{"id":23508,"date":"2024-01-10T00:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T00:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/?p=23508"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:23:03","slug":"website-cms-platform-upgrades-v5-launch-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/website-cms-platform-upgrades-v5-launch-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Rebirth of Brixwork and Many Other Improvements Throughout 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:2%;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half\" style=\"--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>A Complete Rebirth of Brixwork and Many Other Improvements Throughout 2023<\/h1>\n<p>Our our core upgrades throughout 2022 focused on better content delivery, better title\/content for SEO, and improving our multi-page structures. Also, many upgrades were done through various MLS\u00ae IDX cores for a more streamlined MLS\u00ae Reciprocity delivery.<\/p>\n<p>2023\u2019s upgrades were much more noticeable!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: .6em; color: rgba(0,0,0,.68);\">. . .<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:2%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h4>Fully Overhauled &amp; Re-Designed User Interface &#8211; V5 Launch!<\/h4>\n<p>Brixwork was built from the ground up just for Real Estate since 2009 (V1). We\u2019ve had many major upgrades and improvements. In late 2022 we started imagining a fully re-organized and re-designed website management platform that would make the lives of real estate professionals even easier &#8211; at least on the website management front, that is (we can\u2019t help with your brokerage furnishing or vehicle maintenance, sorry).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:720px;--awb-max-height:420px;--awb-width:100%;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.33%;\" ><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20720%20420%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzF_4IK6wkU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 0 + 0 + 0 ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 0 + 0 + 0 ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h6>January, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>We commenced the design of our brand new website platform (V5) to help real estate professionals manage their listings, buildings\/presales &amp; page content with ease.<\/li>\n<li>Better page structure also would lead to less bugs and issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>February, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Overhaul of all CREA DDF fed MLS\u00ae IDX feeds to newest server-to-server encryption standards. MLS\u00ae search form &amp; result modules upgraded &amp; bugs fixed as we migrated all codebase to the newest versions that became an industry standard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>March, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Main image handling for custom designed webpages was improved.<\/li>\n<li>Further MLS\u00ae sync system freezes stemming from the full overhaul from the February upgrades were resolved, and unit grouping into presales\/buildings were improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>April, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Floor plans and other PDF attachment labels now fall back more gracefully for better readability by humans as well as Google&#x2122;.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy code sweeps were done for overall server Operating System upgrades, necessary for the V5 alpha testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>May, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>We replaced our API module for our Mailchimp integration to a better SDK managed by Mailchimp\u2019s own dev team. Lead to email list dispersion as well as internal email notifications systems were also re-built for more robust communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>June, 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Firewall overreaction with Cloudfront fixed, and automation introduced to prevent future outages of MLS\u00ae listing photo feeds to our entire network.<\/li>\n<li>Brixwork version 5 enters Alpha testing for a whole new UI!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 0 + 0 + 0 ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h6>July 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>A year-long upgrade sequence finalized to move all sites to PHP version 8, as 7 is being deprecated.<\/li>\n<li>Better speed, security and performance all around.<\/li>\n<li>The code morph sequence to mass-update hundreds of custom sites was a massive success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>August 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/version-5-beta-testing-commenced-for-new-ui-overhaul\/\">Beta testing of the brand new V5 began<\/a>, marking a major milestone for Brixwork since its inception in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>A brand new multi-tiered login module allows brokerages and teams to delegate website content management to various team members safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>September 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Test, debug and repeat &#8211; the V5 testing continued on select websites to deliver the best user experience.<\/li>\n<li>Various MLS\u00ae Reciprocity bugs (listing addresses, virtual tours, and CREA DDF timezone handling) were also fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>October 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/version-5-beta-testing-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new V5 software officially launched across all of our websites<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Also worth mentioning, MLS\u00ae listing search bugs affecting Vancouver Island Realtors\u00ae and a Reciprocity sync bug affecting areas with Commercial listings were fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">November 2023<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Numerous bug fixes, mainly on heavily customized websites, that arose from the new V5 launch and operating system upgrades were addressed.<\/li>\n<li>Virtual tours were added to building\/presale modules, and listing pagination module bugs were fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>December 2023<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>MLS\u00ae reciprocity bugs involving hidden\/disabled cities were fixed, and private (hidden) addresses handling was improved to respect homeowner privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Display issues caused by CREA DDF\u2019s changes to listings without photos were resolved promptly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 0 + 0 + 0 ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h4>Evolving With You, Because We Were Born for Real Estate!<\/h4>\n<p>If the last few years have taught us anything, it\u2019s that evolving with the times while always presenting your best is critical to success in real estate. The COVID19 pandemic brought turbulent downs and ups, and the fluctuation in interest rates presented many great and gloomy moments to the real estate industry.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how we grew to service your needs better on many other fronts:<\/p>\n<h5>Thoughtfully Executed PPC Campaigns To Reduce Waste<\/h5>\n<p>Our new Full Funnel Flow PPC campaign services have brought higher standards to Google &amp; Social Media Ad campaigns, with successful campaigns across BC and AB. Fragmented ad campaigns by 3rd parties were draining our clients\u2019 wallets, and we didn\u2019t want to stand by and watch any longer.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:720px;--awb-max-height:420px;--awb-width:100%;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.33%;\" ><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"YouTube video player 2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20720%20420%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HN62CXWYs-8?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><h5>Keynote-Like Listing\/Buyers Presentations Are In!<\/h5>\n<p>Zoom meetings are no longer the domain of \u201ctechy\u201d people &#8211; it\u2019s become mainstream since COVID19, just like QR codes. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/listing-presentations-buyers-guide-booklets-custom-designed-for-real-estate\/\">custom designed listing presentations<\/a> have always been a massive hit, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/digitized-listing-presentations-buyers-guides-for-realtors-are-a-top-seller\/\">elegantly digitized versions have been helping our Realtors\u00ae sign clients out of town before they come into town<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the love and support, always!<\/p>\n<p>-Jeff Kee &amp; The Development Team<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 0 + 0 ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout 2023, we launched our newest software version to meet evolving industry standards and uphold our commitment to quality in one of the most competitive industries &#8211; real estate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[231,24],"tags":[96,383,23,366,294,351,164,159,431,108,82,526,586,666,39,165,27,103,67,493,741,35,430],"class_list":["post-23508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-updates","category-features","tag-api","tag-aws","tag-brixwork","tag-brokerage","tag-cloud","tag-edmonton","tag-idx","tag-kamloops","tag-kelowna","tag-mailchimp","tag-mls","tag-ottawa","tag-penticton","tag-ppc-campaigns","tag-realtors","tag-reciprocity","tag-seo","tag-software","tag-vancouver","tag-victoria","tag-website-builder","tag-wordpress","tag-yvr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23508"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23541,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions\/23541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}