Adding Responsive IDX to a Page or Geofarm
Responsive IDX is our Home Junction plugin for adding MLS listings to your site. It is a core feature of our realtor sites and it allows users to browse, filter, and save their favorite MLS listings. You can add Responsive IDX to a page or to a Geofarm.
Adding Responsive IDX to a Page
In the visual editor, click on the rIDX icon to use the shortcode generator. If you do not see the rIDX icon, select the "Toolbar Toggle" icon.
You will see a pop up. Select your market here and click on the "Edit Search Filters" button.
The next pop up window is where you will fill out the form for your listing settings. Click on "Insert" after you selected your options. This form has many options but most of them do not need to be filled out. The only required field is location. In most cases, you only need to fill out the highlighted fields. The rest can be left blank.
Fields (required/important fields are highlighted in the image above):
Location - REQUIRED - Select the area that you want listings for. You can search for neighborhoods, cities, zip codes, and counties.
Elementary School - If you would like for listings to be around one specific elementary school, type it in here.
Middle or Junior School - If you would like for listings to be around one specific middle or junior school, type it in here.
High School - If you would like for listings to be around one specific high school, type it in here.
School District - If you would like for listings to be around one specific school district, type it in here.
Property Type - Varies depending on MLS. If you want to display specific property types (condos, apartments, etc.) then select the correct option here.
Beds - Filter by number of beds
Baths - Filter by number of baths
Full Baths - Filter by number of full baths
Half Baths - Filter by number of half baths
Price - Numeric ranges can be entered as:
100000+(100K or more);100000-(100K or less);100000:150000(from 100K to 150K)Status - IMPORTANT - Filter by status. In most cases, choose "Active" as the status.
MLS # - Filter by specific MLS # if you know the listing number. Will only display one listing.
Living Area SqFt - Filter by square footage of living area
Lot Size - Filter by lot size
Year Built - Filter by building year
Property Description - Filter by property description in the MLS
Keywords - Filter by specific keywords, separated by commas
Agent ID - Filter by agent ID
Listing Office ID - Filter by office ID
Days on Market - Filter by how many days in the market the listing has been in
Distressed - If you would like to display special properties (foreclosures, bank owned, on auction, etc.) select the appropriate status here
New Construction - Check this box if you want to display only new construction properties
Open House - Check this box if you want only listings that currently have open house
Listings per page - IMPORTANT- The number of listings you want per page. The most common input is 12 listings per page.
Grid - IMPORTANT - How many listings per row. The most common input is 3 in a row.
Order By - IMPORTANT - Order the listings by price, listing date, living square feet, bedrooms, year built, zip code, and open house date.
Order - IMPORTANT - Ascending or descending order.
Map - Collapsible, non-collapsible, or no map.
Pagination - IMPORTANT - Check this box off if you have no slider.
Search Widget - IMPORTANT - Check this box off if you have no slider. Checking this box means that a search widget will display.
Slider - Check this box if you want to display the listings in a slider. Note that by choosing this option, search widget, pagination, and map will not show.
After you have clicked on "Insert," a shortcode will be generated for you.
Remember to click on publish on the right hand side to publish your page or post.
Adding Responsive IDX to your Geofarm
Adding this plugin to your Geofarms is the same steps as above, but in a different field. Do the above steps in the "Featured Listings" section of the Add a New Geofarm page.
