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| H2 tags : Building A Real Estate Website In Less Than A Day Design and Development Activites The solution I came up with was as follows:- Create a new Custom Post Type called Property Create a taxonomy “Property Type” e.g (Apartment, Condo, Villa, Plot of Land, Beach Front, etc) Create a taxonomy “Region” e.g (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Talahassee, Carribbean, Canada, Europe) Create a taxonomy “Price” e.g. (300k etc) Build a custom archive template which does the following Displays a sub-title for each the region Displays a ‘teaser’ for each property that has the thumbnail photo with a click-through to a lightbox slideshow of all properties in the region Beneath each thumbnail is a caption with the short description with a click through to the property page In the LightBox you have the large picture of the property, the longer description and link Access to the custom template is achieved using a URL such as: ../property/property-type/condos Create clickable sidebar widget to drive traffic through to the custom template. Client Setup Activities The client is only concerning with uploading photographs and adding property descriptions Upload large and thumbnail size photos on Amazon S3 (or uploads them to the media library) Create a sidebar widgets (i.e. an ad) for each type of property containing a clickable image with a link through to the custom template Add a “property” custom post type for each property giving Single Line Property Description is the post title Property Long Description is the post content Property URL as a custom field Large Property Photo as a custom field – URL of photo on Amazon S3 Small Property Photo as a custom field – URL of thumbnail on Amazon S3 Property Price as a custom field Tag the Property with one of more appropriate “property types” Tag the Property with one of more appropriate “region” Tag the Property appropriate “price range” As and when required change the property types according to the properties that come on line As and when required change the price ranges according to the properties that are currently available As and when required change the regions according to the current property locations Advantages of Using WordPress as a CMS (Content Management System) Gives the client full control of the property data using standard WordPress Gives the client control over the classifications of price ranges, locations and property types using standard WordPress Minimal code development (just a single template – about 4 hours work) Easy to expand property data in the future should the client wish to using custom post fields Can locate the photos and thumbnails on Amazon S3 Uses standard jquery LightBox In summary, these are the real benefits of WordPress: high flexibility and minimal cost. I have implemented the solution for the client earlier this week however I will be putting up detailed tutorials with code examples here over the next few days as I build the property website in a subfolder of the site. Click to Subscribe to WordPressWise and be notified as soon as I make the next post on building a property website in a day. { 0 comments } Currently access to stats is broken for some users and we are working on fixing this. Your stats are still being counted and will be visible once we restore access for your account |
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