[Plugin: FireStorm Real Estate Plugin] Number of Listings Per Page & Pagination

Has anyone found a solution to this issue? Any response from the the folks at Firestorm Interactive?

Hello,
I have the same problem. Did you solve it?

Sorry for the long delay – been very busy lately ??

The current version doesn’t support pagination and will display all listings on one page. I have made a “Pro” version that does and I am hoping to release it on my website soon however it will not be on the WordPress website. I am currently working on fixing some bugs and hope to have it available soon.

Please let me know what other issues you faced using the plugin and I will see what I can do about releasing an update with the bug fixes.

Thanks for your patience!

Wes

I solved many problems with Firestorm Real Estate plugin. But pagination seems to be a high level for me. I tried to solve this by inserting a tag <!–NextPage–> every ten property, but it does not work. In the source code of the finaly page is tag <!–NextPage–> view like a commented code and WP ignores that. When you give me the source code, I could help with some problems. I can also test your code.

Sorry for my bad English.

Hey coolizard … I can feel you on the pagination and the other work you did. I spent many, many hours on this one. I managed to fix many errors in the plugin and extended it quite a bit. Added some more tables, restructered much of it and changed the listings display also. I added another status, another listings page for a different category, dozens of more options, enhanced admin pages, etc. Even though I did not come up with a workable pagination solution, I ended up using a break to limit the number of listings displayed. This is not a complete fix, but it is a possible workaround. One bonus is that the Google Map will show markers for all the listings, plus, with the search widget (which I modified somewhat) it still allows users to search for additional listings or click on a marker to see any of the listings. What I did was I limited the listings to 40 and changed the way they were ordered to last_updated. This way, if I want to change which listings are displayed, I simply update the listings so I get the ones I want displayed to show up on the list or more specifically, at the top of the list. Also, I have two feature sliders and a rotator I incorporated on different pages. (This is a custom theme I built for this site) With a break statement you could limit the listings displayed to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. Since I added another thumb size of 30×30 for the listings page, and limited the content displayed and edited the css, I can fit 40 listings on a page and it fits fine. FWIW, I believe the pagination along with many other parts of the plugin are intentionally missing. For the average person, if you cannot get the plugin to work, there is a chance you will pay the developer to provide the code that was intentionally left out. Out of the box, it will not work for a live site. However, with some extensive reworking, and a bunch of mental sweat equity you can have a plugin that will work … although it is not the plugin that we downloaded.

Hey tomsskline, thanks for your response.
Ye fsrep is a very good basis, but it requires a lot of fixes and improvements. I added a lot of things, similar to those (better strucute, new listings page and much more), but still I have one problem again and again. Please can you simply explain me, how your pagination workaround works? It’s my last problem with fsrep.

in common_functions.php locate this line:
foreach ($Listings as $Listings) {
and then right above that line add this line:
$i = 0;
then below the line:
foreach ($Listings as $Listings) {
add this line:
$i++ ;
then find this line:
$PageContent .= '<div style="clear: both;"></div>';
and right below that line add this line:
if($i >= 40) break;

Now that does not add pagination, but it does allow you to limit the number of listings that display. If you wanted to display 30 listings, change 40 to 30. If you want to display 20 listings change 40 to 20 etc.

I will get the pagination figured out. But it will take a little while longer. The break statement is a temp fix. FWIW, this plugin is a hacked down version of the firestorm e-commerce plugin; which does include pagination. It appears they are using the Real Estate plugin to troll for paying customers.

Ouu this is so brutal :))), but thanks for some idea. I found this: Pagination maybe it can be helpful. I will try it today.

Sorry, my bad. The link, which I posted is about something else.

Hello again,

I apologize for the stress you are facing regarding the pagination. The plugin was not built to have pagination. It was also created before the ecommerce plugin. I understand how you might feel it was intentionally left out to “troll” for paying customers however this is not the case.

I have created the pro version which has pagination however I am still undecided about the best way to proceed. Considering it has many other features (more than other real estate plugins you have to pay for) I want to make sure the code is protected. I also want to make sure I have the time to dedicate to support and the creation of “how to” guides.

The ecommerce plugin is much more advanced because my new business runs the ecommerce plugin so I am constantly making updates to the functionality. Considering the real estate plugin is more of a side hobby, it is always put on the backburner until I have time to make revisions. Unfortunately, I haven’t had time lately so it has been in the current state since the beginning of the year. FireStorm Interactive is currently on hiatus considering I have my other business. This is why my website states I am not offering customization or support.

I was considering pulling the plugin however thought it would be best to keep on the WordPress site for users like yourself to use.

Again, I am looking to fix many of the bugs you are facing if you would like to give me more details on the issues. Putting in pagination may happen in the future however it would be best to fix bugs and make the installation easier. Once it has a solid foundation, I will start on adding more features.

I hope I conveyed myself correctly ??

Wes