HomeQuest

Tyler on Monday, July 6, 2009

The IDX map is one of the best features about your HomeQuest site.  The no hassle, no forced signup map brings listings to your clients in a few simple clicks, without having to fill out a form and wait for an email.  Bring more attention to your IDX map by using our pre-created button.  Follow the steps below to add this button widget to your sidebar.

Adding a prominent “Search Listings” button to your HomeQuest IDX site:

Step 1: Add a “Simple Image Link” widget to your sidebar using the following for your image location and destination (the two pieces of information required for this link to work).

Step 2: For the image location (Point 1 in the image above) use the following address:

http://homequestgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/search_listings.png

Note: Copy the entire address entirely and exactly and paste it into the image location field (Point 1 on the image above)

Step 3: For the destination address (Point 2 in the image above), enter the address to your website (For example: http://eugenehomefinder.net, or http://yourdomain.com, the http:// is required) FOLLOWED BY

/wp-content/plugins/hq_idx/searchlistings.php

Putting it altogether: http:// + YOURDOMAIN.com + /wp-content/plugins/hq_idx/searchlistings.php = http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/hq_idx/searchlistings.php

Place this address into the destination address field (Point 2 in the image above).  When you have the image location and the destination address entered, you can click the “Update” button to close the widget editor.  Make sure to click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page to publish this widget to your site.

Step 4: When you have finished, you should have a widget like the one below.  When a visitor clicks on this button, they will be taken to your Search Listings map.  You can also rearrange the order of widgets in your sidebar.