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Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have added community sections and content pages per your suggestions. I have also updated the constants_client.asp and constants_client_specific.asp files for this site.
I am now working on creating community pages for the saved-searches and looking into further automating this process. I will update you more on this tomorrow.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Great, thank you. I heard back from Arthur this morning that he was able to finish customizing the site HTML / CSS to the updated RE/MAX Mammoth design. I will work today on some further necessary changes to the site, and will update you on my progress by the end of my day today.
Thanks for your help with this. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Thanks for your updates. The site is looking good. I have made a number of additional updates to the site today, and have created some additional pages.
For today, we actually have another site that we need to turn our attention to -- IndysBestHomes.com -- and we can come back to the Remax-Mammoth.com site on Monday. I have committed and pushed all my changes for the Remax-Mammoth.com site -- can you please be sure to fetch the latest changes?
Thanks -- I am going to add the IndysBestHomes.com ticket now. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
RE #38 point-2:
I could have done the same for the Mammoth Luxury Homes and Mammoth Crashpads saved-searches. However, client wants to include all condos priced above $650,000 and homes priced above $795,000 for the Mammoth Luxury Homes. Similarly for the Mammoth Crashpads, he wants to include all condos priced below $200,000 and homes priced below $375,000. So I have created individual saved-searches. Please let me know if it would be fine to set same price for condos and homes for both the luxury homes and crashpads saved-searches.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have combined the saved-searches and community pages for the above mentioned CondoProjects and Subdivisions.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying. Please do combine both residential and condos into one search on all of those pages, and use the lower of the price ranges specified.
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Our Remax-Mammoth.com client emailed today to report a problem with the Sitemap and XML Sitemap on the site:
"I am going over the HTML Sitemap in more detail today, and from the note below, it is to update automatically, whenever content is added, changed, or deleted. But it is missing a good portion of the links found throughout the site:
1) Does not include all links under Mammoth Featured Searches 2) No links for Crowley Lake Featured Searches 3) No links for June Lake Featured Searches 4) No Links for North Mono County Featured Searches 5) No Links for South Mono County Featured Searches 6) No links for Mammoth Sales Data or Market Reports 7) No links for Mammoth Crash Pads, Mammoth Luxury Homes, or New Listings
This is not an exhaustive list, but you can see where I am going with this. The sitemap does not include all the links."
Can you please update these pages to make sure that they always pull all pages from all sections on the site? (I realize that if we add new sections in the future, we may need to update the programming on these pages, but for now please set it up so that it will always pull all pages from all existing sections.)
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
RE #41:
1-- I have added pages highlighted in the yellow and verified that other pages are added or their URL is optimized.
2-- I have added new pages for the Featured Listings, Newest Listings and Foreclosures and Short Sales scrollers. The "Mammoth Luxury Homes" and "Mammoth Crash Pads" scrollers would point to the same "Luxury Homes" and "Mammoth Crash Pads" pages as in the "What Are You Looking For?" box.
3-- I have verified that all pages marked DELETE have been deleted.
4-- I have double checked that pages have been created for all the condos and most of the subdivisions listed in the spreadsheet. We have created saved-searches for the following subdivisions, but the corresponding community pages haven't been added as we don't have details of the related Project Areas.
Also, please note that the saved-search for the "Mammoth Lakes Other" subdivision is not added as I could not find appropriate criteria for the same.
5-- I have also verified that the abbreviated words and roman numerals have been replaced per our earlier discussion. And the saved-searches and community pages of the condo projects/subdivisions listed in the comment-26 have been merged into single saved-search and community page.
Also, please note that,
1-- I have updated the "Meet Our Team" page file-name to "meet-the-team" as suggested in the "URL_Structure_For_SEO_Remax-Mammoth_REV_2012-02-18.xls" file. However, I haven't update the page name as the corresponding Link in the main site navigation is also named "Meet Our Team"
2-- We haven't yet added content into the "About", "Meet Our Team" and "About Mammoth" pages.
3-- I have removed the "Mammoth Lakes CA Real Estate News" title on the default blog page as the original blog title/category name was pushed down to the gray content area.
4-- I have also verified/updated main navigation links, footer navigation links and links on the Market Statistic page.
Thanks
Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Ah, I should have warned you -- I believe the client had gone through and made changes to the meta tags for a number of those pages, per his own intentions for those pages. I had hoped only to focus on the mono counties community pages for the content updates, and then to remove the pages indicated. I apologize for not being more clear.
I will check with the client regarding your updates -- if the client does prefer that these pages be changed back to their previous versions (for meta tags, etc.) would it be possible to roll them back?
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Can you please also make the following updates to the Remax-Mammoth.com site?
1 - In the attached spreadsheet URL Structure for SEO Remax-Mammoth_REV_2012-02-18.xls, I've highlighted in yellow the pages that still need to be created on the site and / or whose URLs need to be edited as outlined in the spreadsheet. (For example, "/mammoth-new-listings/" needs to be updated to "/new-real-estate-listings/", etc.)
2 - Also, the client would like the "View All" links on the home page scrollers to point to pages as outlined in this spreadsheet, rather than to saved searches in the property-search section. So, once the pages above have been created, can you update these links accordingly? The "Foreclosures & Short Sales" scroller should point to the "/mammoth-foreclosures-and-short-sales/" link (which consists of all REO properties), etc.
3 - Can you then please verify that all pages the client marked as "DELETE" in this spreadsheet have been deleted?
4 - Next, can you double-check one more time that pages have been created for all condos and subdivisions listed in the attached, Mammoth Subdivisions and Condos.xls?
5 - Last, can you double-check one more time that abbreviations have been replaced / updated as requested, and that multi-part condo projects and subdivisions have all been combined to a single page as requested?
I know you have already completed the last couple of items, but if you could go through one more time just to be sure, I would appreciate it. This client is giving us a hard time, and I hope to turn the site back to him tomorrow as complete, and it would be best if he did not see any items to find fault with.
Thanks.
Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
The Remax-Mammoth.com client has also requested that we create some 301 redirects for him. I've attached a spreadsheet which contains a full list of the redirects from the old site URLs to the new site URLs. A few points on this:
1 - Since all of the old site URLs end in .html, it will be easy to identify them, and so I think we should use an external text file to the .htaccess file in the same way that we are doing on HomeToIndy.com for the .php files. According to ISAPI Rewrite, using an external text file in this way is much faster.
2 - In the spreadsheet, there are a few URLs highlighted in green, which indicate new pages still to be created (and a few of which, such as the sales data pages, have already been created). We don't need to worry about creating these new pages just yet but, in certain places, the URLs the client has specified for these new pages are not correct.
For example, he has specified a URL of "http://remax-mammoth.com/property-search/list/new-real-estate-listings/" for the New Listings page (which he would like to have created instead of linking to a Saved Search). In all cases, he has included "/property-search/list/" in the URL, and I believe we just need to strip that out. So, the correct URL of the page would be, "http://remax-mammoth.com/new-real-estate-listings/"
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have made changes in the per comment-18 and 19. Please check the same and let me know your feedback.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Nice job, thanks for doing this.
Regarding your query, actually, we need to combine all of the different searches such as the one you mentioned into a single search, and then also combine the separate pages into a single page.
So, for example, 1849 1 and 1849 2 need to become a single page, 1849, referencing both the 1849 I and 1849 II condo projects.
The same is true for all condo projects & subdivisions which are broken into individual phases / developments except for Snowcreek. The Snowcreek 1 through 5 searches and pages should remain separate. The others need to be combined:
Grayeagle
Juniper Crest
La Residence
Majestic Pines
Mammoth Camp Tract
Mammoth Slopes
Mammoth Vista
Sierra Valley Sites
Sierra Vista Estates
Summit
Timber Ridge Estates
Trails (So, Trails Phase 1 and Trails Phase 2 become just "Trails")
Tyrolean Pines
Regarding the redirects, they should then be redirected to the combined page for the appropriate subdivision or condo project. In the example you gave, they would all be redirected to the combined 1849 page.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Then, the client has one more change request for the remax-mammoth.com site. The would like the options in the home page browse communities box to be changed as follows. Can you create pages for the items listed in the attached, and then use them to populate the home page browse communities box? The title of the home page browse communities box should be changed to, "What Are You Looking For?" instead of "Mammoth Condos and Communities" but the "View All" link should remain.
With the page titles indicated, you may have trouble getting three columns of links without some of them wrapping to second lines. If that's the case, please remove "Lakes" from some of the titles -- i.e. "Mammoth Foreclosures" instead of "Mammoth Lakes Foreclosures," etc. Also, just use "Longest on Market" for that page and leave off the "DOM."
Some of these pages are referenced in the attached "URL Structure" spreadsheet -- please use the URLs indicated in creating these new pages (although ignore the "/property-search/list" portion of these URLs, as that is not correct.)
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have updated the site-map page to display Featured Searches by content labels. I have also applied the "Mammoth Lakes Featured Searches" label to saved-searched on the "What Are You Looking For?" box. So, these saved (like Luxury Homes, Mammoth Crash Pads etc) would be displayed under the "Mammoth Featured Searches" label on the site-map and community pages.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
The Remax-Mammoth.com client has requested that we create a number of additional condo project and subdivision pages for this site. The tricky part for us is that these condo projects and subdivisions represent areas for which there are not currently MLS listings (which is why these searches and their associated pages were not created in the original page creation process).
I've attached a spreadsheet provided by the client for this purpose (Mammoth MLS Codes for Property Searches.xls). Unfortunately, it appears that the client provided codes for all condo projects and subdivisions, rather than only for those which still need to be created. So, I have also attached a sheet, Mammoth Subdivisions and Condos_NEW_PAGES.xls, which outlines just the new pages to be created, along with which of the Project Areas the new pages are associated with.
I'm not sure what would be the best way for us to go about this. I think there are a couple of steps:
1 - First, create the needed saved searches for both condos and subdivisions. To do this, the value from the "Description" column will be used in the appropriate field in the SavedSearches table (either CondoProject or Subdivision), while the same value, but with the abbreviations replaced, would be used for the SearchName field. So, for example, in creating a new search for the Mammoth Gateway Village condo project, the CondoProject field would contain the value "Mam Gateway Vil" and the SearchName field would contain the value "Mammoth Gateway Village".
In some cases in the Mammoth MLS Codes spreadsheet, you'll notice that several values have been combined into one line in the Description field. In such cases, please store all indicated values in the "CondoProject" or "Subdivision" field, as we are going to be pulling listings from multiple CondoProjects or Subdivisions into the results of a single search. In such cases, please use the first value as the basis for creating the associated SearchName.
2 - Once that's done, create pages for the new searches using the same templates that you used previously, and using the NEW_PAGES spreadsheet to determine which Project Areas the new pages are associated with. There are several condo projects and one subdivision for which there are not currently Project Areas listed, and it's fine to ignore these for now (please create saved searches for them, but not pages).
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Good question -- in the Excel workbook, there are several additional sheets, each is labeled with the name of a project area, and contains the condo developments and subdivisions which are to be included in that project area (also applies to Ski In / Ski Out and Golf Course).
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
This looks great, thanks. Just to double-check, can you verify that the searches for 1849, Grayeagle, etc., contain all of the condo projects for that area, even for those where there are currently no listings on the market (meaning, 1849 containts 1849 I and 1849 II)? I realized that I will need to inform the client that modifying or saving these searches would cause all condo complexes for which there are not current active listings to be removed from the search -- that is the case, is it not?
One more content-related change we need to make to this site is regarding the Mono County Communities pages. I apologize for not providing a full template for the content on these pages. Could you please modify these pages to the following (using Lee Vining as an example)?
1 - Meta Title: Lee Vining CA Real Estate | Homes for Sale Lee Vining CA | Remax-Mammoth.com
2 - Meta Description: Search homes for sale in Lee Vining, CA, updated every day from the Mammoth Lakes MLS. Listings included detailed property information, big photos, virtual tours, maps and more.
3 - Meta Keywords: lee vining ca real estate, homes for sale lee vining california, mammoth lakes ca mls
4 - Content Area:
Lee Vining CA Real Estate
Included below are homes for sale in Lee Vining, California. Lee Vining, CA is located in Mono County, north of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain. These property listings are updated daily from the Mammoth Lakes, MLS.
If you would like more information on any of these Lee Vining, CA homes for sale, just click the "Request More Information" button when viewing the details of that property. We can provide you with current market data, disclosures, past sales history, dates and prices of homes recently sold in the Mono County area, and more.
And, if you haven't already, be sure to register for a free account so that you can receive email alerts whenever new Lee Vining, CA real estate listings come on the market in Mono County, California.
Next, the client has also requested that some of the featured searches pages we created be deleted, as they are not applicable to certain areas. So, can you please reference the attached spreadsheet, and remove the requested pages (the ones in gray are the ones that need to be deleted).
Thanks.
Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have added saved-searches and community pages for the new condo projects and subdivisions listed in the spreadsheet. I have also added rewrite rules per comment-24.
Regarding creating single saved-search and community page for the CondoProject/Subdivision for which combined value is specified in the Description field, please note that we have already created individual saved-searches and community pages for one or more CondoProject/Subdivision. So, I have created individual saved-searches and community pages for such new CondoProjects/Subdivisions.
For example, we have already created saved-search and community page for Grayeagle I so I have added separate saved-search and community page for Grayeagle II.
Please let me know if I should merge saved-searches and community pages for such CondoProject/Subdivision. Or would it be fine to redirect the old page to one of the individual page of such CondoProject/Subdivision.
For example, following old pages would be redirected to http://remax-mammoth.com/mammoth-condos/1849-i/,
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849.html
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849.html
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849__unit_102.html
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849__unit_304.html
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849__unit_611.html
http://www.remax-mammoth.com/html/1849_ii__unit_562.html
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
I agree that displaying the links by content label on the main site map page does appear to be the best option -- please update the page for this when you have time.
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
Regarding Subdivisions pages I am not sure which subdivision belongs to which project/neighborhood area. Could you please guide me how find project/neighborhood area of a subdivision?
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have made changes per comment #45. Please check the same.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Great, thank you. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have updated the names of the saved-searches and pages content per comment-16. Please check the same.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
Ah, I see. That's strange -- I'm not sure what could have happened there, as I did not make any programmatic updates which could have caused such changes. In that case, please leave them as they are for now, and I will inquire with the client -- meaning, leave Meta Keywords as they are rather than updating per the spreadsheet.
If there are no records of changes in the PagesVersions table, then perhaps the client was not the one who made these updates? I'm just not sure what could have happened there...
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
My apologies for not confirming this with you before making updates. I am not quite sure if we would be able to restore all pages' meta-tags to their previous state as I updated these pages in the database so we don't have previous version of these pages stored in versions table, but I guess we would be able to restore about 75 to 80% pages' meta-tags.
Thanks
Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have made changes in the site per comment-43. Please note the followings:
1-- Now that we have updated the Home community box to link to previously created pages, the following links in this box would change as these pages were created for different purpose,
Mammoth Condos --> Condos Mammoth Foreclosures --> Foreclosures Mammoth Short Sales --> Short Sales Mammoth Dirt --> Lots / Land Mammoth Homes --> Single Family Homes
Please let me know if I should hard code the links in the Home Community box rather than displaying pages associated with "Homepage Communities Box" content label.
2-- I haven't removed the "Single Family Homes" as the "/mammoth-homes/" links to this page but I have added the "Ski-In / Ski-Out Condos and Homes" in place of "Mammoth Homes".
3-- I have updated following REO saved-searches to list only Foreclosures listings:
4-- I haven't added the "Mammoth Industrial Park" and "Mammoth Lakes Airport" pages as I am slightly confused regarding creating subpage to the "Mammoth Lakes Commercial Properties" (/mammoth-lakes-commercial-real-estate/). The "Mammoth Lakes Commercial Properties" page is assigned to the "Communities" section so, I am not sure it would be possible to create these two pages with filename "/mammoth-lakes-commercial-real-estate/mammoth-industrial-park/" and "/mammoth-lakes-commercial-real-estate/mammoth-lakes-airport-hangers/".
Should I add a new section "Mammoth Lakes Commercial Real Estate" (/mammoth-lakes-commercial-real-estate/) and move the "Mammoth Lakes Commercial Properties" (as default page) to this section and then add the "Mammoth Industrial Park" and "Mammoth Lakes Airport" pages to this section.
5-- I have verified that the 301 redirect links are pointing to correct pages.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang
RE: #44
1 - Yes, please do hard-code the links in the Home community box. Also, please change the label from "Ski-In / Ski-Out Condos and Homes" to just "Ski-In / Ski-Out"
2 - Yes, that looks good
3 - These also look good
4 - Good question. I do think we need to add a new section, "/mammoth-lakes-commercial-real-estate/" and then place both of the pages you mentioned within that section.
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have made changes in the site per comment-3. I have also updated footer links and added/updated styles for the SIST and blog pages.
I have created community pages for about 50 condos saved-searches. I will add community pages for other condo and subdivision saved-searches tomorrow.
Could you please let me know if I should create community pages for the Mammoth Lakes Project Areas, Mono County Communities and Inyo County Communities sections?
Also, I believe on the community page of this site we would display Featured Searches for the Mammoth Lakes, Crowley Lake, June Lake, North Mono County and South Mono County as we are doing in the MammothRealty.com?
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I forgot to mention this yesterday but I have updated the property-search/res/includes/session_mgr.asp to change the domain name to "mammothmls.sierrainteractivemls.com" when request is made from "remax-mammoth.com" (line 27).
Also, I noticed that in the Featured Listings saved-search the Office MLS ID is set to 102. Whereas on the Site Contact Information page it is same as Agent MLS ID (36). Please let me know if I should update the Office MLS ID to 102 in the Contact Information page and the constants_client.asp file.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Ben,
I have spent some time looking into further automating the community pages creation process. I believe most of the times we would be creating community pages for the saved-searches created on the geographic locations like Condo Projects, Subdivision, City and Area. We can add an option to select geographic type on the Community Pages Wizard. When the geographic type is changed (by default Area would be selected), the template for that geographic type (stored in the database or in a file) would be loaded in the text-editor.
For example when the Condo Project is selected the following content would be loaded in the text-editor:
"Included below are condos for sale at ##SAVED_SEARCH_NAME## Condos. The ##SAVED_SEARCH_NAME## condominium complex is located in the ##SUBDIVISION## area in ##AREA##, ##STATE##. These property listings are updated daily from the ##MLS_BOARD_FULL_NAME## MLS.
If you would like more information on any of these ##SAVED_SEARCH_NAME## Condos for sale in ##AREA##, just click the "Request More Information" button when viewing the details of that property. We can provide you with current market data, disclosures, past sales history, dates and prices of condos recently sold in the ##SUBDIVISION## area, and more.
And, if you haven't already, be sure to register for a free account so that you can receive email alerts whenever new ##SAVED_SEARCH_NAME## Condos and other ##CITY## Real Estate for sale come on the market."
The location specific config variables (like ##SUBDIVISION##, ##AREA##, ##SUBAREA## and ##COUNTY##) would map with the corresponding fields of the MLS tables. For example when creating community page for the "1849 I" condo, the ##SUBDIVISION## and ##AREA## would be replaced with "Canyon Lodge" and "Mammoth Lakes" respectively. The only point to consider would be that the name of the saved-search would have to match the corresponding location name in the MLS tables. For example, if the saved-search name is "1849 I" the programming will check for an MLS record with the same condo name. On the other hand if the saved-search name is "1849 I Condos" it will not match any records.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Thanks Posted by Shah Vihang(unfuddle username: vihang)
Battler45
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4 years ago Vihang,
The remax-mammoth.com site is now live and the client is pleased with it. In testing the site, I did notice that there seems to be a problem with the quick search on both the home page and the interior pages.
On the home page, for example, if you select Property Type "Condos" as the first criteria, the display changes to "No Matching Listings." What's strange is that, if you then choose "Mammoth Lakes" from the "Search In" box, it changes back to 203 matching listings. For some reason, when Property Type is selected without an Area being selected, it always returns no results.
Can you look into this and see if you can figure it out?
Thanks. Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)
Vihang,
For our next Pro Site, we will be converting an existing design (http://www.kyselectproperties.com) to a new Pro Site for http://www.remax-mammoth.com.
I've set up a new website here:
Which is accessible via FTP at:
67.199.110.220 remax-mammoth_dev
using the normal password. Once you FTP into the site, you'll see that I have already copied over the site files from the KYSelectProperties.com version of the site. If you go to the default page for this site:
You'll see that there are still some formatting issues in the HTML / CSS of this and the other site pages. Arthur (new programmer) has FTP access to this site and is curently working on fixing those (should be done by tomorrow or Friday).
In the meantime, can you get started updating the constants_client.asp and constants_client_specific.asp files for this site, and then also create the default pages (Home, Contact, About RE/MAX of Mammoth, Meet Our Team, About Mammoth, Careers, Privacy Policy) and a blog with default blog post?
We don't need a "Community Info" page for this site.
For the neighborhood / community pages, the site will have the following sections:
Then, for the Condos and Subdivisions sections, the client has prepared a content template for each type (attached). In this document, there are two templates -- one for the Subdivisions pages, and one for the Condos pages. Upon reviewing this document, I believe you'll be able to make sense of what the client is looking for, and it requires a bit more flexibility than our current tools allow for. Do you think there would be a way to automate this type of content creation? If so, it would be good to somehow build that added flexibility into our system for future use in situations such as this.
In creating the condos and subdivisions pages, please use the attached spreadsheet (also prepared by client) as a point of reference. The subdivisions will be those listed in the "Mammoth Lakes Subdivisions" column, and the condos will be those listed in the "Mammoth Condo Complexes" column. I believe the Saved Searches for all of these should already be created. Any Saved Searches which are not already created can be dis-regarded for the time being, because I don't believe there are active MLS listings for those areas at the moment.
Last, one issue for this site is that this site is an upgrade for an existing customer who is currently using IDX Search Tools only. The URL of their search tools is: http://mammothmls.sierrainteractivemls.com/
One problem we may encounter in developing this site is that the Site Domain for the existing site is different from what it will be for the new site. I'm not sure what the best way would be to get around this, other than to hard code a temporary change into the /res/includes/session_mgr.asp file that would recognize the remax-mammoth.sierrainteractivedev.com domain and automatically change it to mammothmls.sierrainteractivemls.com before passing it into the Session functions. (Basically, a hack to get it to work until the site goes live.)
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
Posted by Peskoe Ben(unfuddle username: bpeskoe)