MLS Update's Blog: FAR FL

The Florida Association of Realtors (R) just went live with a dedicated photo server. Combined with two new fields to the data feed (PHOTO_QUANTITY and PHOTO_URL), IDX feed subscribers can now hot-link to all of the photos for all of the respective FAR feeds. Other than the great news, the important thing to notice is that they are discontinuing photo download service in the near future. That mean people who don't switch over will not have ANY photos. Here is the full update from FAR:

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On 26 JUL 2007 multiple IDX property photos were made available to those offices using the FAR IDX Download service. Multiple photos have been available in our framed solution since inception and now multiple photos are also available to those offices that… Read Full Post

Rejoice! Rejoice! FAR bringing out photo server for hot-linking!

Florida holds some of the highest number of Realtors and real estate related professionals in the United States. Couple this with Multiple Listing Service organizations and you have a dizzying mess of relationships if you are a company dealing with Realtors and MLS's in Florida. Luckily, there exists one body to help streamline things a little: the Florida Association of Realtors.

They provide, in their own words "The tools you need, the advice you can count on." One key benefit is a readily available IDX strategy for web professionals like Real Estate Webmasters, or the layman. People wanting to integrate IDX content on their websites without programming can simply frame an easy to use… Read Full Post