Even more flexibility in your virtual tour

We listened again and have come up with a way for you to open your tour to a specific page. While we don't recommend this, we understand this is something worth-while!

It's not that we don't recommend it...we just think the normal landing page is best because it is MOBILE.

The "normal" landing page is designed to open in mobile browsers and display all pertinent information about the property - including description, 8 photos (that can be enlarged), and information about you. Also, the other items can be displayed in a mobile browser - like any documents you want to upload or even hyperlinks you add in the description.

However, we know you may want to have it open to the photo gallery, panoramas, or even the video tab. Once in the tour, visitors can click anywhere.

So...let's say you want to have the tour open to the Video tab by default. Here is all you need to do.

We provide you a link to the tour - you only need to add &show=video at the end of the URL and that's it! The tour link now opens to the video tab by default.

Adding &show=photos or &show=panos or even &show=map will take visitors to that portion of the tour by default.

So this link would take you to the normal landing page:
http://www.whirligighd.com/vtour/vtour.php?action=listingtour&listingID=300

This link would take you to the same tour but open the video tab first:
http://www.whirligighd.com/vtour/vtour.php?action=listingtour&listingID=300&show=video

as always, let us know if you have any questions or feedback!

Photos and other size limits

Photos:

The best size photos for this site is 800x600 (or close to that). A good rule of thumb is to use the same size or slightly larger photos that you use for the MLS. You are allowed up to 35 photos for the slide show.

Panoramas:

If you are uploading panoramas, we currently support 180-degree partial panoramas best. We are working on a solution to be flexible for any size...but for now please refrain to 180-degress. You are allowed up to 10 partial panoramas.

Files:

Under the Files section, you are currently able to upload up to four documents, PDF, brochures, etc.

Adding Captions:

Yes, you can add captions to each photo to be displayed under the photo! Simply use the "caption" text box under the uploaded photos. Be sure to hit "update" at the bottom of the screen!

Adding Agent Detail

Once you are a verified member, you can login and go to "edit my account". If you don't know how to become a user, check out this blog post here.

In the agent edit screen, fill in as much information about yourself as you can! We will take care of making it look professional and provide you a map of your listings.

Most of this is self-explanatory - enter in phone numbers, information, and even testimonials. A few of the added items that need more explanation follows.

Twitter username is just that...type in your username is all so people can find you by that.

Twitter feed - simply login to your Twitter account and go to your HOME page. Down on the right-hand side you will see "RSS Feed". Just click on that and copy and paste that URL (the long address in the address bar) and paste that into the Twitter feed for your WhirligigHD account. It should look something like this:

http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline/17866073.rss

Facebook Name is just that - enter your Facebook name so people can look you up and connect.

Facebook Badge - once you login to your Facebook account, you can create a "Badge". In your profile page down on the LEFT side of the screen, you will see a link "Create a Profile Badge". Simply following the directions and once you are complete, copy and paste the code provided to you by Facebook into the Facebook Badge box for your WhirligigHD account.

Video Embed - if you have a Vlog or a special video about yourself or company or whatever and you want to share it with visitors, simply find the "Embed" code for that video and paste it in this box. Paste several video embed codes if you wish!

Blog Feed is similar to the Twitter feed. Find your personal or favorite blog and go to the RSS Feed link (if available) and paste that URL into the box.

Files - you will also see "Files" near your picture at the top. You can click that to upload documents about yourself to be linked and downloadable by visitors. This is your chance to show yourself off!