How To Set Un A Frameable IDX Link For You...

How To Set Un A Frameable IDX Link For You Or Your Agents
To set up the URL for use on your firm’s website for an IDX search, or for your agents to use on
their websites, please follow these directions.
Note that this is a one-time setup, whether you have just one agent that wants to use this
option or more. They will all, using the URL you provide them, have the same options on their
site.
1. Log into the Matrix system.
2. Go to My Matrix>Settings>IDX Configuration. At this time you should see the following:
3. In the top section give the page a name. Please note that you can have up to two active IDX
pages at one time.
4. Under “Form Selection” you have several choices:
a. Search – This option will present the client with a search page that looks like this:
The visitor can then choose property type, location, etc., and get the results.
b. Map Search – This brings up a searchable map, with some criteria to fill in:
The user can then pick search criteria, then finish the search from the map page.
Please note that the area and county/city fields are not available in this mode. That
would be done from the map.
5. Under “Map Area” you have three choices:
a. Do not specify a map area – this choice, when the visitor to the search clicks on the
map, brings up the state of Virginia as the initial map view. This can then be zoomed
in or out by the visitor. Please note that this is the option we recommend.
b. Restrict searches to a specified map area – you can restrict the area that can be
searched on the map view by selecting this option. This will prevent the visitor from
going outside the map selection you have set up. To set this up, first select this
option, then click the hyperlink below the options, Set Map Area. Click that hyperlink
to go to the map view. Once there either use the rectangle or polygon function to
draw the area you wish to restrict the searches to, then click SAVE at the top right.
Please note that this will restrict all of your agents’ IDX search to this area. If you
select this and then change your mind later, all you need to do is to come back to
this setup section and select “Do not specify a map area.” That will clear out the map
restrictions.
c. Specify an initial map view. Users are free to search outside this area – with this
selection you can choose the initial view that a visitor will see when looking at the
map. With this option, a visitor can choose to stay within the view you set, or can
manipulate the map to search anywhere they wish.
6. Activation
a. Select the option IDX Enabled. (If you ever want to disable this link then come back
in and choose IDX Disabled. Please note that this will disable every agent’s IDX
search that is using this URL for that purpose.)
7. Click on Save on the menu at the bottom.
At this time the URL is live and ready to be used. All you need to do is to copy the information in
its entirety in the HTML field under the Activation setting and provide that to your agents that
wish to use it. Once they put that code in their sites, the IDX search will be functional.