Release Notes – 2023.01.05

Release Notes – 2023.01.05

 January 5, 2023

Highlights

  • Testdrive Process Infrastructure Upgrade
    A much needed complete redesign and rewrite of how account management processes (testdrive, activation, etc) works on the back end. In coming months we will use this new infrastructure to replace and enhance many (or all) of these systems. In this release, however, we are going to keep things focused on ensuring the fundamentals are all there and working as expected, and so we will be rolling out a rewrite of the back end of the testdrive process only. The front end user experience should remain mostly the same, allowing us to put all our energy into making sure the results of the process implemented on this new infrastructure are as expected and correct.
  • Featured Locations Nav Link Ordering
    As part of the ongoing feature enhancements to featured locations that have come about as part of the Flex content project, this release will add new functionality to the nav menu. A special nav menu item can now be configured to automatically display links to featured locations, with options to make use of the recently added featured location favorites system.
  • Improvements to Bad Email Handling
    Although a bit less visible outside of the technical team, we’ve made some important improvements to how Elite and TurboLeads communicate when emails we attempt to send bounce back, allowing both applications to make better choices when this happens. 
  • Keyword Remapping
    Mapping keywords and making sure the keyword search lookup tables keep up with changes that MLSes make to their data specifications is a regular maintenance task, but the last few months (and this month in particular) have seen an extremely large number of MLSes make changes to how they provide us data, which has generated a LOT of work to ensure our keyword search feature continues to have fresh, up to date data to work with. While engineering manages various technical aspects around the edges, the majority of this work is done by a team of diligent, detail oriented folks from around the company, and I wanted to make sure we take a moment to recognize and thank them for their efforts in general, but especially for how well they have tackled this tremendous influx of work. Thank you Alysha, Avery, and Nicholas — you’re amazing, and I’m so glad to have your help!

Updates

  • Flex Image Border
    Added options for flex image border
  • Added social icons to Flex
    The flex icon library now includes social icons.
  • Housetracks not sending
    Email tracking events that get sent to IDX and classified as bad events (bounced, unsubscribed, dropped...) are now forwarded to TurboLeads to be processed. If the bad email address exists in TurboLeads then it will get flagged as bad. This will make it obvious why a housetracks email did not send.
  • Monitoring Listing Photo delete processes
    Added monitoring of the photo delete processes
  • Stage Listing Manager stuck at "Import of listings for _" step
    Fixed Stage configuration (cloud storage bucket), and reset records, processing normally now.
  • Sold Price Display on Listings Manager Listings
    Investigated issues with sold price display.
  • NY-CRMLS Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables were rebuilt for NY-CRMLS after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • AL-BALDWIN Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for AL-BALDWIN were rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • UT-WFMLS remap keywords
    Updated and improved various keyword mappings for UT-WFMLS.
  • CO-PPAORRB Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables have been built for CO-PPAORRB.
  • SD-NEBOR Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for SD-NEBOR have been rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • AK-AKMLS Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for AK-AKMLS were rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • AL-TAOR Keywords
    Rebuilt keyword lookup tables for AL-TAOR after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • NC-HCAOR Keywords
    Keyword search lookups for NC-HCAOR after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • OR-RMLS terms keywords
    Added "owner will carry" keyword search term to OR-RMLS.
  • MA-BERK Keywords
    Rebuilt keyword search lookups for MA-BERK after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • GA-FMLS - Add "Beltline" keyword
    Added "beltline" keyword search term to GA-FMLS.
  • LA-BAYOU Keywords
    Rebuilt keyword lookup tables for LA-BAYOU after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • TN-RCAOR Keywords
    Rebuilt keyword lookup tables for TN-RCAOR after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • AR-HDBOR Keywords
    Rebuilt keyword search lookup tables for AR-HDBOR after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • AZ-ARMLS - Add Vacation Rental keyword
    Added "vacation rental" keyword search term to AZ-ARMLS.
  • AZ-ARMLS - Add Unfurnished Checkbox on Rentals
    Added "unfurnished" keyword search term to AZ-ARMLS.
  • OR-LCMLS Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for OR-LCMLS were rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • WI-NWWMLS keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for WI-NWWMLS after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • NV-IVBOR Keywords
    Keyword search lookup tables for NV-IVBOR have been rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • NY-IBOR Keywords
    Summary:Keyword search lookup tables for NY-IBOR have been rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.
  • ID-CDAOR Keywords
    Summary:Keyword search lookup tables for ID-CDAOR have been rebuilt after a data provider change deprecated previous mappings.

Bug fixes

  • “More” nav links don’t work on iPad/Tablet when horizontal
    Fixed a bug that only affected tablets in landscape orientation.
  • Nav menu overlapping map search bar
    Corrected a styling issue that occured in rare circumstances.
  • Banner Edit Icon is covered
    Adjusted the Edit Icon placement for this one widget type.
  • CA-BAK broken keywords
    Fixed issues with keyword search data mapping on CA-BAK.
  • Card widget URL New Window problem
    Properly adding support for link target selection for the featurette card type in cards widgets and pages, which was previously only properly supported for the flip card type.

Kevin Ashley

By Kevin Ashley

Kevin is a Web Developer and Marketing Expert for iHOUSEweb. He has a degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and he specializes in front end web development, web advertising, and web analytics. Kevin works closely with real estate agents all over the US, and he helps to communicate their needs to the team of Software Engineers at iHOUSEweb.