Comments for Transparent Technologies - Real Estate Technology http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog Information, thoughts, and ideas on Transparent Technologies' real estate software and real estate technology in general Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Speaking at the 2008 NAR Realtors Conference and Expo by elinkbuilders@gmail.com http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/speaking-at-the-2008-nar-realtors-conference-and-expo/35/comment-page-1#comment-44 elinkbuilders@gmail.com Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:37:36 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=35#comment-44 <a href="http://www.costabravaspain.info/barcelona-apartments-rentals.asp" rel="nofollow">Barcelona Apartment</a> we should know this to get the right knowledge of real estate tech . . Barcelona Apartment

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]]> Comment on Songbird Review by Great Hype http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/songbird-review/76/comment-page-1#comment-43 Great Hype Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:23:41 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=76#comment-43 <strong>Songbird: The Complete Audio Player / Radio / FM software for Windows/Linux/Mac...</strong> Songbird is a very good audio player which has great features and plays on all platforms and all formats of audio. ...... Songbird: The Complete Audio Player / Radio / FM software for Windows/Linux/Mac…

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]]> Comment on RETS Compliance by Php engineer | computer Jobs in sfbay http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/standards-and-compliance/7/comment-page-1#comment-42 Php engineer | computer Jobs in sfbay Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:22:37 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/standards-and-compliance/7#comment-42 [...] http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/standards-and-compliance/7 [...] [...] http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/standards-and-compliance/7 [...]

]]> Comment on Mr. Ritchey Check Your Facts by Claver http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/jared_ritchey_check_your_facts/64/comment-page-1#comment-30 Claver Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:13:53 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=64#comment-30 May I make a suggestion? Well I will anyway. When someone "sells" you something you then have the right to complain/criticize. When someone gives you something for nothing, regardless of what it is, you no longer have that right. You could simply offer some constructive criticism. Trekster, I don't mean to offend, but you need to go back and read your own post. It seems to me by the time I reached the end of your post you had taken a very juvenile position; almost a tantrum. All my experiences with Paul have been positive and quite professional. I think we should all feel quite blessed to have people like Paul offering their time. If these folks get a bit put out from time to time then I think we need to accept that and simply move on remembering they're human as well. Just my two cents. May I make a suggestion? Well I will anyway. When someone “sells” you something you then have the right to complain/criticize. When someone gives you something for nothing, regardless of what it is, you no longer have that right. You could simply offer some constructive criticism.

Trekster, I don’t mean to offend, but you need to go back and read your own post. It seems to me by the time I reached the end of your post you had taken a very juvenile position; almost a tantrum.

All my experiences with Paul have been positive and quite professional. I think we should all feel quite blessed to have people like Paul offering their time. If these folks get a bit put out from time to time then I think we need to accept that and simply move on remembering they’re human as well.

Just my two cents.

]]> Comment on Mr. Ritchey Check Your Facts by Trekster http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/jared_ritchey_check_your_facts/64/comment-page-1#comment-29 Trekster Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:06:59 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=64#comment-29 I have dabbled with OR extensively, and have to put a couple of sites in production with their own custom templates. I'm impressed with the product as well. I agree that a lot of people tend to post their questions knee jerk - without researching first. In my case, I tried to give back by answering questions as I gained experience with OR. However, my posts concerning problems I was having that who's answers were not found in the forum were met by admins and people such as PB FLash as "it must be something I'm doing wrong" or similar indifference. I'm not sure why you would post an answer to a post if you don't know what the answer is, but just to bully someone based on assumptions of their level of intelligence. In this particular instance, I solved the problem on my own and posted the answer on the forum, since a lot of other people were having the same problem. Again, the admins including PB Flash add threads to my post indicating that anyone should be able to figure out the obvious - when these same people could not answer in the first place. Again, meaningless and child like attitudes. I don't know the moderators, but they seem to have maturity issues. As a user of your forum, I feel belittled, and like big brother is always watching. I also don't feel that your rules apply to everyone. You are not supposed to publish links to your own products or web pages, but PB Flash sure does - as do those template guys in the UK, and others as well. I'm sure the answer is the level of contribution these people give, but there is the preception of a boys club here where only the few are invited. So, as the previous poster stated, I have been treated like a child, and talked down to. You can have all the rules you want, but when you become vindictive in enforcing them, it's you that has the problem. You ask for support by donations, code submissions, or posting helpful answers on the forum. I would say that the latter would be of the most value to you, but you the moderators, consistently drive away the people who have an intimate knowledge of your product. I for one am turned off by the treatment I have received, and will no longer post answers. The moderators have made it abundantly clear that my help is not appreciated, and I no longer feel welcome. The moderators seem to be intimidated by people who are on or above their level of intelligence, and intolerant of those they perceive to be below it. So, I'll be one of those who just take - if I need to. Since your super user core seems to be dwindling as evidenced by people who need to take a break, and announce it publicly, I suggest you look at it from a users perspective and find out how to get people such as myself back into your pool of knowledgeable forum posters. I have dabbled with OR extensively, and have to put a couple of sites in production with their own custom templates. I’m impressed with the product as well. I agree that a lot of people tend to post their questions knee jerk – without researching first. In my case, I tried to give back by answering questions as I gained experience with OR. However, my posts concerning problems I was having that who’s answers were not found in the forum were met by admins and people such as PB FLash as “it must be something I’m doing wrong” or similar indifference. I’m not sure why you would post an answer to a post if you don’t know what the answer is, but just to bully someone based on assumptions of their level of intelligence. In this particular instance, I solved the problem on my own and posted the answer on the forum, since a lot of other people were having the same problem. Again, the admins including PB Flash add threads to my post indicating that anyone should be able to figure out the obvious – when these same people could not answer in the first place. Again, meaningless and child like attitudes. I don’t know the moderators, but they seem to have maturity issues. As a user of your forum, I feel belittled, and like big brother is always watching. I also don’t feel that your rules apply to everyone. You are not supposed to publish links to your own products or web pages, but PB Flash sure does – as do those template guys in the UK, and others as well. I’m sure the answer is the level of contribution these people give, but there is the preception of a boys club here where only the few are invited. So, as the previous poster stated, I have been treated like a child, and talked down to. You can have all the rules you want, but when you become vindictive in enforcing them, it’s you that has the problem. You ask for support by donations, code submissions, or posting helpful answers on the forum. I would say that the latter would be of the most value to you, but you the moderators, consistently drive away the people who have an intimate knowledge of your product. I for one am turned off by the treatment I have received, and will no longer post answers. The moderators have made it abundantly clear that my help is not appreciated, and I no longer feel welcome. The moderators seem to be intimidated by people who are on or above their level of intelligence, and intolerant of those they perceive to be below it. So, I’ll be one of those who just take – if I need to. Since your super user core seems to be dwindling as evidenced by people who need to take a break, and announce it publicly, I suggest you look at it from a users perspective and find out how to get people such as myself back into your pool of knowledgeable forum posters.

]]> Comment on Mr. Ritchey Check Your Facts by Judson http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/jared_ritchey_check_your_facts/64/comment-page-1#comment-23 Judson Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:28:27 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=64#comment-23 Since this is more theforum for this type duiscussion, and not the support forum, I will post my thoughts here. As with other posts made by Paul, the recent ones have been removed, and I decided not to use the support forum as the place to go into a childish back and forth of blame games and name calling (eventhough Paul was continuing to do just this). I asked Paul where are the hostility was coming from and all he posted was basically that he gave me advice a few years ago and I did not know what the f' I was doing (his choice of words). The only thing he gave me advice on was pointing me to a free script on Belahost to verify PayPal IPN post backs. This is not like he spent hours upon hours teaching me anything, or that I would not have been able to find this on my own... it just so happened I got him on Yahoo and asked. So now he seems I am indebted to Paul to never create and sell an addon using PayPal. So, Paul's responses are to shoot back and try and be mean and childish, making negative and derogatory comments. He also is releasing free addons to compete with our commercial ones and cheaper addons. Namely the XML site feeds, which he stated that our install charge was ridicoulous.. Well, I have had numerous people complain about Paul's addon support... so there you go. He can offer his addons for free and then not support them. Paul may be under the impression that me and Al are making tons on the addon site.. we are not. We get enough to keep it going and keep making improvements on our other addons. Paul states that we were selling competing addons that undermined his... well he had stop selling the XML feeds months ago, if not close to a year. I contribute to the boards where and when I can. I go there whenever I get a chance and if I see a question I can anwser I do. Yes, I do offer paid services... but I am not getting rich off the post from paid work... most of the people that most there want something for nothing. Al also contributes his time and money, yet get treated like a leach. Ryan, I say this will all honesty. There are alot of complaints about the moderation at the boards and the way people are treated when they come to the boards. People think that the forum is getting out of hand and very unprofessional. This may be why contributions are down. No one likes being treated like a child, or being talked down to and it happens frequently. Also, when someone comes to the forum and they see alot of bickering they usually just turn around. One of my clients compared it to a room full of Junior High girls. Whatever problems Paul has, I hope he can sort them out. Since this is more theforum for this type duiscussion, and not the support forum, I will post my thoughts here. As with other posts made by Paul, the recent ones have been removed, and I decided not to use the support forum as the place to go into a childish back and forth of blame games and name calling (eventhough Paul was continuing to do just this).

I asked Paul where are the hostility was coming from and all he posted was basically that he gave me advice a few years ago and I did not know what the f’ I was doing (his choice of words). The only thing he gave me advice on was pointing me to a free script on Belahost to verify PayPal IPN post backs. This is not like he spent hours upon hours teaching me anything, or that I would not have been able to find this on my own… it just so happened I got him on Yahoo and asked. So now he seems I am indebted to Paul to never create and sell an addon using PayPal.

So, Paul’s responses are to shoot back and try and be mean and childish, making negative and derogatory comments. He also is releasing free addons to compete with our commercial ones and cheaper addons. Namely the XML site feeds, which he stated that our install charge was ridicoulous.. Well, I have had numerous people complain about Paul’s addon support… so there you go. He can offer his addons for free and then not support them.

Paul may be under the impression that me and Al are making tons on the addon site.. we are not. We get enough to keep it going and keep making improvements on our other addons. Paul states that we were selling competing addons that undermined his… well he had stop selling the XML feeds months ago, if not close to a year.

I contribute to the boards where and when I can. I go there whenever I get a chance and if I see a question I can anwser I do. Yes, I do offer paid services… but I am not getting rich off the post from paid work… most of the people that most there want something for nothing. Al also contributes his time and money, yet get treated like a leach.

Ryan, I say this will all honesty. There are alot of complaints about the moderation at the boards and the way people are treated when they come to the boards. People think that the forum is getting out of hand and very unprofessional. This may be why contributions are down. No one likes being treated like a child, or being talked down to and it happens frequently. Also, when someone comes to the forum and they see alot of bickering they usually just turn around. One of my clients compared it to a room full of Junior High girls.

Whatever problems Paul has, I hope he can sort them out.

]]> Comment on Avoid being ripped off over web services by Judson http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/avoid-being-ripped-off-over-web-services/23/comment-page-1#comment-19 Judson Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:58:01 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/?p=23#comment-19 Hi Ryan, just thought I would try to be active in the blog. I too have ran across clients that got in with the wrong development company, and also had to deal with clients that want the sky, on a shoe string budget... what they call a "champagne taste on beer budget". We get inquiries ALL the time for low budget websites, and being a freelancer it is hard to turn away work, in doing so you have to cut corners where you can. This usually translates into things like not spending alot of time validating on every browser, or even more than the most commonly used one, not validating in XHTML.. those extra things that take time. Also, one of the hardest things to get a client to do is submit content. Typically they either want me to create it or take forever to get it submitted. The former is just a bad idea... having someone else create content describing your company (without out any input from you) is just bad practice. So, as a thought when approaching a Web Design/Development company... 1) Make sure you have your content (or at the very least a general idea to work with) ready beforehand. 2) Make sure to set a reasonable budget for your project. And whether you get a really good deal or not, shop around. If one offer comes in really low, then you may end up getting stuck with a site that is not optimized for Search Engines, validated in the major browsers, etc. Hi Ryan, just thought I would try to be active in the blog. I too have ran across clients that got in with the wrong development company, and also had to deal with clients that want the sky, on a shoe string budget… what they call a “champagne taste on beer budget”. We get inquiries ALL the time for low budget websites, and being a freelancer it is hard to turn away work, in doing so you have to cut corners where you can. This usually translates into things like not spending alot of time validating on every browser, or even more than the most commonly used one, not validating in XHTML.. those extra things that take time.

Also, one of the hardest things to get a client to do is submit content. Typically they either want me to create it or take forever to get it submitted. The former is just a bad idea… having someone else create content describing your company (without out any input from you) is just bad practice.

So, as a thought when approaching a Web Design/Development company… 1) Make sure you have your content (or at the very least a general idea to work with) ready beforehand. 2) Make sure to set a reasonable budget for your project. And whether you get a really good deal or not, shop around. If one offer comes in really low, then you may end up getting stuck with a site that is not optimized for Search Engines, validated in the major browsers, etc.

]]> Comment on IDX vs. RETS by terryleclair http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/idx-vs-rets/11/comment-page-1#comment-18 terryleclair Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:08:37 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/uncategorized/idx-vs-rets/11#comment-18 Hi Ryan, I would really like to chat with you. I am a broker/owner and the owner of a tedch dev company planning on launching a new product. This RETS and IDX thing is making me bang my head against the wall. I need to chat with someone who can set me straight or act as a consultant for me... my email is terry@leclairrealty.com I hope you contact me. Thank you!! Terry LeClair Hi Ryan,
I would really like to chat with you. I am a broker/owner and the owner of a tedch dev company planning on launching a new product. This RETS and IDX thing is making me bang my head against the wall. I need to chat with someone who can set me straight or act as a consultant for me… my email is terry@leclairrealty.com

I hope you contact me. Thank you!! Terry LeClair

]]> Comment on Open-Realty 2.5 by munkyluvpig http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/open-realty/open-realty-25/8/comment-page-1#comment-17 munkyluvpig Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:10:41 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/open-realty/open-realty-25/8#comment-17 Great work so far guys, what a brilliant program. But, can i ask... please please include a secure "contact us" form on the contact page in version 2.5. Variable user fields for the form congigurable in the admin area would be great too. I have spent hours trying to get a secure captcha form to work to no avail. I'm very surprised there is already a good one for the "contact agents" in the form of a pop up, but not one for the web owner or site admin. many thanks so far. Great work so far guys, what a brilliant program. But, can i ask… please please include a secure “contact us” form on the contact page in version 2.5. Variable user fields for the form congigurable in the admin area would be great too. I have spent hours trying to get a secure captcha form to work to no avail. I’m very surprised there is already a good one for the “contact agents” in the form of a pop up, but not one for the web owner or site admin. many thanks so far.

]]> Comment on Open-Realty 2.5 by delfstrom http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/open-realty/open-realty-25/8/comment-page-1#comment-16 delfstrom Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.transparent-realestate.com/blog/open-realty/open-realty-25/8#comment-16 Any hints on the 2.5 release date? I'm about to develop a new site and the new features would come in very handy. David Any hints on the 2.5 release date? I’m about to develop a new site and the new features would come in very handy.

David

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