First, please bear in mind that importing data from an outside source like a RETS server should be something that you absolutely understand will be a mission-critical process essential for the correct operation of your web site. Therefore, it is unwise to attempt to use the TransaprentRETS addon with giveaway or super-budget web hosting accounts that are not reliable or are overshared. The larger the amount of listings and photos per listing that the TransparentRETS add-on has to manage, the more server resources it will require from a web hosting account.

The TransparentRETS add-on requires the following:

• Unix/Apache (POSIX) based web hosting platform.
• Fresh install of Open-Realty v2.3.5 or greater.
• PHP 5 (with the following modules)
• • PHP SimpleXML
  • PHP CURL
  • PHP OpenSSL
• MySQL 4.1+
• PHP ZEND Optimizer (Open-Realty® 2.x version Only)
• PHP IONCube Loaders (Open-Realty® 3.x version Only)
• Ability to create CRON jobs that can use CURL (optional, for automating all processes)
• Ability to change your Apache Timeout Value
• Ability to make outbound connections from your server to HTTP, HTTPS, and RETS servers.