I think we nailed down all the bugs and ready to release this widget.

Download it here (zip file)
Extract and upload the entire folder to your website plugin directory.

What is it?
This widget will add 2 forms to your Wordpress website. One form is for instant house values, retrieved from Zillow.com. The other form is a request form that allows users to send you a description of their property so you (the agent) can send then a custom made comparable market analysis of there home.

Both forms can be turned off, so you can only display the Zillow form, or only display the agent form…or turn them both off and display nothing.

 

Why Should I use it?
Offering instant online house values is a great way to advertise your website. You can make newspaper ads or google adwords offering this services. It's all about getting people to your website, and staying there. This adds value to your website. Sometimes Zestimates can be high or low, so the agent form allows people to send requests for professional home estimates if they need additional help while checking for house values.

Editing Options:

To configure the pages and widgets, you have to active the plugin, then go to Options > CMA Request. From this page you will create the CMA page. If a CMA page already exists, this page will update the public CMA page. To delete the public page, go to Manage > Pages then delete the cma page 

1. Add your email address because that is how you will get the request form set from potential clients
2. Make a page title. This will appear in the menu bar.
3. Choose page template. I prefer wider main sections, but this should work with main sections as narrow as 400px.

• Then you need to add a Zillow Api Key and select what forms to display. You can get a Zillow API Key in about 30 seconds here

• You can edit the introduction message for the agent form, and edit the message after the agent form is submitted.

• The widget colors are configurable also.

• Zillow provides some very nice graphs for address, city, state and zip. These graphs are configurable. You can adjust the height and width so they fit perfectly onto your pages.

Once you have it all configured, the page will be created automagically. The forms will work without the sidebar widget, but the widget will allow people to get house values from any page on your site, so I recommend adding it.
Note: this is only for widget enabled themes

Go to Presentation > Sidebar Widgets and drag the "Realivent CMA" to your sidebar

The widget will disappear when the CMA page is accessed so you do not have the main form and the sidebar form visible at the same time. The widget will be visible on all other pages.

Enjoy  

 

 

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