BDP makes it simple to power full-screen monitors with a slide-show featuring your latest properties. What is included in the slide-show can be controlled directly through the URL and the exact presentation can be controlled through the Branding section in the Config menu. The web address to call up in your browser is Where 123 […]
Category: BDP Technical Administrator help
Help section for administrators of BDP
BDP Command – Business rules walkthrough
Rules are automated event triggers that can cause the system to perform actions based on predefined criteria. You can build rules as required by using the drop-down selection boxes. NB. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the list. You can re-order rules by dragging and dropping them. For example if you […]
External feeds configuration
BDP feeds data to a number of third-party portals and this number is constantly increasing as our clients demand it. Property feeds available at the time of writing are: ESPC Rightmove Zoopla On The Market (Agents Mutual) Boomin S1 Homes NetHousePrices Letting Web FSPC Rightmove Overseas Zoopla Overseas The Guild of Professional Estate Agents I […]
Preload properties
There are several options for pre-loading data. Please contact us to discuss as each case is different. If you are an ESPC member in Scotland, enter your ESPC account number into the box provided in the Configuration screen and click the icon to begin pre-load. This process takes up to 30 seconds per property. If […]
Technical template reference manual
To download a bundle of sample Word (docx) documents click here. To view a comprehensive list of placeholders, or “hooks”, click here. To expand each section, click the headings below.
Creating a new template-based document
Once you have created a set of templates and fee parts if required, creating a new document based on any of your templates is very straightforward. In the Property Detail screen, open the Document Store widget by clicking on the heading if it’s not open already. Adding a document based on an existing template Click […]
Changing fees on a per-property basis
When creating the fee parts required for your business you will enter an amount, a percentage, and algorithm or a calculation into the field called “Algorithm”. You may even simply enter a zero into this field. This simply sets the default for the output. When you view an individual property record you will see a […]
Defining fee parts
The BDP Quote Builder allows you to build up a series of charges, fees and costs which fall into categories as follows: Sale legal fees – Excluding VAT. Sale estate agency fees – Excluding VAT Sale outlays – Including VAT Purchase fees – Excluding VAT Purchase outlays – Including VAT Misc – Excluded from calculation […]
Adding placeholders to Word documents
Document templates are Microsoft Word DOCX (.docx) format. The old .doc format is not accepted and will not work. To create a document that can be used as a template, start with a regular Word document and replace any words or lines that will be updated each time the document is output with “placeholders”. A […]