Scarecrow Man Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Got this from someone in need of some help. Now I am no programmer so I dont even know where to begin.Hi Nick, Thank you so much for taking some time to see if you can assist me with my dilemma. I am building a real estate website. I am at the point where I need to incorporate their listings and potentially all MLS listings. The address is: http://www.soldbycindyandchris.com From both the Buying or Selling page, I have a form to gather potential client info. At the submit stage, I have used some javascripting for validation. The results are sent to the agent through the server formmail. Maybe when I get more knowledgeable, I'll experiment with ASP for cleaner gathering. onclick, the viewer is sent directly to the listings page ( http://www.soldbycindyandchris/properties.htm ) This is the point where I'm stuck. What I have gathered, is a link through the Cdn Real Estate Board (CREA) which will show my agent's listings ( http://www.mls.ca/property.aspx?id=1101909&mode=1 ) but this will take the viewer off the page. I'm going to try to put the page into a frame so they won't be able to leave. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide access to other MLS listings. From the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) they have given me a lot of info which is beyond me. I have included the 6 attachments (2 - word files, 4 .txt files) I have an authorization to which I query the MLS listings. The query is returned in an CSV format. My ultimate goal would be to display the listings on my site, an agent only listings and all MLS listings. Something similar is: http://supportfiles.celestinetech.com/RESu...ability&ai=1727 I'm sorry to write a book, but I'm pulling out my hair trying to resolve this. If you had the opportunity to look this over, provide input on the direction to take, I would be most grateful. You're welcome to email me back or call me at home. I will be home later this evening but am out at work Saturday and Sunday until 5 pm. Nick, thank you for your time :) Sue ParéThe word doc's were not attached properly and could not be added.Hope this is enough info, if you have any ideas or questions. please post.EDIT: Word docs now available.FTPcommands1.txtmake_batch.txtphotoupdate1.txtphotoupdate3.txt3pv_auto_query_instructions.txtAutomate3pv.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Hi Nick, I posted the following at the ELATED Webmaster Forum: Firstly, I am not a programmer - design is my forté. I am working on a real estate site and need to incorporate MLS listings. I was given info on how to automate the log in process, retrieve the data and pictures. But this is all beyond me. I am told to write a program to post the data to a second page - the program would simulate what the form page does. There is a query string provided, etc. I've been given an FTPcommands and make_batch and photoupdate1. The closest I can gather is I might use ASP, as that is part of the address to which I need to retrieve the data. If it is possible to quickly learn ASP, what do I do with it??? Do I have a page on the server and then reference it on my site? I can only relate it to CSS. I need to query the MLS listings and display the results on my page. Does this mean that I will be creating a database on my server? I don't think I want that.I know this has been done before because I can see other real estate sites doing the same thing. Can anybody provide any guidance?Many thanks I did get a response back: It's hard to guess exactly what you need to do, based on what you've told us, but if the program already exists to service a query, as I suspect it might, it's possible that all you need to do is build a HTML form that posts to the program URL.Take a look at this tutorial to find out how to do this:http://www.elated.com/tutorials/authoring/...building_forms/ Basically, you will probably need to use method="get" if the page they've given you needs a query string and the action will be the URL of the second page they have given you (that page ending in .asp).The form fields that you need to provide will be named as you see in the querystring. So for example, if the querystring looks something like this ?town=lincoln&price=20000, you need to provide form fields called "town" and "price". It's up to you whether you make them text boxes, selects, or something else.Try this first, and if this doesn't do the job post back, and I'll try and provide more advice.Hope this helps you - I'm still looking at it. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I'm lost...Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Not a lot of programmers on here :( Maybe RusDzanmahmudov can help? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusDzanmahmudov Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Sorry, I don't do any HTML stuff... :( I wish I would know how to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I'll look over it for you when I get back from dinner :D Oh and when the girl has gone :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Personally, I prefer PHP to ASP, so here is a link that may help with PHP:http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_forms.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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