Best IDX for WordPress Multisite?
I have a random question for the TRUE geeks today. For those with experience building and running WordPress multisite networks, I wanted to get your feedback on your opinion of which IDX solution is best for a multisite instance powering dozens of sites on different URLs?
While working at Virtual Results, we ran Diverse Solutions’ dsIDXpress on our multisite network (affiliate link). Aside from about 30 minutes of messing around the the IDX Broker plugin (and not succeeding), I don’t have experience working with any other IDX solutions beyond Diverse on multisite.
If you have any multisite feedback, leave it here in the comments.
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Lani Rosales
Posted at 17:00h, 30 Marchlove diverse, but what about displet.com?
Drew Meyers
Posted at 06:19h, 31 Marchheard good things. but never tried it myself.
Eric Bramlett
Posted at 00:10h, 01 AprilHey Drew – our Agent Essentials product is built on multisite, so we very much support MU w/ our RETS/IDX products. http://displet.com/web-design/displet-agent-essentials/
You’ve brought up a VERY good point here. When you graduate to multisite, you run into tons of compatibility issues, especially if you’re running domain mapping (and MU doesn’t make a lot of sense unless you’re domain mapping.) Only a small % of webmasters ever incorporate MU, so most plugin developers don’t bother to check for compatibility.
Great topic!
Brian
Posted at 18:04h, 31 MarchHi Drew, we are using a custom developed wordpress plugin for a group of users on a semi-custom theme. Thinking of setting them up on a multisite config within our hosting environment. Any pros/cons of doing so?
Drew Meyers
Posted at 21:40h, 31 MarchI’d need to know more details before I can really answer that.
You are using a custom developed IDX plugin you mean?
Brian
Posted at 19:01h, 01 AprilNot truly an idx, as it only pulls listings from one brokerage, but yes, a custom plugin. Brokerage owner wants plugin installed on his agents wordpress themes.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 20:54h, 01 AprilHow custom are the sites? If they are all very similar, running the same plugins, etc – then yea, I’d put them on a MU network. But if some of them are very custom, then you’re likely going to run into problems at some point with plugin conflicts or customization barriers. MU is flexible, but it does mean you can’t really make individual code modifications for specific sites.
Brian
Posted at 09:01h, 03 AprilThanks Drew! Would be interested in talking to you more offline (via phone), if you are available.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 09:31h, 03 AprilShoot me an email at [email protected]
I can chat in about 40 minutes if you want