You’ll notice that when using shortcodes with dsIDXpress (our WordPress plugin), the MLS disclaimer is inserted at the footer of your page instead of at the bottom of your blog post. Currently, this is not something that can be changed. Getting each MLS to approve the display of their data this way was a bit of a challenge and part of getting them to approve this product was providing them a guarantee about the display of their required logo/disclaimer info.
For example:
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The way the system is setup…
1. Link structure pages are generated by the plugin. Because these are not pages you can modify the disclaimer/logo info shows at the bottom of the main content container.
2. Any OTHER page with listing data you can control. You can add multiple widgets, several short code lines, etc to the main content area, sidebars, and depending on your other HTML widgets; maybe other parts of your pages. So, instead of showing the disclaimer beneath every instance of IDX data, we put that info in your site footer. This way you can put the data anywhere on any page and still be compliant.
How To Center the Disclaimer Text:
To center the disclaimer text that appears when you use the dsIDXpress shortcode on a post or page, you’ll want to edit the footer.php file in your WordPress Theme files. What you’re looking for is this function:
…you want to add a div to it like this:
…then you can add some css to the style css:
…this margin will center the footer and properly align the disclaimer text in the center as opposed to the left like so:
Hope that helps… And if you’re not using dsIDXpress already, you can sign up for a demo account and give it a test drive here 🙂
Great tip!
On my shortcode pages, the disclaimer is displayed twice. I only have one shortcode call, and this behavior is the same regardless of the shortcode parameters.
One possibility I can think of is that the MLS content I use is syndicated by two sources MAX and EBRD. Is it possible that you are generating a disclaimer for each source?
Hey There,
Hmm… Well, since you’re using a combined MLS feed, I definitely see how that might be possible. But the disclaimer should read something like:
“The information being provided by MAX® or EBRD®…”
Something like that anyway. If each disclaimer is showing differently, it might be for compliance reasons. But here’s what we can do, if you can link me to page/post so I can see an example, and give me an email address, I can sent it up to our IDX & Programming Departments for review. How does that sound?
Sure. Please see example at http://www.kui.com/neighborhood/blackhawk
This should only be displaying once. Can you give me an email address to submit a ticket for you?
Or, you can submit a ticket to support (at) diversesolutions (dot) com. Just include a screenshot of the duplicate disclaimer and a link to the page. Use “dsIDXpress: double disclaimer error” as your subject line.
peter@kui.com
Perfect. Sending now.
Perfect. Sending now.
Sure. Please see example at http://www.kui.com/neighborhood/blackhawk
Great tip!
On my shortcode pages, the disclaimer is displayed twice. I only have one shortcode call, and this behavior is the same regardless of the shortcode parameters.
One possibility I can think of is that the MLS content I use is syndicated by two sources MAX and EBRD. Is it possible that you are generating a disclaimer for each source?
Using AgentPress child theme with Genesis framework. Very new to this whole thing and not sure where I find the footer.php file. I found the css style sheet in the editor section of the Appearance tab but have no clue where to insert the recommended code. Appreciate your help.
Hi Chris,
In your case, add .dsidx-standalone-disclaimer{ margin: 0 auto; width: 900px; } to the end of style.css.
Using AgentPress child theme with Genesis framework. Very new to this whole thing and not sure where I find the footer.php file. I found the css style sheet in the editor section of the Appearance tab but have no clue where to insert the recommended code. Appreciate your help.
Hi Chris,
In your case, add .dsidx-standalone-disclaimer{ margin: 0 auto; width: 900px; } to the end of style.css.