Couple snippet questions

[u2man]

Hey Guys,

Is there a way to eliminate the price range links and map from a snippet? When using a snippet to isolate a single subdivision with similar properties, there is really no need for the price ranges and map. Many of the price ranges will yield No Results. Here is an example: http://www.charlottencbuyersagent.co...antyne-bcc.php

Also, is there a way to manipulate the price range links in a snippet? For example, on http://www.charlottencbuyersagent.co...eal-Estate.php we would like to have specific price range links such as 1,000,000-1,250,000 1,250,000-1,500,000 etc.

Thanks!

[Aaron]

Hi Tim,

Sorry I missed this one Friday... Anyways.. As I mentioned in the other thread that first bit would be cool to just remove the price ranges if there was not any listings there. - and also could be able to have the ability to decide if you want it on a certain page. Should be about a 1/2 project.

The price ranges are globally set - in the snippets. However if you would like just a few custom ones - you could create custom pages with snippets on them that have the desired price ranges.

Thank you,

[u2man]

Hey Aaron,
Anything on the other snippets I sent via email. Thx!

[Aaron]

Hi Tim,

Sorry for the delay - Email on the way.



Thank you,

[Smoky Mountain Man]

I too would like to create a Luxury Properties page and Morgan mentioned using the standard city snippets, and just editing the price ranges. How do I edit the price ranges in the snippets?

Hi Tim,

Sorry I missed this one Friday... Anyways.. As I mentioned in the other thread that first bit would be cool to just remove the price ranges if there was not any listings there. - and also could be able to have the ability to decide if you want it on a certain page. Should be about a 1/2 project.

The price ranges are globally set - in the snippets. However if you would like just a few custom ones - you could create custom pages with snippets on them that have the desired price ranges.

Thank you,

[SCP]

I am going reply based on the assumption you are new to snippets.

Enter you CMS page and click on the "c" symbol in the lower left hand corner. It looks like a copyright symbol. This is the snippet editor.

Under "Snippets" section there should be a list of default snippets. One should be labeled "city-snippet". Click the "Edit" button on the right next to this snippet. What I do is select all the text by hitting Ctrl+A on my keyboard and then hit Ctrl+C. Select the back error on my browser and click on the text box in "Snippet Code". Then click Ctrl+V. Now edit the information you want displayed, like city name, number of results shown on the page, etc. When you are done, give the snippet a meaningful name, and click "add".

[Smoky Mountain Man]

Thanks for your reply SCP. I do have some limited exposure to the snippets, i.e. changes to the cities to my area, but thats about it so far. What I see in my snippets is as follows:

<?php

$_REQUEST['idx'] = 'residential';

$_REQUEST['snippet_city'] = 'Gatlinburg';

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/idx/inc/php/pages/snippet.php';

?>

where would you put price ranges to return, number of results shown etc?
Thanks for any help

[SCP]

Under the line:

$_REQUEST['snippet_city'] = 'Gatlinburg'

add the line:
$_REQUEST['page_limit'] = 5

you can change the number 5 to be the number you want displayed.

[Aaron]

where would you put price ranges to return, number of results shown etc?
Thanks for any help

Hi Patrick,

I've added these 2 lines to your sample snippet.

$_REQUEST['minimum_price'] = 5000;
$_REQUEST['maximum_price'] = 125000000;


You can use these 2 lines to set the price ranges.

Thank you,

[Smoky Mountain Man]

Thanks Aaron,
thats what I needed. I hope to be able to capitalize on the 125,000,000 maximum real soon