Inventory Manager

From PropertyMinder WIKI

What can I do with Inventory Manager?

The PropertyMinder system uploads your featured and office listings automatically.

• Add listings and properties that you may not have put on the MLS (pocket listings, exclusives, rentals etc) to the "Featured Listings" page on your website. You may even want to add homes you have sold in the past.
• Load your featured listing from the MLS.
• Update (edit) listing information.
• Create the photo album - add more photos to your featured listing. Sort the listing photos.
• Add a virtual tour, if applicable.
• Add any custom link to your featured listing. This feature is used to provide title reports, disclosures, etc online.
• Hide/show address and map of the property.
• Hide/show the hit counter tracking the number of people who viewed your featured listing.

How can I add a Listing/Property manually to the website?

1. Login to your Toolkit and go to Inventory Manager.

   

2. Click on the Add New Listing Manually button.
3. Add a Photo to a Listing/Property.
4. Click on the Browse button to locate the image on your computer.
5. Locate the file/directory.
6. Double click on the file you want to use. If you can't see your file above, try changing the Files of type: to All Files (*.*).
7. Click on the Upload Photo button.
8. Add more photos.
9. Add "Virtual Tour Link" to a Listing/Property. Name the link and paste the web address (URL).
10. You can add the custom link that will show Disclosers, specific area reports or anything you want. Name the link and put web address (URL).
11. Add General Information (the required fields are marked in red).
12. Type an attention grabbing description for the property in the "Description" field.
13. Add "Property Features". You may check as many features as you want.
14. Click on the Submit button to add the new Listing/Property to your personal website.

How can I load the Listing from MLS?

1. Login to your Toolkit and go to the Inventory Manager.
2. Type in the MLS number in the Load your Featured Listing from MLS input box.
3. Click Submit.

How do I block other PropertyMinder users from listing my properties?

You can block listings from appearing on other PropertyMinder subscribers' websites.

1. Login to your Toolkit and go to the Inventory Manager.
2. Next to the listing, click Permissions.
3. On the Edit Listing Permissions page, select your option. If you select to block the listing from other PropertyMinder users, they cannot add it onto their websites.

Furthermore, if this listing is already added onto their site, it will get deleted.

How can I update a Listing extracted from the MLS?

To Update listing information click on the Update link on right side of the Listing table. You can make the following changes to listings that have been extracted from the MLS either automatically, or that have been loaded from the MLS:

1. Change/update the main picture.
2. Add additional photos: create a photo album by clicking the photo album: link.
3. Add/update the virtual tour link.
4. Add a custom link for the listing.
5. Modify the description of the listing using the HTML editor, which allows you to add links and format the description.
6. Select hide address, include map, or show the hit counter.

   

7. Click Submit to save changes.

How can I remove a listing from the Inventory Manager?

To Remove a Property from the Listing table click on the Remove link on right side of the Listing table.

WARNING! All "Removed" listings are permanently removed.

How can I prepare a Listing/Property photo for the web?

1. We recommend that you start by creating a file/directory on your computer called "My Listings".
2. Save ALL your images in this file/directory so that they will be easily accessible when you are ready to upload them to your website.
3. Before you can add photos to the website, please prepare and save them in the proper format:

   Dimension:

   320 pixels (4.444") - WIDTH

   240 pixels (3.333") - HEIGHT

   Resolution: 72 dpi (dots per inch)

   File Type: JPEG (jpg)

You can change the size of the picture yourself using the Paint (Microsoft Windows Paint) application. If you have a relatively new version of windows you should have it on your computer. Windows 2000, ME and XP have it.

To change the size of the picture yourself:

1. On the bottom left corner of your screen, go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint.
2. The paint application will open on your screen.
3. In Paint, click on File and select Open.
4. In the Open dialog box change the value for "Files of Type" to JPEG (or the type of file that you have, it might be Bitmap, GIF, JPG). If you do not have this option for

"Files of Type" then your windows is too old.

1. Navigate to the place on file system where the file is saved and open it. You should see your picture occupying a large portion of the screen.
2. Click on Image (menu item) and select Stretch/Skew...
3. On the opened dialog box change Stretch values to be less than 100%. We suggest that you start with 50% and then change it if needed.

   NOTE: Till you save the file, nothing will be changed, so you can experiment with it. Try to get your picture to the size when it is about the size you would like to see on your website.

4. Use "Save As:" (Under File menu) instead of Save. Using "Save As:" will keep your original picture unchanged but will create a new file of a smaller size.

   NOTE: Make sure that the "Save as type" box shows the file type as JPEG. Select a name for it and save it.

How can I create a photo album (add multiple pictures)?

1. Click the update link corresponding to the desired property.
2. Click the photo album... link on the property editor.
3. On the Photo Album screen, click the browse button to find and select the file with the picture image.
4. Label the image (description of the image).
5. Click the Upload picture and description button.
6. Repeat these steps as many times as required.

How can I change the order of my Featured Listings?

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1. Go to the Inventory Manager.
2. Use the first blank field (##) to order the listings in increments of 10.
3. Click the save listings order (##) link above or below listings table.