No Rivalry! Open Realty EZ Pro Realty

Posted on April 4, 2008
Filed Under Open Realty, Real Estate News |

EZ Pro Realty and Open Realty Same Product yet different.

A visitor to my blog asked me to update the information regarding the options available for Joomla regarding listings managers and as I was informed EZ Realty a Joomla based product is not being developed for Joomla 1.5 due in part to license restrictions related to the product.

As it stands Open Realty is the ONLY game in town for integrated listings managers for Joomla 1.5 and as I was recently informed EZ Pro Realty is NOT going to pursue the day and night difference between the apps as I had originally been told.  Apparently the developers of EZ Pro Realty are going to build the variant (Fork no longer used in the language) Open Realty for a specific market and not as an alternative to the mega popular Open Realty.  What was the motive for the change?

Well in part the change was due to yours truly, ME! I have been working with Mick (one of the Open Realty contributors) by providing some code and suggestions I’m quite happy to see are now being implemented.  Like EZ Pro Realty, Mick has taken a few suggestions that we discussed via email specifically the changes in files and features.  Here is a quick update on the development of both applications as they currently stand.

Open Realty Pending!

  • Better search engine friendly URL’s that includes the use of hyphens as an option.
  • Inclusion of a change in the default common file which has been renamed common.dist.php
  • Possible inclusion of PDF support I had contributed
  • Possible inclusion of a new method for installation process we discussed.
  • Possible inclusion of a globals.php file which I had briefly discussed EZ Pro Realtys idea behind it.

EZ Pro Realty Pending!

  • Search engine URL’s were naturally from the start but like Open Realty the option for hypen or plus sign is an option but EZ Pro Realty has taken it one step further where you have the option of deciding what the extension is as either .php .html or simply a trailing slash / which will result in url’s like /listing-name-example/
  • EZ Pro Realty finished the implementation of three new templates each of them used to introduce the template methods used in building user interfaces based in part on a new CSS foundation provided by again, yours truly.
  • PDF Support is a guaranteed feature. ( I can’t go into the latest details)
  • Do you like vieleRETS, well EZ Pro Realty provides a way for you to LOVE vieleRETS, you will love it.
  • Brand new installer and a brand spanking new admin control panel with a some nifty features.
  • TinyMCE and XHINA editors are not to be included initially.
  • There is a new featured listings manager.
  • There is a new featured agent manager
  • There is a new Google Maps feature
  • And more…

Open Realty Gets Friendly?

Time away is what the doctor ordered according to Mick  one of the main contributors to Open Realty as he visited my blog and made a few comments related to my original post about EZ Pro Realty features.  Mick and I have shared a few ideas which I’m glad to say have been implemented into the 2.5 release of Open Realty.  Mick states in his email the suggestion that will likely be a more friendly environment at the Open Realty forums. Mick, who occupies a profession full of the kinds of stress that make life difficult did say that time away has given him some new perspective.  All I can say in this regard is I’m glad to see Mick returning to an attentive role at Open Realty and wish him and the other moderators well.

So what is the difference?

EZ Pro Realty is pursuing a different path not as a fork of Open Realty as originally planned but as a variant seeking to achieve something all together different with a product that is quite similar for the most part.  As best I can tell the only real major differences between the two developments is the core features most often achieved via add-ons in Open Realty.

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  1. Kevin Flahaut April 11, 2008 7:39 pm

    I’ve looked in several places and have missed the link to a demo if there is one.. can you post a link pleas?


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