In my last post I gave an example of using an iframed IDX. In this post I talk about the IDX feed and what you need from your local MLS. The IDX concept is based on several assumptions that will be presented in several parts. I encourage feedback.

1. Your local MLS makes the MLS listings available via ftp download and you have access.

2. The data files in the download are in a format that can be converted to sql.

3. The IDX/MLS uses a logical naming protocol for the images associated with each listing. For example: in many IDXs the image associated with the property data is the MLS number (#######.jpg) plus '.jpg'.

More to come....