MLS Update's Blog: CMLS NC

This morning Real Estate Webmasters got an update from the Carolina Multiple Listings Service updating us on the new rules regarding the display of virtual tours in their IDX's. In the past, they had banned the display of virtual tours until they could resolve the issue of not displaying the URL of the host of the virtual tour. Their resolution is as follows:

SECTION 17.1.23: VIRTUAL TOURS: An IDX Participant’s Web site may contain links to virtual tours included in the IDX Database. The virtual tour link text may not display the actual virtual tour URL, the link must open a new browser window (target=_blank), and the domain address displayed in that window must be the same as the domain address of the IDX Participant’s Web site.

Virtual tour URLs are…

The CMLS, on May 24th, approved the use of two new fields in their North Carolina MLS. The two were remarks and virtual tour URL's. In an effort to prevent browsers of the listings from unintentionally visiting the listing agent's site by way of the virtual tour URL, they insisted on a routine of having the virtual tours open in a new window with the address bar disabled. Not long afterwards they discovered that Microsoft was not going to make their job easy and has removed the ability to disable the address bar in their new browser, Internet Explorer 7, in a attempt to prevent malicious content and phishing. So, until such time as CMLS finds a workaround, their listings will only have added a remarks field.

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