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School District Labels Enhancement The conversion of the School District field in the MLS to the new, enhanced school district labels has begun. When completed, the school district field will contain all school districts in the state of Ohio in the format below. The new school district Short Code will include 2 parts:
The new school district Description will include 3 parts:
The decades-old School District field is being updated with more accurate and concise school district labels. The old school district names included only the name of the school and often incorrect spellings and cryptic abbreviations. Here is an example of the old and new school district labels:
This complete revision of all school districts will take place in phases over the coming weeks. The first phase has already completed. During the process, you will notice a mixture of the old Short Code and the new Description. These changes will roll in slowly over the coming weeks. The last phase will include the more complicated renaming and remapping of duplicated school districts with the same name in multiple counties. You do not need to make changes to your listings at this time. The renaming should only update the newly enhanced label for the school district already selected for your listing. If for some reason the incorrect school district was selected at time of listing, this change will NOT correct the school as entered by the listing agent. This is a good time to verify that your listings have the correct school district selected per the auditor record.
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Tri Valley School District Fixed in Muskingum County Tri Valley Local School District in Muskingum county has been relabeled as part of the initial phase of School District label enhancement, All listings that were incorrectly labeled due to the broken “TR” code for school district have been fixed. All Tri Valley listings now correctly display the following description:
This is the new standard format that all MLS school districts will use going forward. Tri Valley LSD is a Muskingum county school district that is commonly used by many CBRMLS agents. Tri Valley LSD is in the market area of many Licking county members. A previous glitch has made it very difficult to distinguish Tri Valley LSD from Tri County North LSD in Preble county or Tri Village LSD in Darke county. These counties all had the same short code of TR. This update fixes the issue with all 3 of these school districts
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Accessibility Features Replaces Handicap Access Accessibility Features is a new field on Add/Edit for Residential and Res Rental listings. All new and existing listings now require that this field be set to Yes or No. If Yes is selected, you must fill out the new Accessibility Features form. The form can be downloaded in PDF format from the Worksheets, Forms, & Contracts page on the CBR website. The Accessbility Features form should be available if requested, but it is not mandatory that it be attached to the listing on the MLS. What is Accessibility Features: Please verify your listings. If the Residential or Rental property you have listed in the MLS has accessilibity features, please make sure that Yes is selected in the new Accessibility features.
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Fusion Bugs and Additions List Fusion is brand new software, and like other brand new software, it has a bugs and features still to be added. These bugs and future features will be fixed/added over the coming months. Please be aware Fusion is still a work-in-progress. CoreLogic is at work fixing bugs and working to add remaining features into Fusion. Below are the top bugs and missing functionality to be aware of. Below that is a link to the full bug and enhancement list. If any of these bugs or functionality are necessary for your particular usage of the MLS, please use Tempo for the time being or just for that task. Top Bugs and Functionality To Be Added
See the following link for a full list of missing functionality and known issues (last updated 2/8/2012).
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IDS Option for Tempo Access on Mac OS PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT INFORMATION! The CBR Tempo system has long been Windows only. Unfortunately, this has not changed. Tempo still requires Internet Explorer for agent access to the MLS. However, there is a new option for Mac users who do not want to install Windows on their Mac. This new option is called IDS.
While CBR MLS staff is very happy to announce this new alternative to installing Windows on your Mac, we would like to make you aware of some issues you may encounter. This is not a “replacement” for Windows and Internet Explorer. It is a “workaround” solution. Marketlinx (the MLS software developer for CBR) is developing their next MLS system to be cross-browser and cross-platform compatible. We anticipate a beta release of this product sometime this year, but the official word is “when it is ready”.Below is a summary of the features and the pitfalls of using IDS as your Tempo access on the Mac OS. A full install of Windows and Internet Explorer on a PC or on a Mac using BootCamp is still the best and fastest method to access Tempo. If you would like to try this new IDS option, please be aware of the following:
FEATURES:
1) Run IE for Tempo on your Mac without installing Windows.
2) No longer required to use BootCamp or virtualization software.
3) Software settings for IE on IDS managed by Marketlinx.
PITFALLS:
1) Considerably Slower than Windows running on a fast, new PC or using the BootCamp method with a Mac
2) Some screens may load slowly or have glitches once loaded.
3) Must login to IDS before logging into Tempo.
4) Connection to IDS can take over a minute to connect.
5) Some problems have been noted with image upload for listings.
6) Printing is very slow. Over slow connections, could cause timeout.
7) Map searching is very slow.
8) Previous Tempo user’s login ID may be visible on login screen, same as on any shared network computer.
IDS will allow a Mac OS user to install a very small application on their computer and “dial in” to a server that is running Windows. This application is free to MLS members. This will work only on Macintosh OS Computers, not iPhone, iPad, or any other mobile platform. For iPad and iPhone, please use the mobile friendly system called Kurio, which is included in your dues.
Full instructions and a document to answer common questions are available as well:
If you have read the FAQ or installed the IDS software and have additional questions, please contact CBR Technical Support by email at TechSupport@columbusrealtors.com or phone at (614) 475-4000. This article was originally posted in August of 2010.
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Setup Instructions for Internet Explorer and CBR Tempo In order for Tempo to work properly, there are some Internet Explorer addons (called Active X controls) and settings that need entered into Internet Explorer. Instructions are linked below in the following document: Windows XP, Vista and 7 Windows 8 If you choose not to perform the instructions, various issues may occur, including, but not limited to: If you are looking for just the Active X control installer, feel free to use the direct link to the addon installer page. PLEASE NOTE this will not take care of the Trusted Site portion of the Setup Instructions: http://cbrmls.columbusrealtors.com/ax This article was originally posted in March, 2008 and is kept up to date as changes occur.
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AOL Email: Please Help Email Get Through From time to time, Internet service providers like AOL put the MLS system on their bulk senders black list, temporarily preventing MLS-generated e-mail from reaching your clients. To help keep the MLS system off these black lists, it is very important that you do not “Mark as Spam” or “Mark as Junk” any MLS e-mail messages that you send to yourself or any notifications that you receive regarding undeliverable mail. To remove MLS-generated messages from your Inbox, please Delete them instead. Additionally, please keep your contact list up to date and frequently review your saved searches to help ensure that e-mail is only being sent to current clients. Non-clients who continue to receive MLS e-mail are much more likely to mark messages as spam and perpetuate the black-listing problem. Thank you very much for your assistance with this important matter. This article was originally posted in March of 2009. The information in this article is still valid today.
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Help Keep Your MLS Database Accurate REMINDER…Please help us keep your MLS database as accurate as possible: Remember, MLS will immediately correct the following required data fields: (1) Street Number (2) Street Name (3) City (mailing address) (4) Zip Code (5) School District (6) Corp Limit (7) County (8) Taxing District (9) Parcel Number but you will also receive either a warning or violation notice. When this occurs, no further action is required by you unless you wish to appeal the violation. There is a link in the violation notice regarding the appeal process. However, if you receive a MLS Policy Violation notice that instructs you to make a correction, change a listing status, etc., please note that you will have 24 hours to respond to MLS or correct the violation identified in the warning issued. Any delay in your response or action requested beyond the 24 hour allowable time would subject you to having the next level of assessment applied to that violation. For more information, please see Section 2.03.01 of the MLS Policy Violation and Data Maintenance Fee Manual.
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Corp Limit and Township – Need Help? “Corp Limit and Township Visual Guide” has been created by MLS Technical Support staff. This online guide will help members to determine the proper MLS entry for the Corp Limit and Township fields. Step-by-step instructions and screenshots show members how to locate the Corp Limit and Township information on the auditor sites. Members can access the “Corp Limit and Township Visual Guide” from the Tempo Sidebar. It can also be found on the WDWPY.com MLS help website or by using this direct link: http://www.wdwpy.com/corp.
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LCBR MLS History Search Licking County Board of REALTORS® members can search for listing history from their previous Paragon MLS. Licking County’s Paragon MLS logins will no longer function, but MLS staff at CBR has created a searchable MLS database which can be used for historical searches of listings that were listed previously on the Paragon MLS in Licking County. Use this link to access this LCBR MLS history search: http://www.lickingmls.com/index.php?action=LCBRLogin PLEASE NOTE: There will be no listings added to Paragon or this LCBR history database for Licking County after March 31, 2011. Only historical listings prior to that date will be included. All current and future LCBR member MLS listings should be entered in the Tempo MLS system.
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