Paragon Connect Updates: Customizable Themes for Collab Center, Smarter Photo Uploads

Paragon Connect has been updated with the ability to customize themes for Public-Facing Sites such as Collaboration Center and Smarter Photo Uploads that retain your photo order (based off the photo names).

Custom Themes for Public-Facing Sites (Collaboration Center)

Paragon Connect now lets you set separate color themes for your internal system and your public-facing consumer sites, including Collaboration Center, CollabLink, and EasyCMA. This means you can personalize the application you use daily with your own theme while keeping your broker branding front and center for client-facing experiences.

You can also update your Collaboration Center banner graphic to match your public theme. A new tabbed layout makes it simple to manage both internal and public themes from one place—giving you full control over how you and your brand are presented.

What’s New

• Two tabs: YOUR SYSTEM and PUBLIC FACING, allowing you to toggle between Paragon Connect and consumer-facing theme settings

• Each tab offers three theme options: Default, National, and Custom

• All users will start with the Arctic Sky theme for public-facing pages, which can be changed at any time

• A single SAVE button stores selections for both tabs.

How to Access

• Go to Settings > System > Choose Theme > Color > Public Facing

Smarter Photo Uploads

We know first impressions matter—especially when it comes to your listing photos. That’s why we’ve upgraded the photo upload experience in Paragon Connect.

In the past, uploading multiple listing photos could result in them appearing in a seemingly random order, often requiring extra time to rearrange them.

With the latest enhancement, Paragon Connect now automatically uploads your selected photos in ascending order based on their file names. Whether you select them one-by-one or choose an entire group from a folder, the upload order will match the alphabetical or numerical sequence of the file names—helping you maintain a polished, intentional photo flow right from the start.

Report View Highlight: Residential 2-Page Full Detail

A Report View titled "2-Page Full Detail" is available within Paragon this view gives a more comprehensive look at a listing's details. Details on this view:

• This view is currently only available for Residential Class, but when chosen will display the original Full Detail for other classes. Other classes will be added over time.

• Often requested information such as Private Remarks and Showing Information is closer to the top of the report.

• The second page displays Syndicated Remarks (Public Remarks + Extended External Public Remarks), All Features, Sold Information, and 3 additional images.

• The "skittles" originally found under the Primary Image on Full Detail are now placed in relation to relevant areas. (I.E. Walkscore, Supra, and Map are next to the Showing Information).
  

To access this view click the green "Reports" drop down and then click to expand the "Details" category (pictured below).

You will then scroll down to the bottom of the "Details" category and select "2-Page Full Detail". If you'd like to be able to easily access this report view click the Star icon to favorite it, which will place it in your favorites category at the top of the reports menu (pictured below).

Want to set this as your default view? Navigate to Preferences -> System in the Main Menu at top (pictured below).

Then navigate to "Result Options" (pictured below) and under the section "Listing Detail Results" click the drop down menu and select "2-Page Full Detail", remember to Save to finalize your new Default.

Paragon Connect Feature Highlight: Reverse Prospecting

Reverse prospecting is a very useful tool in Paragon Connect. Here is how it works:

• Listing agents can see counts of all contact matches, but never the identity of the contact. They will see that contact's associated member's contact information so they can reach out.

• If you are contacted about a reverse prospect either via email the Prospect ID # will be supplied, type that into the Power Search in Paragon Connect to see which contact it relates to. If the member reaching out to you does so by phone, you'll need to ask for the Prospect ID # from them to verify which client they are contacting about.

  
  

Reverse Prospecting in Paragon Connect is automatically turned on, if you don't want your contacts/clients to appear in Reverse Prospecting results then turn "Use Reverse Prospecting" off in your Paragon Connect settings (pictured below).

You can find the Reverse Prospecting report for Paragon Connect right within the Published Listing module in Listing Maintenance! This feature lets you prospect on listings you manage with ease. Simply access it as a quick-link action in your overflow menu. Accessed by clicking the three dots stacked on top of each other vertically.

When accessed the Reverse Prospecting allows you to see what contacts are in WVMLS that have matched with your listing. This will also allow you the ability to contact the member whose contact matched with your listing.

If you have any questions about these Reverse Prospecting please email us at support@wvmls.com.