Setting Up SimplyRETS Feed with GZCMS – GrowthZone Support Portal

This property feed that we provide for our GZCMS customers with SimplyRETS is an additional charge; a one-time setup fee as well as a recurring monthly fee. Please be sure this is setup with accounting prior to setting up the feature.

Set Up Fee: $550

Details

RETS (Real Estate Transaction Standard) is a feed of data from the REALTOR Association’s MLS and SimplyRets is a platform that abstracts the fetching and parsing of a RETS feed, allowing listings to display and/or be searchable on the website.

Gathering RETS Information From the Customer

Before we can start setting up a RETS feed, we will need to collect the following information from the customer:

RETS Login URL

RETS Username

RETS Password

Google Maps API Key (if map is desired)

Test the credentials here before going to the next step: https://retsmd.com/

Setting Up SimplyRETS

Go to https://simplyrets.com/login and enter GrowthZone’s shared credentials.

Username is GZRealEstate@growthzone.com
Password is k*aZJXAGEylBoiMRZqrG
(can also be found in Teams under the New Customer Success > General channel by going to the Potpourri tab at the top, clicking the arrow on the left side of the OneNote document, and selecting the “Shared Credentials” document.)

From the SimplyRETS dashboard, click on “YOUR APPS” as shown below:

Ignore the Trial App and click the “DETAILS” link for GrowthZone.

The following screen will provide the API key and API secret needed to set up the plugin on the GZCMS dashboard, but this information will be the same for all customers. You will also see a list of existing feeds and their Vendor ID, which is needed for setting up the shortcodes on their website.

Click “Add new credentials” to start setting up a new feed

Leave the Type dropdown as “RETS” and enter the Username, Password, and URL provided by the customer. If they provided a User-Agent and User-Agent Password, this should be entered here as well, but not all feeds will have this information. Click SUBMIT to initiate the Sync, which may take a couple days. Once the confirmation email is received, you can begin using the shortcodes on their GZCMS website to feed in this information, and the status within SimplyRETS will no longer display as “syncing.”

Enabling SimplyRETS on a Customer’s GZCMS Website

API Key: nicg_441533h2

API Secret: g643i243ns28u121

On this same screen, click on the “Init” button. You may also want to click the “Refresh Meta Data” button to ensure the information is up to date.

The lower sections of this page will offer additional settings that can be adjusted, including a few show/hide options, Map Settings (this is where to add the Google Maps API Key if they are using maps), disclaimer, and No Search Results message.

Current Limitations:

Cannot reorder or rename fields on a site by site basis
No Advanced search
Appearance must be adjusted with CSS

Adding RETS feed shortcodes on a GZCMS page

When logged in to the customer’s site, navigate to the desired page where the RETS content should appear and open Page Editor in the black bar at the top. Drag a Text Editor box or HTML block to the area where the feed content should display, and enter the shortcode, replacing the vendor ID with the ID for the feed you set up in SimplyRETS.

Basic Shortcodes (replace highlighted portion with vendor ID)

Add Search form to search listings on page
[sr_search_form hideOnResults="true" resultview="card" vendor=" gmar"]
Adds Interactive Map Search to page (if using maps)
[sr_map_search search_form="true" list_view="true" vendor=" gmar"]
Show listings on page
[sr_listings vendor=" gmar"]

Advanced search option:

[sr_search_form omnisearch="true" hideOnResults="false" resultview="card" showheader="false" showresidentialtypes="true" showlocations="false" showownership="true" showspecialconditions="true" showstatus="false" status="active; pending" showlisteddate="true" vendor="aik"]

Show 8 random properties in a slider:

[sr_listings_slider random="true" limit="8" vendor="aik"]

External Documentation and Additional Widgets/Parameters Available

http://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/documentation/ - shortcodes

http://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com /documentation/#widgets

Adding Open House feed shortcodes on a GZCMS page

Show open house listings on page
[sr_openhouses vendor="ntreis"]
Setting parameters
[sr_openhouses vendor="ntreis" cities="Houston" startdate="2020-01-01"]

External Documentation and Additional Widgets/Parameters Available

http://wordpress-demo.simplyrets.com/sr_openhouses/

Google Map

If they are not using a Google Map API, disable the following within their GZCMS website > Dashboard > Settings > SimplyRETS

First Map Settings section: place a checkmark for "Disable map view on listing details page", save changes

Second Map Settings section: uncheck the "Show Map View", save changes

Connecting RETS Feed Listings to Agents GrowthZone Directory Listings

Find the Vendor ID (that is used in Simply RETS), and have it ready.
While in the desired Tenant, go to Setup.
In the Integrations section, select Real Estate Edition Settings
Scroll to the bottom of that screen, and you will see a RETS section. Enable “Directory Link Enabled” checkbox. https://www.screencast.com/t/grq3evOX7
Once enabled, add the Vendor ID (from step 1 above) in the required field.
Scroll to the top and under the orange actions button, select “save”. (ensure you have made no other changes to that page, before hitting save)
Go back to Setup, and under the website section, select “Directory Display Settings”
Choose the desired directory listing type. Ensure “advanced options” is selected.
In the options section select the “Display RETS Agent Listing” checkbox.
Click Done.

Trestle Integrations

Log In at: https://trestle.corelogic.com/
Username: it@growthzone.com
Pswd: 4%93p$Cpyz8@
1. Go to Connections
2. Click Add MLO Connection
3. Click Select Button next to GrowthZone
4. Search for Your Organization
5. Once you find it, click the Select button
6. Select the feeds you want to use.
Once your feed is added, it will show up in the list of Connections under the Connections tab.
7. Note what the Originating ID is for your organization (ex: GOLDENI)
8. Log In to SimplyRETS: https://simplyrets.com/login
UserName: GZRealEstate@growthzone
Pswd: k*aZJXAGEylBoiMRZqrG
9. Click on Your Apps
10. Click on Details in GrowthZone section
11. Click on Add New Credentials at the very bottom of the list and fill in these details:
RESO WebAPI URL: https://api-prod.corelogic.com/trestle/odata
Client Secret: 9fef715402334f8482aa79b3fb395de4
Server Token: trestle_GrowthZoneGrowthZone20230210102613
Dataset ID: This is the Originating ID from step 7
See next page for instructions to integrate the MLS feed to your website.
Trestle Integrations

Enabling SimplyRETS on a customer’s GrowthZone website:

Log in to the GZCMS website and access the Dashboard by clicking on the customer name in
the black bar at the top. In the left navigation, go to Settings > SimplyRETS and enter the API
key and API secret from the SimplyRETS screen outlined above, and click “Save Changes”.
This will be the same for all customers.
Username: nicg_441533h2
Password: g643i243ns28u121
On this same screen, click on the “Init” button. You may also want to click the “Refresh Meta
Data” button to ensure the information is up to date.
Add this shortcode to your website where you want the MLS feed to appear:
[sr_search_form omnisearch=”true” hideOnResults=”false” resultview=”card” showheader=”-
false” showlocations=”false” showownership=”true” showspecialconditions=”true” showsta-
tus=”false” status=”active; pending” showlisteddate=”true” vendor=”PUT ORIGINATING ID
FROM STEP 7 HERE”]
More extensive documentation can be found here: https://growthzonesupport.happyfox.com/
staff/kb/articles/2222-setting-up-simplyrets-feed-with-gzcms