Property Page Map – you choose

Rover IDX 2.1 allows you to choose whose map you’d like to display on the Property Detail Page. You can choose from Bing, Google, Mapbox, and Mapquest. Setup is simple – just paste your map key. You can also set the Zoom and Map Type (the style). The different maps have different styles, so it’s … Read more

Home page search

Real estate websites often have an easy to use, simplified search on their Home page. Often on top of a slideshow or beautiful background image. For example: http://demo.roveridx.com/region-ccml/home-page-search/ Here is how to get put these components together: Add your container: <div class=”home-page-container”></div> Add the search panel: <div class=”home-page-container”>[rover_idx_search_panel search_panel_layout=”typeahead_single”]</div> Add the styling: .home-page-container {background-image: url(http://demo.roveridx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cape_cod_background.jpg);background-size: cover;position: … Read more

Getting notified quickly when someone wants to see a listing

A visitor is interested in a property on your website.  They fill out the “See this Listing” contact form on a property page.  By default, Rover IDX sends you email with the contact information. Did you know that Rover can also send you an SMS (Text) message to your mobile phone?  It’s true.  Just set your preference in … Read more

Tax support

Many regions require taxes to be applied on vacation rentals. The Rover IDX Custom Listing Panel now supports State and Local taxes for your vacation rental properties. Setup applicable tax rates in the Settings tab, and taxes will be automatically applied to leases. If there are different tax rates for different towns, the correct rate … Read more

Announcing Rover IDX 2.1.0

Rover IDX 2.1.0 is primarily a performance release.  It contains many enhancements to improve overall speed.  In addition, these features are included: Layouts Improved ability to display listings from multiple MLS regions in one search result. Property Layout slideshow with lazy loading images and swipe gestures. New Listing layouts, along with the ability to customize … Read more

New `slideshow` for displaying images in properties

We’re happy to announce a new feature in Rover IDX 2.1.0 – a slideshow that has next / prev navigators and also two options to navigate to specific slides.   This slideshow is mobile friendly, lazy-load enabled so it’s very fast, and has swipe actions for usability on your phone. You can select the slideshow and … Read more

Custom Search Panels

Many customers want a standard search panel displayed across all their search pages, but a custom search panel – often on the Home page. Example: [rover_idx_full_page search_panel_layout=”custom” template_fields=”street,mlnumber,beds,baths”] For a fully custom experience, you can use the search_panel_layout=”custom” parameter.  This tells Rover that you do not want to use the search panel template that was chosen as … Read more

Dashboard

The Rover IDX Control Panel allows agents and brokers to analyze website success.  Key metrics are displayed in easy to read graphs, and also in tabular format. These metrics allow you to understand how your site is being used, what is succeeding, and what opportunities there might be for tuning and further success. This Dashboard … Read more

Reports

Did you know that your Rover-enabled website can display reports of sold and even active listings?  It’s true!  And not only normal tabular reports like: But also fun and animated reports in chart format, for instance: These reports can be displayed on a post or page, and also added as an interactive tool that allows … Read more