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Full IDX Broker Integration. How to integrate IDX Broker with MyHome?

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This article explains how to configure IDX Broker with MyHome. It should take about 10 minutes to configure everything correctly.

1. Starting point

Starting point before integration:

- You already installed MyHome, all plugins and imported demo

- You already singed up IDX Broker Account https://signup.idxbroker.com/d/myhome and you can login to it via https://middleware.idxbroker.com/mgmt/login

2. Integration types

There are 2 types of integrations with IDX Broker:

- Import listings assigned to your account

- Live MLS feed

Please check table in our main article "About IDX Broker Integration (MLS)" to fully understand what is possible to achive with each integration.

3. Basic Configuration

3.1. Install "IMPress for IDX Broker" Plugin

3.2. Activate this Plugin after installation

3.3. Create IDX Broker API Key

You can find your IDX Broker API Key:

If you do not have Key yet, click the "New Key" button

3.4. Add Key to MyHome IDX Broker Plugin

Paste it and click save button

3.5. Add Key to "IMPress for IDX Broker" Plugin

Paste it and click "Refresh Plugin Options"

4. Import listings assigned to your account configuration

1. You can import listings assigned to your IDX Broker account to your website this way:

You can customize what to import/update in the MyHome IDX Broker > Settings

"Import Listing" button can import listings that are in your IDX Broker Account "Active" and "Sold Pending" tabs.

Please consider that listings in the IDX Broker system are not updated automatically. Usually it takes around 1 hour to update information from your MLS. You can check how long it takes for your MLS here - https://idxbroker.com/idx_mls_coverage. Please visit page of your MLS and check right column:

It is worth to remember because e.g. when you change listing status in your MLS to "Sold", IDX Broker will update it after some time and only when it will be updated in the IDX Broker, MyHome can import it to your website.

The most common questions related to this integration:

- How can I automatically import listings assigned to my account via cron jobs?

- How can I stop importing to my database Sold/Pending Listings?

- Why my imported listings are not displayed in the featured sections on the page?

- How to fix: Imported listings do not have images

- How can I change Agent/Office IDs used for importing listings to the WordPress database?

- Why I cannot download all MLS properties into database? Why I cannot see it the /wp-admin/ > Properties?

5. MLS Feed Integration

It should take about 7 minutes to do this integration.

5.1. Disable Coming Soon Module

Firstly please disable any coming soon / under construction module to make your website fully visible online. It is required by IDX Broker to correctly connect to your website.

5.2. Click Import Wrappers

5.3. Setup templates in your IDX Broker Account

"IDX Broker template determines the basic look and layout of your IDX page.". MyHome style only one template for each IDX Broker so correct templates need to be set in your IDX Broker account settings. Here is full list of templates that are styled, below list you will find instruction where to set it:

Address - use searchAddress template version: 1.002

Advanced Search - use searchBasic template version: 1.005

Basic Search - use simple template version: 1.003

Email Update Signup - use simple template version: 1.003

Listing ID - use searchListingID template version: 1.002

Map Search - use mapsearch template version: 1.000

Results - use mobileFirstResults template version: 1.006

Details - use detailsDynamic template version: 1.008

Mortgage Calculator - use mobileFirstMortgage template version: 1.002

Photo Gallery - use photogallery template version: 1.002

Contact - use contact template version: 1.004

Home Valuation - use contact template version: 1.004

More Info - use contact template version: 1.004

Schedule Showing - use contact template version: 1.004

User Panel - use myaccount template version: 1.000

User Login - use userlogin template version: 1.001

User Signup - use usersignup template version: 1.002

Roster (not available for single agent account) - use rosterContent template version: 1.001

Changing default IDX Broker template to the recommended one is very easy:

Visit Designs > Website > Page templates > and edit Layout for each IDX Broker page (e.g. for Search Pages - Address)

Choose recommended template and version

5.4. Setup dynamic wrappers in your IDX Broker Account

4 IDX Broker Dynamic Wrappers cannot be set automatically via API and you need to be set it manually to make it looks the same as demo example:

A. Agent Bio & Listings - set "Dynamic URL" to http://yourdomain.com/idx-agent-bio-listings/

B. Photo Gallery - set "Dynamic URL" to http://yourdomain.com/idx-photo-gallery/

C. More Info - set "Dynamic URL" to http://yourdomain.com/idx-more-info/

D. Schedule Showing - set "Dynamic URL" to http://yourdomain.com/idx-schedule-showing/

You can do it this way:

  1. 1

    Click Designs > Website > Wrappers > Pages > Agent Bio & Listings > Dynamic > Paste "Dynamic URL" with correct beginning http or https - http://yourdomain.com/idx-agent-bio-listings/

  2. 2 Click "Save Changes"
  3. 3 Repeat it for other 3 Pages (B,C,D above)

5.5. Your Integration is ready / how to test it and get correct links

All links can be found here:

We recommend to test integration by clicking all links one after another to see if it design works correctly.

If you wish to add search form / omnibar that redirects to all MLS result page please check this 2 articles:

- How to add IDX Broker Omnibar that will Search All MLS Listings?

- How to add IDX Broker Search Form that will Search All MLS Listings?

If you wish to add widgets related to all MLS listings e.g. cards / carousels please check this article:

- How can I add IDX Broker widgets via Page Builder e.g. search forms / cards / carousels (for all MLS Listings)

5.6. The most popular problems related to this integration:

- Why I see dark box "IDX Wrapper Placeholder" not Live MLS Feed?

- How to edit sidebar on the IDX Broker Pages?

- How to fix: IDX Broker Design do not works on mobile?

- How to improve quality of IDX Broker Feed listing thumbnails?

- Why Icons on the IDX Broker Pages do not display correctly and how to fix it?

- How to add IDX Broker Feed Pages to the menu?

- Why I cannot download all MLS properties into database? Why I cannot see it the /wp-admin/ > Properties?

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