We've had a number of phone and email inquiries about why tours aren't showing up on Metropolitan Regional Information Systems' site.
MRIS allows up to three Virtual Tours to be posted to a single listing on their system. If there are no other tours posted to the listing, the MRIS slideshow will automatically take the first tour position, and will open when the "Virtual Tour" Link is clicked from the MRIS Listing, Homesdatabase.com, or other MRIS fed sites.
If the MRIS slideshow holds the first tour position on an MRIS listing, the second and / or third tours posted to the listing will appear when the "Other VT Link 1" or "Other VT Link 2" links are clicked after the original VT link is clicked from the listing. This can be very confusing for many.
Agents have indicated to us that they simply wait for their Buildatour.com tour to post to a listing before completing the MRIS slideshow for the listing. This allows the Buildatour.com tour to be placed in the first tour position and opened when the "Virtual Tour" link is clicked from the listing page.
The following image is an example of our MRIS tour upload interface. In this example, the Buildatour.com tour will appear under "Other VT Link 1"
The image below shows the corresponding "Virtual Tour" Link in a listing on Homesdatabase.com. In this case, the MRIS Slideshow will open when the "Virtual Tour" Link is clicked from the Homesdatabase.com listing.
The next image shows the opened MRIS slideshow with the "Other VT Link 1" link shown in the lower portion of the window. In this case, the "Other VT Link 1" link will open the Buildatour.com tour when clicked.
Unfortunately, we cannot select the placement of a tour when we post it to MRIS. This is completely determined by whether or not our tour is the first to be posted to the listing.
Please post any questions, comments, or advice below.