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School Info Add-on

School Info Add-on

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May 13, 2020
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Last update: Feb 10th, 2020

Contents of this Manual are applicable to the WPL School Info Add-On. Details of this Manual may be different based on the customizations you have or your software.

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Introduction

This Manual contains information about the School Info Add-On, an extension for the WPL plugin.

The School Info Add-On is a powerful extension that enables real estate WordPress websites to find and show information of nearby schools to a certain listing.

System Requirements

To use the School Info Add-on you will need the following:

  1. WPL PRO. (Do not install any add-on on WPL basic)

  1. An API credential from one of the supported school sources.

Installation

If you have the Installation Package of the School Info Add-On, you can upload it from the following path: WordPress->WPL dashboard->Install Add-on form.

Supported School Sources

WPL School Info add-on uses external sources for finding schools. Currently it supports the following sources, but it's possible to integrate other sources if needed.

1-Ā  Ā  Ā  Great Schools. http://greatschools.org

Configuring School Info Add-On

Obtain API credential

You can register for great-schools API using this link: http://greatschools.org/api/registration.pageĀ 

Just fill the form and then they will provide you the API key.

After that, navigate to WPL->Setting->Global->School Info Add-on and fill the form

Configuring School Info Activity

After inserting an API key, you should enable School Info activity and configure it if needed. Please navigate to WPL->Activity Manager and search for "School" and then click edit icon of the activity to see activity parameters.

  1. Radius: It is used for specifying radius of school search based on Mile.

  2. Limit: You can specify how many school shows on the single property page.

  3. Link Schools?: Schools may have a profile page, WPL School Info add-on can link the school names to their profile page in the source website.

  4. Cache lifetime: Due to API limitations and costs, School Info add-on won't send on the fly requests. It sends one request and saves the data into a cache file for a while and then uses the existing data instead of sending a new request. You can set the cache lifetime using this option.

Note: After changing activity options, You should clear the WPL cache. You can clear the WPL cache, you can navigate to WPL->Settings->Maintenance section.

School Info in the website front-end

There are 2 layouts in the School Info activity manager that you can select your desired layout.

You can see the results in a single property page by selecting the default layout.

And there is another layout name ā€œ Tabā€:

By selectingĀ  the Tab layout you will see the result as below:

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