The Ultimate IDX

Lots happening.

For the ultimate IDX we just completed a test with 50,000 listing on our new listing engine and without a hitch. Its at least 10 times faster than openrealty.

Here is a sneak preview. Link Removed

Lot of work left on the formatting and fields.

On the Ajax front we Ajaxified the navigation and comment area on our Integrated Realtor Blog.

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Still a little ways to go, but getting there.

[Mert]

Is it because of the simpler text coding?

Originally Posted by Falcon Living Is it because of the simpler text coding?

Several reasons. Small footprint, 100% object oriented programming, nomalized database tables and separation of script and html.

[Jim Messenger]

Hi Frank,

It looks interesting. Will each IDX reside on its on server? If so have you built it to function in several different environments? I made the mistake before hiring someone to build an IDX that was not compatible running on a different server configuration. Example: Plesk vs Cpanel and different versions of php.

Also, I noticed that the listings in the example you gave were for Phoenix but the county said Monroe, are those just examples or is it live data? We don't have a Monroe county here...

Please keep us up to date on your progress and congrats on your success so far.

-Jim

Originally Posted by Jim Messenger It looks interesting. Will each IDX reside on its on server?

The application can reside either way. One setup on one server or one setup to many domains. For example a broker may want to share the feed with his agents. Permissions are set individually by agent for part or all of the IDX to be displayed. We have done the same thing with open realty where we have one parent site and 20+ child sites. The child sites pull the data from the parent server. We originally built this for a developer who wanted to incorporate IDX into his client's sites without the hassle of installing OR on them

Originally Posted by Jim Messenger If so have you built it to function in several different environments? I made the mistake before hiring someone to build an IDX that was not compatible running on a different server configuration. Example: Plesk vs Cpanel and different versions of php.

The scripts are OOP php classes. A brief explantation: With OOP each object is independent and objects can be swapped in and out without effecting other objects other than enhancing the entire application. An environmental incompatibility would be easy to work around.

We have not tested it on with php 5 but plan to do so and if it needs tweaking to work we will take care of it. No html or commands are embedded in them that would lock it in to a particular environment.

Originally Posted by Jim Messenger Also, I noticed that the listings in the example you gave were for Phoenix but the county said Monroe, are those just examples or is it live data? We don't have a Monroe county here...

Mike (programmer) was using an IDX script we did for Monroe county Florida as the base and he must have hard coded the county in it. (all IDXs are custom) We were concerned about the scaling. Previously we only had 20000 listings to test it on.

Originally Posted by Jim Messenger Please keep us up to date on your progress and congrats on your success so far.

Thank you. One of our client developers is testing a simplified backend with 20 sites. Once we finalize the format I will put up some screen shots and perhaps setup a demo.

We recently had a request for a multiple "type" search page with the main requirement being a single search page for multiple property types. We came up with the idea for tabs. We plan to do some more Ajax enhancements.


While working on the search I though about having a page for frequently requested search fields. Should others be added?

[Jim Messenger]

Originally Posted by frobn While working on the search I though about having a page for frequently requested search fields. Should others be added?

We get several emails per month from searchers wanting to only see homes with pools or without pools.

[Jim Messenger]

Frank,

Do you think you could develop a listing database plug-in for wordpress? If so, I am interested in speaking to you about it.

Originally Posted by Jim Messenger Frank, Do you think you could develop a listing database plug-in for wordpress? If so, I am interested in speaking to you about it.

Hi Jim,

We have several ways of integrating listing management with WP as well as with Joomla and other CMSs and Blogs. For myself I prefer integration with a smaller less complicated blog like cutenews.

[HoustonHousingMarket]

Frank, if you are still around I would love to talk to you on this subject. I am very interested in implementing custom IDX on my Joomla based website and on several WP based sites.