Using Virtual Tours (Panorama's)

IPIX Tours
(Additional information on IPIX Virtual Tour Products and Software can be found on our
 Useful Products page)

Your Remote Control website supports hosting your IPIX virtual tour (panoramas) directly on your website.  This means that you don't need a third party to host the pages that display your tours.  This is an advantage to you because you have complete control over the placement of the tours, the information displayed with the tours, the length of time the tour are displayed, and of course cost, as there are no additional charges when you upload your tours to your Remote Control website.

Creating your Tour.  You must first create the tour using the software provided by IPIX.  Once you have created your IPIX tour, you must select the option that will save/create a tour for a web page. It is best to use a medium or low resolution option as this will mean faster tour displays on your web pages.

Multiple files will be created, however you are only interested in the file that has the .ipx extension.
(If you can't see the file extensions, Click Here)

Saving the tour.  Save the tour to a place on your computer that you will be able to easily find later.  (example: My Documents folder)

Naming the tour.  It is very important that you name the tour is such a way that will help you to keep them organized.  Also don't use capital letters or spaces when naming your tours.  Use an underscore or a dash to separate words.

Correct naming example:       main-street_living-room.ipx

Incorrect naming example:     Main Street Living Room.IPX

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Pages where you can use IPIX tours:  Ipix tours can only be uploaded into the exhibits pages which are located in your product/photo/listing galleries.

1.  Log into your Remote Control editor. (Exhibit A).

 
Exhibit A

2.  Select "Show Page Listing" (Exhibit B).

Exhibit B

 

3.  Find the page or gallery where you want your virtual tour image to display, and click on that link.  (Exhibit C)

Exhibit C

 

4.  Preview the page to confirm Virtual tour placement.  (Exhibit D)

Exhibit D

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5.  Select "Edit Main Page" (Example E)

Example E

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 6.  Find the image drop down menu for the location you want.  "Select New IPIX img".  (Exhibit F).

Exhibit F

7.  Find the IPIX tour that you saved on your computer and upload it to your Remote Control website.  Remember only the file with the .ipx extension is needed.  Disregard any other files. (Exhibit G).

Exhibits G

8.  Update and then publish.  Once you have published you can click the home button to be taken to your actual website to see the uploaded IPIX tour.  (Exhibit H).

NOTES:  You can upload multiple IPIX tours to a page or gallery before updating or publishing. You can only see the IPIX tours on the published website, not in the editor preview pages.

Exhibit H

Deleting Tours.  It is a good idea to delete tours once you are no longer using them on your web page.  This will increase page performance and also make it easier for you to find what you need easier.

1.  Click "Delete Image" when in the page editor.  Find and select the items you wish to delete.  Click "Delete Item(s)"  (Exhibit J).

NOTE:  If you have deleted images but have not Published, you can get them back by clicking on the Cancel button.  Warning.  You will lose all work on all pages since you last Published.

Exhibit J

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