Ordering and Removing For Sale Boards and Stickers You can order new or replacement for sale boards, order stickers, and request sign removals directly from the Management widget. To order a sign or sticker, or request a sign removal Check that the information in the Sign Info field is correct, including the sign type, position, […]
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Leads widget
Overview The Leads widget allows you to view and manage property enquiries from multiple property portals in one place. Enquiries are collected from: Rightmove OnTheMarket Zoopla Previously, the BDP only collected enquiries from Rightmove and ESPC (managed in a separate widget). The new Leads widget now includes enquiries from OnTheMarket (Zoopla will follow shortly), making […]
Failed Emails and Deferred Emails
Your administrator can set an email address to receive notifications of failed emails sent from BDP in Configuration. The information contained in the failed emails can be limited. This is generally to prevent bad actors improving their understanding of how to bypass security measures. Sometimes the emails may be deferred for a period of time […]
Placeholders for Matching Preamble
The placeholders below can be used in the preamble section in the Multi-Property Emails widget that “holds” the branded templates for Matching emails and the text. To expand each section, click the headings below.
Supporting HTML in email preambles
We have implemented some changes so that BDP better supports HTML in email preamble, having a consistent approach in the following widgets: Business Rules (automated emails) Email Templates Multi Property Email Property Detail Email The following table outline the HTML tags supported. HTML Trigger Event Target Example Preamble <div> A block-level container for other HTML […]
Configuring the email provider
BDP primarily uses a bulk email service provider; you can also enter your own mail server details. The provider is Mandrill, owned by Mailchimp. We would highly recommend using Mandrill, as this service is integrated with our servers and will give your mail the best possible chance of reaching its destination. The email provider can […]
An introduction to email templates
BDP email templates contain “placeholders” where you want the application to insert information for you. Such information can include names, date & time, addresses, contact information, etc. BDP has it’s own syntax for inserting this information which is usually in the format of section.specific_field, ALWAYS wrapped in double curly brackets {{ }}. BDP also allows […]
Email date placeholder formats
Introduction Placeholder Syntax Two types of placeholder PHP Date & Time Formatting Available placeholders Example use cases Tips & Gotchas Introduction In BDP email templates, both automated and manual, you can use placeholders to insert dates and times dynamically, for example, the date of a viewing {{ action.actionDate }} or the date a property was […]
Email templates – Examples
We have a number of example templates to help you get started. Please download the ones you want, modify as you see fit and use the file upload function in the BDP templates widget, or upload to a server of your choice. N.B. If you prefer to host the templates yourself, so long as you […]
Business Rules – Trigger Events
BDP has a powerful Rules Engine which allows you to automate documents and emails. You can select any system event and tell BDP to: Create a Word document or PDF based on a template of your making Send an email based on any template you add to your account. We have a large selection of […]