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This section is for Developers only and covers advanced customization (Page 1 of 2)     «« |  Prev | 1 | 2 | Next | »» There were 32 articles found in this category: Working with Flash files If you are having trouble with Flash files working, or displaying correctly the HTML wrapper added to your IDX account, you may need to reconfigure your Flash Security settings. For specific details on this issue, please refer to the Cross Domain specific help page at the Adobe Flash support ... Troubleshooting the Global Wrapper Click the link that best describes the problem you're encountering. My IDX pages don't match design changes I've made on my site. My images and links are broken on IDX pages. My images work, but IDX search forms and system links do not. My IDX search forms redirect me to my home page. My site na ... Working with ASP websites If you have an asp site and your search forms are not working correctly, check your Global Wrapper to see if there is an opening form tag in the Global Header Code section. This will usually display shortly after the opening body tag. Older asp sites surround the contents of the entire page with ... IDX stylesheets not loading If your IDX pages look unformatted, as though the IDX stylesheets are not loading, check your wrapper to make sure you have an opening head tag. The IDX stylesheets are inserted just after the opening head tag on your IDX pages. If that head tag is missing or incorrect, the IDX system may not de ... Prototype not loading on IDX pages If features like your map search and advanced search page are not loading, check your wrapper to make sure you have a closing head tag. The map and advanced search pages are powered by a prototype library, which is inserted just before the closing head tag on your IDX pages. If that head tag is ... Fixed Height Areas in Global Wrapper If your site design is based on absolutely positioned divs with a fixed height, then the size of the content area can't adjust when a longer IDX page, like a results page, is loaded. To add an interior scrollbar in these cases, rather than allow the cutoff or visible overflow, go to Customize -- ... White space displaying inside IDX pages Sometimes a conflict between stylesheets can result in large white spaces between (for example) the property type drop-down and the rest of the form. In these cases, applying a float: left or float: right to #IDX-main will typically correct the issue. To correct, log into your IDX account and go ... Troubleshooting Navigation Errors on IDX Pages If your navigation menu isn't working correctly on your IDX pages, this could be caused by a number of things. If your primary navigation displays and functions correctly, but drop-down navigation doesn't work properly, you're likely running into a prototype conflict. If your menu is drawn by an ... Inline Javascript or DHTML Menu Errors If your site navigation isn't working on your IDX pages, and it is powered by inline javascript containing special characters like \ or &, you may need to implement this workaround to correct the menu. This most commonly applies to sites built in asp. Our system will recognize these as encoded c ... Relative links in supporting javascripts Because your IDX pages are not stored in the same place as the rest of your web pages, links within your global wrapper need to be absolute. If there are elements on your IDX pages, such as site navigation or images, which are populated by an external javascript and are not displaying correctly, ... Base links in the global wrapper If the images and supporting files on your IDX pages are loading, but forms and IDX system links do not work, your wrapper may contain a base href in the head section. Go to customize --> Global HTML Wrapper and look for a line of code beginning like this: <base href="http://.... Remove th ... Relative Links in Wrapper If images and links aren't working on your IDX pages, your wrapper probably contains relative links. Because your IDX pages are not stored in the same place as your own pages and supporting files, all links within your wrapper need to be absolute, meaning they need to start with http:// and incl ... Web Services For those advanced developers who require a higher degree of lead search or registration forms, integration with third-party lead management services, or simply want to finely control the lead management and visitor experience within their IDX account, we offer Web Services for all active accou ... How to Integrate Design Using the Global Wrapper The Global Wrapper takes the design of any website and places it behind (around) every IDX search, results, and details page. We believe that this is a more effective way to integrate IDX search tools into a website because iFramed IDX poses a couple of limitations: 1. Widgets post quick search ... Modify the Printable Page Subheader On every Property Details page, there is a link to a printable version of that page which displays the listing information with minimal styling. You can change the appearance of the Printable Details Page by styling it with CSS. You will need to add your CSS to a style section in the Sub Header ... Managing Custom Listing ID Showcases Agents/Offices sometimes use Custom Showcases to create and host their own custom landing pages. These individual Showcase pages cannot be managed directly from your IDX Broker Admin pages, however, they can be managed simply by editing the "src" url of the Custom Showcase widget itself. For exa ... Customize "New Search" link At the top of every search results and property details page, a "New Search" link is provided to redirect site visitors back to a search page. You can customize the New Search link under My Preferences -> Global Preferences -> Search Options. When set to "IDX System" the system will deter ... Customize Property Type Field on Search Forms Note: This is advanced site customization. You will need to have basic knowledge of CSS. Follow the directions below to remove or show specific property types: To modify the CSS go to: Customize --> Custom CSS. To remove the Property Type field: Go to the IDX / Property Search CSS textbox ... Page Wrappers To view Page Wrappers, go to Customize -> Page Wrappers. Page Wrappers replace the Global Wrapper for specific page types. If the page URL is unique, you can create a page wrapper for that page. Because Page Wrappers replace the Global Wrapper Header and Footer, you will want to make sure ... Category Wrappers To view category wrappers, go to Customize --> Category Wrappers. Your Global Wrapper includes the header and footer code for every IDX tool available to you. You can override this code and create a different appearance for different categories of tools by entering header and footer code a ... (Page 1 of 2)     «« |  Prev | 1 | 2 | Next | »»

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