Adding an IDX Page

Adding an IDX search page to your Web site gives you marketing power; visitors are drawn to your site because it is a central location from which they can search for thousands of listings.

Internet Data Exchange (IDX) or Broker Reciprocity is a system where participants give each other permission to display their listings on each others' Web sites. The advantages of IDX are:

Agents become empowered to deal with the real estate consumer of the future.
Agents can fully market their services on the Internet.
Agents can take advantage of the data that brokers have contributed to the system.
Agents can obtain and maintain first contact with the consumer in the real estate transaction.
Consumers will stay longer when they visit the Agent's Web site because they offer more listing data.

Before you can add an IDX search page to your site, you must already have an IDX URL assigned by your MLS or IDX provider. If you have Top Producer® IDX, you already have an IDX URL. In addition to creating an IDX search page, Top Producer® IDX enables you to manage your open houses and leads. To subscribe to Top Producer® IDX, contact our Sales department at 1-800-821-3657.

To add an IDX search page:

On the navigation bar, click Edit Site.

On the Website Manager page, click Manage My Pages.

On the Page Manager page, do one of the following:

Click Add Main Page to add the IDX page as a main page.

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Click on the title of the main page to which you are adding the IDX page as a subpage. All the subpages under this main page are displayed. Click Add Subpage.

Select the IDX layout.

Do any of the following:

Specify your page options.
Add up to three Web boxes to your page.
Optionally select the lead form to be displayed to visitors when they try to access this page.

For more information, click next to each box on the page.

Enter the address (URL) of the IDX that was assigned to you by your IDX provider.

Note:

The prefix "http://" is automatically entered for you. Simply enter the URL without the prefix. For example: "www.mywebsite.com".
If you have Top Producer® IDX, the IDX URL is displayed on your Accounts page. For more information, see "Adding an IDX link to Your Website or Email" in the Top Producer® IDX Online Help or User Guide.

Click Check URL.

If you encounter an error message, do the following:

Check the URL to ensure that it is entered correctly.
Contact your IDX provider and inform them that you are creating a link to the IDX page from your Web site. Some IDX providers want to know which Web sites have links to their pages. Your provider simply needs to validate your Web site.

Click OK to save this page.

Tip: When you add an IDX page to your site, Top Producer® Websites automatically ensures your IDX color scheme matches your chosen website theme. Synchronization must be enabled in the Top Producer® IDX color table.