Need to be able to list my own properties on my website without going through the MLS

[OC Condos]

When I had my site designed, I was under the impression that when I entered a new listing it would go into the listing results .. and that I could feature the listing by entering it into the "manage listings / add listing" feature ... I thought that it would go into my listing database

http://www.condosetc.com/idx/cms/13/details.html

However, it does not show up in the results .. and you advise how I do that? Thank you.

[Aaron]

Hello,

So you'd like to have these manually added listings somehow merged with the IDX listings? That's no easy task.
Can you not enter the listing into the MLS?

[OC Condos]

Aaron .. why would I have gone to the expense to have that feature built in in the first place if if I didn't want them included in the listings without entering them into the MLS? Why would I have "add a listing" with information that you upload if it was not going into the website? What is the point of "add a listing" - where was that informatio supposed to go? In fact some MLS' don't even have rental listings.

[Aaron]

I'm not sure what feature you had built that you mention.
The "Add Listing" feature of the website will put the listing on the website.
You can display them on a page using the #cms-listings# snippet.
The CARETS feed does have rentals. Most people use this feature for, if they don't have an IDX on their site and want to list some properties, or they have a "pocket listing" ....

[OC Condos]

Aaron .. I want to diplay my pocket listings. I went in added the listing .. which is here .. http://www.condosetc.com/idx/cms/13/details.html

Now I want to add it to my featured listings - have it show up in the search results and create a craigslist posting from the craigslist tool.


I have alot of clients already looking for rentals so I don't want to add it into the MLS .. that is why I wanted the features on my website to add my own listings that were not in the MLS ..

Also on the "add a listing" the Square footage doesn't display properly ..

[OC Condos]

It does not show up anywhere

[Aaron]

You can display them on a page using the #cms-listings# snippet.

CMS listings can be used in the craigslist tool. As far as:

Now I want to add it to my featured listings - have it show up in the search results
- Which page is your featured listings?
- Having it show up in the search results ( mixed in with the MLS listings ) - may not be permitted due to compliance ( we'd have to check with your MLS board) - then it would require quite a bit of work to get the 2 data sets to mix. Likely about 14hrs programming.

Thank you,

[OC Condos]

First of all I don't know how to use the #cms-listings# snippet - I just have not spent time on that ..

My featured listings are displayed from an MLS Number directly from the MLS .. I don't understand how that interacts with the featured listings tab .. I was of the impression that when we added a listing, we could create a unique number that we assigned it to know that it was not in the MLS - I would like to have all my historical transactions in there as well.

I wanted my pocket listings to also show up on the building database, in the featured listings and also be able to create a craigslist ad ..

I don't know that it matters so much that they are in the IDX database at this point if they show up on my featureds -

I have a bunch of work that I have been waiting to do all at once .. I had been waiting for your new release .. but the back end really doesn't need what I want it to do for me ..

In the meantime, how can I accomplish this task of getting my pocket listing to show up in both featured listings (which feeds my billboard ads) and so that I can make my craigslist posting?

[Aaron]

For the featured listings snippet #cms-listings# - you just place that "code" onto the page: #cms-listings#

The listings do show up in the craigslist tool. But, these "Featured listings" you refer to. is that the one on this page:
http://www.condosetc.com/backend/listings/featured.php Where you add them in by MLS number?

We could make it so that you can select from CMS listings there, and it will be in the "featured listings" - it would likely take about 3-4hrs programming to make that happen.

Thank you,