“Mark,

You are the best!! I truly appreciate all of your efforts in making our new website perfect for us!
I love the fact that you guys are always trying to improve your product – and your customers experience.

We will be sure to refer you to anyone that is looking for a top quality website!

Have a great weekend, Mark – and thanks again for all of your efforts!

Best,
Tanya

Tanya Stathopulos
Marketing Assistant

Team Hamer-Jackson
100-1553 Harvey Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y 6G1

Phone: 250.717.5000
Fax: 250.712.1147″

EstateVue’s new search tool is a powerful, fun, and easy way to search through listings and view all their details.  If you want this tool integrated seamlessly into your EstateVue site for free, just contact support@estatevue.com.  Below is an overview of some of its features.

Refining Your Search

1. Type a city, address, or postal code into the Location field to view listings in that area.
2. Refine your search by minimum/maximum price, # of bedrooms, and / or # of bathrooms by dragging the gray slider buttons.
3. For more options, click a parameter to expand the view, or click “show all” to expand all options.

Map View

1. Click anywhere on the map and drag to change your location.
2. Click the + or – buttons (or drag the slider) on the zoom bar to zoom in and out.
3. Click Map, Satellite, or Hybrid to change the level of detail shown.
4. Hover over a listing marker to view basic details, or click it to see more.  Click “More Info” to go to the Details page.

List View

1. Click the List tab to see listings in a tile view with photo thumbnails.
2. Hover over a listing, and click “view map” to return to map view, or click “details” to visit the Details page.

The Details Page

This page displays all relevant information about a particular listing.

1. To browse through photos, simply click the arrows, or hover over the bottom bar of the photo pane to select from a thumbnail overview.
2. To view images in full-screen mode, click the full-screen icon in the top-right corner of the photo pane.
3. Click the “View the map” tab to see a map of the neighborhood, or click “Street View” to view a photo panorama of the address from Google Street View (not available for all regions).
4. Share a listing via Email, Twitter, Facebook, and more, simply by clicking one of the mini-icons at the top right.
5. Click “Back to Search” to return to Map Search View.

“Hello Steve,

Thank you, Steve, for the excellent collection of pictures. You perfectly captured the fresh, open feeling we want to convey, and managed to make every room feel airy and expansive.

We admire and gratefully appreciate your skill and know it will undoubtedly be a major contributor in the sale of our home.

Best regards,

Gary & Glenna Yoshida”

Dear EstateVue Clients,

If your listings are automatically updated by EstateVue, this concerns you:

EstateVue has changed the way we display inactive listings from Matrix.

If a listing on Matrix becomes inactive (usually when it is sold), the listing will now be hidden and disabled from automatic updates in EstateVue. Visitors will not see hidden listings, but they will still exist in your “Manage Featured Listings” page.

If you want visitors to see your Sold listings on EstateVue, follow these simple steps:

1. Log in to your EstateVue admin panel and click “Listings” to manage your listings.
2. Find the sold listing, and click the red ‘x’ in the column on the right to re-publish it. It should now display a green check.
3. Now, click the listing title to edit its General Information.
4. From the “Listing Status” drop-down menu, select “Sold”, and save your changes.

If you have any questions, or need help, please contact support@estatevue.com.

Mark Wells

Support and Client Care Manager

Good news for anyone with EstateVue questions:

Our support hours have changed to offer you more immediate service!  Our Live Support is now available every weekday from 12pm to 5pm.  This means faster responses to your calls and emails, and more flexible hours for training!

Of course, you can always feel free to leave a message or an email 24/7.  We always appreciate your feedback!

Mark Wells

Support and Client Care Manager

Creating a Text / Photo Element

1. Create an element to display your text and photos by clicking “Add Element” where you want it to appear.

2. Choose from the list of text/image widgets.

(Try different text/image widgets for column and alignment options!)

3. Your element will appear on the page with some default text displayed.

Editing Text Elements

1. To edit a text/image element, hover over the element, then over the green edit box that appears, and select “Edit text (wysiwyg)”.

2. In the text editor that appears, you can change the text and its appearance.

3. To add a photo, click the photo icon from the tool bar above your content.

3. Click the “upload image” button to add a photo from your hard drive, or select a photo from your library by hovering over it, then selecting “insert”.

4. Re-size a photo by clicking on it, then dragging from the corners. Reposition a photo by clicking on it, then dragging from the center of the photo to where you want it to appear.

5. Once you have finished all of your changes, click “Save”.

If you’ve customized a listing in EstateVue and don’t want automatic updates to interfere with your changes, you can disable the updates for that listing. Here’s how:

Disabling Updates for a Listing

1. In the main menu, hover your mouse over the “Listings” button, and click on the “Manage Featured Listings” button.

2. For each listing you want to disable, click the icon on the far right of its row.

3. If you want to hook the listing back up to the feed, simply click the icon again to re-enable.

*WARNING* If you have changed the listing Title, Status, Price, or Photos in Matrix since making changes in EstateVue, any EstateVue changes will be overwritten by the latest Matrix data.

Welcome to the EV News panel.  This is the first post of many…

Tune in here to read the latest news and the EstateVue software revolution.

Exciting things to come:

1. New IDX / VOW search tools that will allow you to search all listings in your area / office.

2. IPAD / IPhone Development – beta launch to be announced.  If you are interested in the Beta launch please contact rgrundy@atomic55.net

Official Welcome:

1. We would like to officially welcome Mark Wells as our support / client care manager.

Ryan Grundy

EstateVue Team

EstateVue Website Integration

If you are looking to integrate the EstateVue Platform or other widgets into your Real Estate Website, it is as easy as 1-2-3.

1. Login to your admin panel and click on “Tools->Site Configuration”.

2. Click on “Embed Code” and select the widget to generate your code.

3. Copy the code generated and place in your website.

There are 4 main types of hotspots. 

Universal hotspot which is denoted with the  .  This hotspot allows you to link to other Gallery Photos or 360 Virtual Tour Photos which allows you to create a seamless walkthrough of a property.

Image hotspot which is denoted with the .  This hotspot allows you to upload an image so they can zoom in for a closer view.

URL hotspot which is denoted with the  .  This hotspot allows you to link off to another website.

Text hotspot which is denoted with the .  This hotspot allows you to place text on an Gallery Photo or 360 Virtual Tour Photo.

Adding a Hotspot

1. To add a hotspot, simply select the photo you want to work with and then click the hotspot button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Right click and select the type of hotspot you wish to place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Enter / upload the information for the hotspot and click “Save Hotspot”.  

Remove a Hotspot

1. Simply select the photo you want to work with and then click the hotspot button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Right click and select “Remove Hotspot” on the appropriate hotspot that you wish removed.