A contributing developer has donated 14 new scripts to vieleRETS this morning of which 4 are specifically used for building out iProperty code modifications for use in MLS projects.  Earlier this week we announced that vieleRETS will soon feature a new schema for iProperty allowing users of vieleRETS to easily map MLS listings to their iProperty empowered Joomla site and then automate the MLS update process by use of CRON (Linux Cronograph) Updates.

This is exceptional news for users of the iProperty component because it opens the door to more MLS empowered Joomla sites than ever before in the past. There are so very few Joomla real estate sites on the market that we believe this will encourage people to consider Joomla as a CMS solution for their Brokerage or individual agent websites. You can read an article about this here. http://idxrets.wordpress.com

Well the new code as it applies to iProperty was sent to us with the following descriptions;

• The first generates code for the property.php file as in;
  $property[$i]->L_Area= $p->L_Area;
  $property[$i]->L_HotSheetDate= $p->L_HotSheetDate;
• The next generates template code for adding fields to the /tmpl/default.php file for example
  <?php if($this->p->L_Area): ?>
  <tr>
  <td class=”key” width=”40%”><?php echo JText::_(‘Listing Area’); ?>:</td>
  <td width=”60%”><?php echo $this->p->L_Area; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <?php endif; ?><?php if($this->p->L_HotSheetDate): ?>
  <tr>
  <td class=”key” width=”40%”><?php echo JText::_(‘Hot Sheet Date’); ?>:</td>
  <td width=”60%”><?php echo $this->p->L_HotSheetDate; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <?php endif; ?>
• The last generates the modifications to the language file
  ##############################################
  # ADDITION FOR MLS FIELDS
  ##############################################
  L_Area=Listing Area
  L_HotSheetDate=Hot Sheet Date
• Number 4 will be the SQL generator for the SQL Modifications

According to the developer, he states that these tools will reduce the average time on project by as much as 50% considering the steps when handled manually consume a large portion of the billable time associated with building iProperty RETS integrations. He further states that after countless project delays in developing dozens of iProperty websites that these new generators have reduced his project time almost in half.

Once we approve the code we will work it into the site as online generators for developers of iProperty real estate sites to use. They will be published after the new theme gets published in the next few days and will be located under the “Tools and Generators” heading.

vieleRETS must remain neutral naturally as not to suggest one solution over the other so its important you understand that.
vieleRETS has NO commercial affiliations with any of the products or developers we write about.
To purchase this great plugin please visit HERE and read more about it on the iProperty website.