updated from the MLS. There is No option to edit the individual listings from your site when Yes is selected.

"No" will not automatically populate your agents listings. All listings will need to be copied one at a time or manually entered into your website. You will have the option to edit each individual listing. Listings are not automatically updated from the MLS.

Yes No

Use IDX for Home Link?

"Yes" will pull listings from MLS IDX listings when a HomeLink link is used. This enables people to search via MLS number and get results from IDX rather than just your personal listings.

"No" will provide HomeLink results only from the listings posted on your site and will not provide listings from your MLS IDX.

More on HomeLink..

Yes No
IDX listing disclosure statement... More..
IDX listing contact information... More..
Photo to show on each IDX listing... More..



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IDX listing disclosure statement
Only available to IDX Subscribers
This section will allow you to customize the IDX disclosure displayed at the footer of your MLS Search page and listings pages.

Important Note: Each MLS will have specific requirements/regulations governing the display of listings. Your default IDX Disclosure statement has been set up to meet your MLS's criteria. Removing your MLS name, logo, or other specific information may be in violation of your MLS IDX listing regulations.

We do not recommend removing any information or the custom codes that will automatically display listing information.
Custom code example {BRLOGO} will automatically display your MLS IDX logo. Any text with { } brackets will automatically display information.

How to update your listing disclosure statement.

  • From the IDX Options screen- click the More.. button for "IDX listing disclosure statement..."
  • Enter or modify the text for your disclosure statement.
  • Special Codes can be used in this section- Click the blue Special format codes link for details.
  • Click the Save Changes button to save your changes.



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IDX listing contact information
Only available to IDX Subscribers
This feature will allow you to customize the contact information provided at the bottom of the individual listings.


Important Note: Each MLS will have specific requirements/regulations governing the display of other agents or brokers listings. Your default IDX contact information has been set up to meet your MLS's criteria. Removing listing office, agent name or other specific information about the listing agent or office may be in violation of your MLS IDX listing regulations.

We do not recommend removing the custom codes that will automatically display listing information.
Example {LISTING_OFFICE} will automatically capture the listing office name. Any text with { } brackets will automatically display information.

How to update your contact information.

  • From the IDX Options screen- click the More.. Button for "IDX listing contact information..."
  • Enter in the text for your contact information.
  • Special Codes can be used in this section- Click the blue Special format codes link for details.
  • Click the Save Changes button to save your changes.



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IDX- Photo to show on each IDX listing
Only available to IDX Subscribers
This option allows you to upload a photo to display as the main photo. This will replace main the photo provided by your MLS via IDX.

  • From the IDX Options screen- click the More.. Button for "Photo to show on each IDX listing..."
  • Click the Browse button to select a photo from your computer.
  • After selecting a file, click the Save Changes button to upload your photo.
     
  • To Remove a photo that was previously uploaded, select Remove Photo from the IDX Photo menu.
    The original IDX photo from your MLS will be displayed instead of the photo previously uploaded.


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