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Choose Settings on the main menu to customize your Stratus MLS experience. You can manage a Profile, your Agent Photo, Market Areas for "Today's Listings", the Appearance of the Stratus MLS window, your Password; and default text for "Send Listings".

Note:

When you make a change at any Settings tab, the page's Save button becomes available; clicking it saves changes at all Settings tabs. If text at any unsaved Settings tab is invalid, an alert displays when you save. When all Settings have been properly saved, a confirmation displays.

How . . .

To Manage Your Profile

To Manage Your Agent Photo

To Manage "My Links" at Info Center

To Manage Your Market Areas

To Manage the Appearance of Stratus MLS Screens

To Manage Your Stratus MLS Password

To Manage "Send Listings" Text

 

To Manage Your Profile

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Profile tab.
  3. Add or change your preferred Email address, as well as your website url in the following format: http://www.yourdomain.com
  4. If you share listings with another agent whose name should appear next to your own in the headers and footers of listing detail printouts, select a name from the 2nd Agent dropdown list. To remove the name, click Remove.
  5. Click Save.

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To Manage Your Agent Photo

For best results use a photo in Portrait orientation. The system will size it appropriately.

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Agent Photo tab.
  3. At Upload a Photo, click Choose File.
  4. Navigate to the photo on your computer, and after selecting it, click your browser's Open button.
  5. The uploaded photo displays; to replace the photo, repeat steps 3-4.
  6. Click Save.

Note:

To delete the uploaded photo, select the Delete Agent Photo checkbox, then click Save.

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To Manage "My Links" at Info Center

For convenient access while working in Stratus MLS, the system allows you to set four personal links at Info Center. Enter the URL and a display name for each of four web sites to display at the "My Links" section in "About Info Center""About Info Center""About Info Center".

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the My Links tab.
  3. At the Link 1 URL field, type the first website url in the following format: http://www.domain.com.
  4. At the Link 1 Web Site Display Name field, type the name of the website as you want it to appear in Info Center.
  5. Repeat steps 3-4 for up to four links.
  6. Click Save.

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To Manage Your Market Areas

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Market Areas tab.
  3. At Market Area 1, enter a name for the market area.
  4. At Select Class(es), select one or more classes.
  5. At Select Town(s), click to select a from the dropdown list, or CTRL+Click to select more than one.
  6. To confirm towns selected, click Show Selected.
  7. To define more market areas, scroll down. Repeat steps 3 through 5 as needed for each.
  8. Click Save.

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To Manage the Appearance of Stratus MLS Screens

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Appearance tab.
  3. At Theme, choose a theme from the dropdown list to change the window's color scheme.
  4. At Number of results per page at search results list, from the dropdown list, select the number of search results you want displayed by default at List pages. Note: You can override this default setting at any List page during any Stratus MLS session, but when you start a new session the default you define at Settings is restored.
  5. At Column Set for listing search results lists, choose a column set from the dropdown list.
  6. Click Save.

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To Manage Your Stratus MLS Password

Password requirements display on the Password tab. It may take up to two minutes for the system to change your password after you save Settings. Allow up to forty-eight hours for ancillary websites to accept your new password.

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Password tab.
  3. At Current Password, enter your current password.
  4. Review displayed password requirements. To see MLS password policies, click MLSLI's Password Tips & Policy.
  5. At New Password, enter a new password that conforms to requirements.
  6. Note the password strength, and confirm the password when you have a strong one.
  7. At Confirm New Password, type the new password again; it must match the password entered at step 4.
  8. Click Save.

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To Manage "Send Listings" Text

Enter text for your own personal default Subject, Body, and Signature text. These are used when you send listings from search results. If you leave these fields blank at Settings, the MLS default text is used.

  1. At the main menu, click Settings.
  2. Click the Send Listings tab.
  3. At Default Email Subject, clear text as necessary and enter a subject for your Send Listings email.
  4. At Default Email Body and Signature, clear text as necessary and enter a message, closing, and signature line for your Send Listings email. Format the message as needed. See "Formatting Email".
  5. Click Save.

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Help for Stratus MLS, v3.18.4 October 22, 2013

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