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Originally Posted by jntwebdesigns
Just found this thread and have read Jared's blog numerous times, and worked with clients and colleagues that speak very highly of him. This post caught my eye mainly because of the mention of the Open Realty forum moderation. I really like the Open Realty program, it is flexible and expandable for most any type of website, not just real estate. We have just finished a online addon shopping cart system for selling Open Realty addons, and it is built entirely with Open Realty!!!
But, when we decided to announce it on the forum, we were met with great friction. It was first posted in the General Discussion section only to be removed. Then I posted in the Show Off section... a section meant to show off your Open Realty websites. Since this was a site built with Open Realty, thought it would be acceptible. It was also removed. Then I posted a new addon in the Commercial addon section, only to have the link to the addon moderated (removed).
The response I got was that the site contained an addon that competed with the Contact Form that Transparent Technologies sells. So, in other words, we can not mention the site at all on the Open Realty forums.
This has been an ongoing point of concern among the Open Realty followers for some time now. Many of the people I have dealt with from the Open Realty forums have mentioned the responses recieved from the moderators, and the lack of useful answers.
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JNTWebDesign; SO glad to see you in the forums, I work with Al Smith frequently when it comes to addons and he mentioned that we should all start a little venture as you well know about.
What you say above in its entirety is why I was banned from OpenRealty. They dont like my blog apparently. Actually now that I think of it I don't like my blog, strange, I never really realized that until just now. I must rework it someday.
Anyway, JNT, We should work together to build a site dedicated to Addons and plugins where we could maybe build a site that is fee based or something where professional publishers of templates and addons could market their products instead of being beat up for trying to do so.
I have new found respect for Mick G. over at OpenRealty however, I think he has made a full circle and seems to be a pretty decent guy. I had lost respect for him for a while with the militant attitude toward members of the forum. He's a clever, intelligent and knowledgeable person about OpenRealty. But I have noticed he tends to treat people with more respect and understanding.
The EZProRealty is 95% done, the new component is being completed by the programmers now as I'm told and they sent me a link to the admin panel which is SOOOOOOOPER sharp looking and clean. They added in GoogleMaps, multiple slideshow options, new search options, some AJAX code and many little things that make all the difference in the world for PROFESSIONAL REALTORS specifically a bit better support for IDX and RETS integration.
Anyway, glad to see you.
You can always PM me.
~ Jared