Volume 1: Number 44
Fri, 12 Nov 1999
In this issue:
Re: Update
RE: HIStalk V1 #42
The Life of a Photo
Listor phone number
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:17:28 -1000
From: "Brian & Liz McCourt" <>mccourt@ilhawaii.net>>
To: <>HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>>
Cc: <>richie@aloha.net>>
Subject: Re: Update
Re Updates:
There used to be a feature in Update that allowed you to go back to a
specific time on a specific day. I believe that this feature has been
unavailable for some time, unfortunately, and is not expected to be
available again (please correct me if I'm wrong).
This wonderful feature allowed updates to be done at any time of the day,
going back to exactly the time that you did your last update (or one minute
earlier, which was better).
Without this feature, every time you do an update you need to do the entire
overlapping day to make sure you don't miss anything.
Even if you do your update at 11:00 p.m. every day, a "today" update could
miss something that happened at 11:30 p.m.
If you want to just do one update per day, and if your desire is to minimize
the amount of duplicated information that you need to wade through, it is
therefore best to do the update as early as possible in the morning.
If you want to be as current as possible by a certain time of the day (at
the end of the day, for example), you should do your update at that time,
but you always need to do the whole (first) day AGAIN when you do your
update the following day.
Brian McCourt
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From: HIStalk <>HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>>
To: >HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:12:27 -1000
From: "Richie Richardson" <>richie@aloha.net>>
To: <>HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>>
Finally, when is the best time to run update? I sometimes
run update in the morning and find that there is nothing
for the day but when I run it at the end of the day, I get
a number of status changes.
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:53:21 -1000
From: "HIStalk Administrator" <>HIStalk-Admin@InternetCrusade.com>>
To: "HIStalk" <>HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>>
Subject: RE: HIStalk V1 #42
Just wondering about the Participants who don't have access or don't use
HIS talk, did they have an opportunity for input? 1% doesn't sound like a
majority.
Thank you,
Kona Board of REALTORS(r)
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| HIS President Responds
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| All members have access to HIStalk provided they have an
| email address, and almost every member has an email
| address. Members' suggestions on better ways to
| communicate are always welcome.
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:52:45 -1000
From: "HIStalk Administrator" <HIStalk-Admin@InternetCrusade.com>
To: "HIStalk" <HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>
Subject: The Life of a Photo
We've received several questions about how long it takes to get a photograph
into the HIS database. Here's the life of a photo at HIS:
First, the listing must be input into the database so you'll have an MLS
number to reference when you send the image. We're now receiving about 100
images/day, double what it was a year ago, and the images must have at least
MLS# attached, or we don't know where to put your images.
Second, we have to receive the image. Either you send us the actual
photograph and we scan the image, or you scan the image and send us the
digital image file that results from your scanning. Sometimes it will be
necessary to change the name of the file that results when you scan an
image.
Photos must be properly labeled to be processed!
Once we have received a digital image, we do the following:
1. Verify photos
Are the labels complete, are all the photos included in sequential order,
does the listor, office, taxkey, and MLS number match the on-line listing?
We cannot store photos without an MLS# and/or a taxkey.
2. Scan photos
3. Process Photos .. this is a series of steps that occur in the computer
room. Each photo is copied and resized.
4. Post Verify photos .. The actual photo is compared to the photo in
WebREsearch after processing, and any discrepancies are corrected by
rescanning the photo.
5. Dispose of photos .. if a self-addressed, stamped is received with the
photos, the photos are returned promptly. If photos are received without a
return envelope, they are kept for a short period of time and then
destroyed.
The current policy is to perform the above steps within five (5) working
days. We recognize that currency is important, and we strive to turn photos
around within a day or two. Photos are currently processed Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday.
All photos are filed by MLS#. If a property acquires a new MLS#, you must
request the photos be copied from the old MLS# to the new MLS#
Questions? Inquire at Photos@HawaiiInformation.com
Lin McIntosh, President
Hawaii Information Service
677 Ala Moana Blvd. #200, Honolulu Hi 96813
(808) 599-4224 voice; (808) 546-6499 fax; 1-800-628-3121 within Hawaii
Multiple Listing Service, Public Record, tax maps, business registrations,
professional & vocational licenses on line for the State of Hawaii.
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:34:55 -1000
From: "Joan Maeda" <joan@aloha.net>
To: "HIS Talk" <HIStalk@InternetCrusade.com>
Subject: Listor phone number
When broker loading my listing information, I enter my
cellular phone as my listor phone. However when I pull up
my listing through Webresearch or Hypertext, my cellular
number does not show up. The number that is "defaulted"
shows up. Is there any way to correct this? When I try to
change it through "entry" on hypertext, and I enter "save"
at the end, the message says "no new fields changed" HELP!
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| HIS-talk List Administrator Responds:
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| Joan, the goal for the future is to not have any listor
| information in the actual listing, except the listor's
| ID, of course. This means that name changes, phone number
| changes, REALTOR type (RA vs. R) changes, etc. will be
| made in ONE spot - in the roster.
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| No matter where the listing is displayed, the current
| information about the listor will appear! An added
| benefit of this is that the roster database fields will
| be printable with the listing. For example, you could
| request that the MLS Full print display, followed by the
| OFFICE ADDRESS and OFFICE FAX of the listor... even
| though these fields aren't in the listing!
|
| While we're working toward this end, WebREsearch has been
| modified to display the "preferred" phone from the
| roster database, rather than the information contained
| in the listing.
|
| If you want to have your cellular phone number appear with
| your listings, it'll have to be made your "preferred
| phone". Make changes of this type by using the
| Subscriber Change Form and/or the Internet Advertising
| Form.
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