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People that liked original Real Estate design will be extremely happy to know that design has stayed pretty much the same in Real Estate 2. Our development team focused exclusively on the back-end. This enabled them to include awesome features like…
Category listings with a twist
Category listing pages have a nifty little switcher that when pressed changes the listing view. The best part here is that it contains a Map view so your visitors can easily see where are those properties located. Real Estate 2 also comes with an all-new page template for showing your properties on a Google Map. There is a special section in theme options for managing this map. You can choose whether to show all listings or set a fixed scaling factor (zoom), among other things.Custom fields | Custom search
With custom fields you’re given the tools to quickly and painlessly populate your property submission form with new input fields. What’s more, every custom field you create can be auto-magically included in the homepage search form. Existing fields inside the form are also listed in the back-end so you can disable or edit them at any time. To see how easy it is to change an existing field watch the overview video below.
Price packages
Unlike the original Real Estate theme that allowed you to create only two different payment plans now you can create as many as the heart desires. On top of that price packages enable you to create category-specific and even recurring payment options.Other improvements/features inside Real Estate 2:- Custom post type for properties
- Five unique skins
- Bulk Upload and Export for both posts and properties
- Sleek back-end with tons of new options
- User profile fields
- IDX/MLS compatibility using dsIDXpress plugin
Existing Real Estate users can get Real Estate 2 completely free! Just login to member area and download the theme
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Hi, i use version 1.5 today and try to find the process for easy upgrade?
The Theme 2.0 looks fine..:-)
Please create a thread in our forums. I’ll try to explain what you must do to upgrade the theme. Cheers
Can you post a detailed comparison chart for real estate theme 2 and realtr?
There is no real need for that. Functionality is pretty much the same in both themes. Only real difference is the design. Unlike Realtr, Real Estate 2 is not responsive.
I’m confused. Why do you offer 2 real estate themes if they have same functionality?
would it not make it easier for you and users to just have one and offer different themes for it?
thanks
Hi Vincent
We wanted to upgrade the current Real Estate theme with some new functionality but still develop something fresh and exciting. Existing Real Estate users can get Real Estate 2 for free while new users can choose which one they like more. Functionality available in those two themes is likely the most advanced stuff on the current Real Estate WP market. It’s better to include everything in both themes than to disappoint people when the functionality they wanted wasn’t included in the theme they like better (design wise).
thanks to inform how to improve the website …
Has ‘Real Estate 2′ or ‘Realtr’ got the framework that offers ‘automatic updates’?
(as new versions are brought out)
Asking saves making the sites, in order to find out
WordPress does, and it is a shame when themes don’t
(as with Multi Language and Mobile Compatability)
There are no automatic updates in Realtr or RealEstate 2. However, RealEstate 2 does come with an update query that can quickly change all your posts into properties (making the upgrade process easier).
Vedran,
You mentioned an update query to modify the properties. Where would I locate that?
Thanks.
You’ll find it in Advanced Settings -> Bulk Upload. It’s just a small “click here” link.
Thanks for the update..
Don’t mention it :)
Forgive my ignorance Vedran,
what does it mean that Real Estate 2 is not “responsive”? On the other hand, what would be a “responsive” action be in Realtr?
Thanks
Joe
Hi Joe
Responsive means that the theme will automatically adjust according to your screen size. A responsive theme will look great on both desktop and mobile browser. You can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_Web_Design
To test Realtr’s responsiveness view it using a mobile browser or just resize your browser window.
Hi, how can I access the user area? is there any kind of bulk upload for agents/dealers?
What user area are you referring to? Do you mean the member area? Member area (where themes can be downloaded) is located here:
http://templatic.com/members/member.php
no, I meant the user area (not admin area) of the Real Estate portal demo
You can’t access the user dashboard in the demo (since registrations aren’t allowed) but you can create a test site and access it there. Bulk uploading is available only in theme back-end – agents can’t bulk upload properties from the user dashboard.
Hi Vedran
I really like the upgrade to the Real Estate Theme however, I am quite disappointed that it’s not responsive. Mobile responsiveness is becoming an essential element for a successful website. Would Templatic considering providing a discount to Real Estate theme purchasers who would prefer to upgrade to Realr due to it’s mobile responsiveness? I think a lot of us who purchased the Real Estate theme would like to upgrade to Realr instead. Please consider providing a discount for existing Real Estate Theme purchasers.
Hi
A lot of work went into Real Estate 2 and we just could not commit to changing the whole design as well. At the moment there are no plans for offering discounts for existing Real Estate users. Sorry…
Good Morning Phyllis,
I use a plug in called WPTouch. When a mobile user accesses my site it shows a mobile version. It is quite basic and it doesn’t show your logo but does show your company name. It also shows a list with photos of all the properties. I have found it works well and I believe it can be personalised more but I have not yet got around to doing this. At the bottom of the page there is also the option for the user to change to full site useage. I thought this might help you for now until you find a more permanant method. I am led to believe it also helps with rankings to have a mobile site.
Kind reagrds
Louise
http://www.housesforsaleinbanbury.com
Good Day Louise
Thank you very much for this information.
Unfortunately, iPhone users etc, cannot search properly or see almost all the content, other than lines of blog paragraphs.
It’s like going back in time!
Visitors need turned into more, by a sites content
Let alone what it does to SEO. To get most of them there, in the first place.
To keep up with the future, hospitality/property sites need more than 1 language, able to connect to other ‘high profile’ sites (property portals) and to be ‘natively’ mobile friendly (responsive).
If you are not to lose ‘some’ traffic, if not lots!
Unfortunately we cannot get UK Estate ASgent clients to use it, as it does not use feeds from the major players here!
They won’t keep two systems updated with their stock and every agent uses at least one property portal.
Yes, RE2 only works with the US real estate system. Users from other countries will be limited to using the built in property-management functionality. I’m afraid it’s going to stay like this for a while, we don’t have any plans for expanding the functionality.
Would you say adsense ads could be placed on the pages without the existing page design being “unbalanced.”
Hi Phil
The theme doesn’t have this functionality built-in but I’m guessing you should be able to find a plugin that will enable adsense ads inside regular WordPress pages. If styled appropriately it’s shouldn’t stand out as far as design is concerned.
Hello,
I’m interested into buying this template for a customer.
And I like the idea i can test before i buy.
So, i have setup a demo site http://test.templatic.com/tonioc75/.
But i cannot figure out each new property i publish.
Each time i click to see property details, i get a 404 even if URL looks fine.
http://test.templatic.com/tonioc75/property/appartement-tarascon/
http://test.templatic.com/tonioc75/property/maison-ax-les-thermes/
Do you know why?
I have to make a demo next week and i would like it to work.
And 2nd question : do you any website using this template in french plz?
As i cannot see any source code on the demo platform, i cannot figure out if translation will be easy or not.
Your prices are quite expensive, and i dont want to lose 100 or 200$ just because it looks great… but not pretty sure it is for real, regarding features that i cannot “test”. Just want to know if it’s working fine for the customer needs.
Thank you for answers.
Hi Anthony
1. To fix that problem go to wp-admin -> Settings -> Permalinks and set them to “Post Name”
2. I’m afraid all our themes are in English. They all come with an included .po file so you can localize them. For more on translations check out this tutorial
http://templatic.com/theme-support/tips-n-tutorials/how-to-localize-templatics-wordpress-themes/
Have a great weekend!
Vedran
Hey Vedran,
I really like your RE 2 script and will buy it soon.
What security features does RE2 offers? meaning safety from hackers and spammers and protecting backend and customers data.
Thanks, MQ
Hi there
Theme options area is behind WordPress security. If they hack your WordPress installation they will be able to edit your theme options as well (however that will be the least of your problems if it comes to that).
Hello Vedran,
And thanks for previous answer. This template is definitely the best I have found for a RE website I am working on. I have been running a demo version to see features in more details, but I still have a few questions.
1 – Do you intend to develop a “compare listings” tool for the next versions?
2 – In the submit listing tool (ad monetizer), is it possible to easily add another type of payment option (ie VISA/Mastercard)? Are you working on it?
3 – In the search module on homepage, there is no browsing criteria based on property types (house, apartment, land, warehouse, etc). It looks like a basic feature for any people searching a property (searching by type). Why? What I have to do to implement this in the search module?
4 – How easy/difficult it is to replace the min/max price + square criterias from a range list to input areas ? (= infoseeker type the min/max himself).
5 – About the Import Listings (property listings + features + photos), I have been trying the csv importer module but it seems not working (dont know where data are imported to)… In my case, i will not use the IDX/MLS protocol but a specific file structure. XML would be the best to automate between central listing service and local website. Or CSV if it’s to much complicate thru XML (ie decoding the code made by your team). Is the support (forum, etc) providing any help? Or would you charge an extra fee for that? Or is it something you are working on for the next versions?
Thank you
Hi Anthony
1. No, we don’t have any plans for including that functionality
2. I’m afraid we’re not planning on adding new payment gateways at the moment.
3. Property type in RE2 is “Rent” and “Sale”. You can add new ones (with a few tweaks). Apartments, houses, etc are normally categories – there is no category selection in the search bar. There are no plans for including this, you are of course free to implement it yourself. The customization will be rather difficult, you must modify both search files (one in theme root folder, one in /library/includes)
4. Changing that won’t be trivial, it shouldn’t be too hard if you’re skilled with php
5. Importing is only available using .csv files. There is a sample file provided with the theme, you can use it to structure your new file. Yes, we’ll provide support for this part in the forums.
Cheers
Vedran
Hi Vedran, we are seriously considering your Real Estate 2 theme. I am a little concerned about what I am reading in Point 3 above:
It is important to us that each property listing can have the attribute of “Apartment, condo, detached house, semi-detached, townhouse, commercial etc” assigned to it.
It is important to our customers and agents that they be able to search/filter results based on these classifications. (or categories as you call them)
So exactly how difficult is this modification? e.g. how much developer time are we looking at? Or another benchmark, how much effort from your expert team’s resources would be required to build this functionality?
We are trying to come up with a semi-accurate work and cost estimate.
Sincerely
Al
Toronto, Canada
Hi Al
If you hire an experienced freelancer it shouldn’t last long in my opinion. You basically just need to add another field inside the search form (search.php). That field will of course be a dropdown list of all your categories. However, the fact our developers didn’t include this as an option does make me doubt my answer a little :)
I suggest you start contacting freelancers and see how much they are asking for something like that. Our Job Board is a good place to start
http://templatic.com/customize
Good luck!
Hey Vedran,
I just purchased your rental 2 theme and when I logged into the member area could not find the link to download.
Can you please assist on how to download and where can I download in the member area.
Thanks
MQ
Hi MQ
Please create a ticket in our Helpdesk (login first) and explain the issue. We’ll try to assist you as soon as possible
http://templatic.com/helpdesk
Hi Vedran,
The issues was resolved and could download from the member area immediately.
http://www.rentalsclassifieds.com/
Thanks,
MQ
Awesome, glad to hear that! Good luck with the site!
I have heard a lot about the “IDX/MLS compatibility using dsIDXpress plugin”
Please could you explain what “compatible” means?
Do i have to purchase the plugin for $99 and pay $25 monthly to use it?
many thanks
AlikA
Hi Alika
Compatible means you’ll be able to use the plugin to show MLS properties in your sidebar. You can see how this works in the theme’s Live Demo (first homepage sidebar widget). The plugin itself is free, but to use it you must pay the starting and the monthly fee.
How do I add an MLS/IDX feed to the Real Estate 2 version 1.5 site and add back the Blog tab in the header?
Hi Matt
To show MLS listings you need the dsIDXpress plugin. To setup the navigation bar I recommend using custom menus. PS: To receive theme support please create a thread in our forums
http://templatic.com/forums
Cheers
Hi Vedran,
All images on my website have disappeared suddenly and it does not insert an image when I set a featured image as well.
Can you please assist.
http://www.rentalsclassifieds.com
Thanks,
MQ
Make sure you’re adding images using this technique
http://templatic.com/theme-support/tips-n-tutorials/how-to-create-thumbnails-and-featured-images/
PS: For theme support questions please submit a thread in our forums. Thanks!
Hi Vedran
Awesome theme I must say.
I was wondering, I need to have to have the rental prices showing as weekly prices rather than monthly, is it possible to change this and where would I need to change this from/how?
Thanks
I forgot to mention I am on the old platform (though thinking about upgrading to RE2)
Hi Gary
This should be as easy as literally translating all “month” strings into “week”. If you’ll need help locating them submit a new thread in our community forums – we’ll help you out in a jiffy.
Hello
I have purchased this theme however later on cancelled my subscription. Now i am trying to setup this theme and needs documentation of the same. How can i get access to theme documentation when I am not a member of templatic at this time?
Thank you
AK
Hi there
I’m afraid there is no other way to access that contact without a valid license. This can be a single-theme license (valid for one year) or a club membership (extended every month). If you’re an ex club member it’s possible to extend the membership only by paying $9 (new membership price).
To extend your membership login to our member area, click on the big “Add More Themes” button and in the dropdown select the last option (Club membership renewal).
Hi, i would like to purchase this theme but please kindly privide some answer for consideration as below:
Hi, i would like to purchase this theme but please kindly privide some answer for consideration as below:
1. How can I modified the home front page ? especially, search bar item ? can add more search item or decrease some ? Can I customise search bar to be a verticle bar or put it on my way in other page ?
2. I did try use the demo and wonna know I can modified the pin photo on Map or not or I need to use other plug in for this case such as comphehensive googlemap or so on.
3. the leave a response page how can I have something like to put 1+ 4 by reading the text before submit to protect bot or spam.
4. it seems there is no multi language support and responsive for tablet or iphone right ?
5. if i try multi site to support 2 language then can the site point to the same database or need to duplicate even all the photo ?
6. if i ask someone to make iphone app for me then how to get access to get all database property from the wordpress. in the support page will help me right ?
ps: right now, im just a newbie on wordpress…. so.. sorry for some such question
many thanks in advance
Hi
1. New fields can be easily added using custom field functionality. Some existing fields can also be easily removed, some require you to edit the search file (nothing too complicated)
2. Not sure I understand what you want to do? You want to change the pin icon? If yes, that can be done (by customizing the theme)
3. You can install a plugin called WP-reCAPTCHA to add security to the comments form. However, I recommend you don’t add any captcha (people hate it), instead use Akismet (default WP plugin), it will remove most spam comments.
4. Yes, that’s true. For a responsive real estate theme check out Realtr.
5. The two sites will be separate, but there are likely ways to share the media library. I recommend you google the issue since this is not theme-specific.
6. We do not provide support for complex customizations such as that. You will have to work alone with the app developer.
Cheers
Vedran
How can I change 9 or translate) the word “property” in permalinks with another one?
Thank You!
Sorry but we cannot provide theme support here on the blog. Please submit a ticket in our forums. Thanks!
http://templatic.com/forums
Does can we add specific user for posting …?
Hello, I am considering purchasing Real Estate 2, is it possible to have a purchase option that would allow the agent to pay a monthly fee to post as many properties as they like?
Many thanks!
Hi John
No, that functionality is not available. Such functionality is only available in Nightlife
Hi,
I am creating a website that is more like a travel guide and will have mostly 4 sections/category. Hotels, Restaurants, Point of Interest and Parks.
I need to be able to create custom fields PER SECTION/CATEGORY.
I have used “Geoplaces” for a similar project, but I believe it will not work for my current due to the fact that it is a worldwide guide and it is not practical to show a full world map on the home page. For this reason, I think that a real estate site will work better because the maps are mostly displayed in detailed listing pages or on a search page where usually a user search in a particular city/state/region.
Having said that, I cannot make up my mind which template to choose. I am looking at Realtr and Real Estate 2.
I need some help in deciding which one is better for me.
Also, I would like to understand the difference between the two themes.
Hi
Real Estate 2 and Realtr are pretty much identical when it comes to functionality – the only major difference is the design.
1. Realtr is mobile-friendly (responsive), RE2 isn’t
2. RE2 comes with preset skins, Realtr comes with a back-end for changing the design
3. Realtr has a completely widgetized homepage (including the slider), RE2 doesn’t
4. RE2 has a “Schedule a showing” contact form on property detail pages, Realtr doesn’t.
Thank you for your reply!
From what you wrote, I feel that Realtr will work better since the hompage can be changed with widgetized which is important for us. Also, RE2 has a “Schedule a showing” which we don’t need since it is not going to be a site selling real estate, just a travel guide.
Realtr is also mobile friendly (Responsive), which is important these days when a lot of site visits use mobile devices.
One more question… Does Realty allow user submit properties on your site like RE2?
Yes, it does. The submission form isn’t much different from the one you see in Real Estate.
Hello Vedran!
I’m really interested on RE2, but I have few questions:
1. Is it possible to change permalink structure? I’ve created a test website with templatic and all properties came with “?property=PROPERTY-TITLE”. I would like to change property name to a new one, knowing that property is in english, and my website will not be in english. I would like to use that old structure style from RE1, permalink with ID, like: “?p=ID”.
2. I really liked RE2 template, but is it possible to use other? I mean, is it complicated to create a new one using RE2 system, only changing its layout?
3. How do I disable BLOG category? I tried to delete all posts, but it showed “no category” at Website Menu.
4. How do I change gallery style? I would like to use something like Fancybox or maybe modify the actual with a word above each picture, saying: [HD], to let people see original picture, with its original resolution (which was uploaded).
5. Is it possible to add 360º picture system? Or maybe, Panorama system?
6. Is it possible to disable “Schedule a Showing”? I’d like to use Custom Forms there. If so, how do I proceed?
RE2 is kinda expensive, so… I´d like to have all questions cleared up before paying 100$, and having it as a waste.
Hi Diego
1. It’s possible to change the permalink structure (in Settings -> Permalinks) but there is no way to have the structure as in RE1. RE2 uses a custom post type to handle properties so the slug can’t be avoided
2. Any layout changes will have to be done manually. So, it all depends on how skilled you are with theming. Customizing RE2 won’t be much different than customizing other WordPress themes
3. No need to disable anything. Just create a new menu in Appearance -> Menus and assign it to the area.
4. There is no easy way to do that, it would require customizing the theme
5. Only by customizing the theme or by installing a plugin. Otherwise no.
6. Yes, it’s fairly easy to remove it. It still requires you to edit a theme file, but we can help with stuff like that. We can provide such instructions only after the purchase.
PS: If you’ll have more questions such as this contact me directly at vedran@templatic.com
Cheers