| 1. | Accessing the administration page
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You can access your administration page by first logging in with your userID and password. Once you are logged in, you will notice an additional "admin" link at the log-in menu. Click on the "admin" link and you will be redirected to admin's homepage. |
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The additional "admin" link only appears to you, the site owner, and your registered associates. |
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| 2. | Registering a new listing and making changes to existing ones
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First click on the "residential sales listings" or the "commercial sales listings" link at the admin menu. You will be redirected to the listings page. |
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The listings page tells you how many listings have been registered all together and how many more can be registered. In addition, it tells you the date of registration, feature status, a number of hits and a number of inquiries specific to each listing. |
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Click on the "add listings" button if you would like to register a new property. If you have used up all your allocated listing spaces, the "add listings" button won't work. Once you are in the add-listings page, be sure to fill in all fields with an asterisk *. You can upload the main picture at any time. Just be sure to use the "edit" button in the view page in order to upload the main picture. The main picture is the one used in the sliding listings. |
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Click on the address if you want to modify any information or upload additional pictures of the particular listing. |
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After clicking on the address line, you will be redirected to the "view" page of the listing. On the bottom, there is menu for the listing. The menu is only visible to the site owner and associates. Click on the appropriate button and follow the instruction on the new page. Be sure to fill in all fields with an asterisk * and click on the "confirm" button when you are done. |
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| 3. | Setting-up and moderating forum
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First, click on the "forum" link in the admin menu. The following screen will show up. |
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The top part shows the list of existing forums and the bottom part lets you start a new forum. |
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– # of Threads per Page : It indicates the number of messages (posts) shown per page.
– Write Access : You set a limit to whom can write on this forum.
– View Access : You set a limit to whom can view this forum.
– Reply Access : You set a limit to whom can write replies on this forum.
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If you would like to start a new forum, just fill in all the fields and press the "confirm" button. If you have used up all your allocated forum spaces, the bottom part won't show up. |
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If you would like to modify an existing forum, click on the forum topic from the list of forums. An edit-forum page similar to the bottom part of the picture will show up. Be sure to fill in all the fields and click on the "confirm" button when you are done. |
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| 4. | Using scheduler
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Click on the "schedule" link in the admin menu. In the following screen, the top part is the existing schedule you have already registered. Click on the small red button in the calendar if you want to delete the particular schedule. To register a new schedule, first click on the desired date in the calendar. The date field in the bottom part will be set with the date just clicked. Fill in the schedule and press the "confirm" button. |
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If you would like to link any particular property with the schedule, enter the property number and set the type before you confirm. This will link the schedule with the corresponding property in your listings. The property number is shown in the listings page in admin mode. (Refer to the 2nd diagram.) |
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| 5. | Three types of inquiries
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There are three types of inquiries: buyer's inquiry, seller's inquiry and property inquiry. Links to buyer's inquiry and seller's inquiry are in the admin menu. For recent property inquiries, you can find them in the admin's home. (Refer to diagram 1.) All property inquiries can be found in the listings page in admin mode. (Refer to diagram 2.) |
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| 6. | Modifying site profile
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First, click on the "site profile" link in the admin menu. You will be redirected to the site profile page which shows the site plan and your contact information. Any changes you make in the page may be reflected right away in various parts of your site. We strongly recommend you to contact us in case of changes in contact information. |
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| 7. | Restriction to picture uploading
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Any pictures you upload must meet following requiredments. |
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– The file size must be less than 250kB.
– The width and height of any image must be less than 500px x 500px.
– The file must be in either GIF or JPG format. |
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Most images generated by digital cameras are in JPG format. (The file name ends with .jpg extention.) However, their file size usually go over 1MB (or 1024kB) with 1600px by 1200px dimension. They must be resized to smaller dimension. At the same time, the quality of images must be reset to "high" from "maximum". For detailed information on how to resize the image and change the quality, check out next topic. |
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| 8. | Picture resizing program
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Your digital camera usually comes with a software that lets you resize pictures and change quality. In case you need a free resizing software, follow the next link and download the software called "Easy Thumbnails".
>> http://www.download.com/3001-2192_4-10285473.html |
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A webpage will be opened along with a download window. Click on the "open" button in the download window. When download is complete, a setup window will pop up. Click the "next" button. Check the "I agree" field then click the "next" button. |
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Click the "next" button again and again until you see the "install" button. Click the "install" button. |
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Installation is short. When it's done, uncheck all then click the "finish" button. You will see "Easy Thumbnails" icon on the desktop window. |
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Details on how to use "Easy Thumbnails" are described next. |
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| 9. | Using the picture resizing program
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"Easy Thumbnails 2.8" is used to describe how to resize pictures. |
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First, execute "Easy Thumbnails" program by double clicking on the icon. If the program asks for updates, click "no". |
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From the left end of main screen, you can browse through your computer and select the images. (Selecting with "Ctrl" key pressed will let you multi-select images.) |
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Once images are selected click on the "settings" tab on the top left corner. You can set the maximum width, the maximum height and JPG quality. Set both max. width and height to 500. Set JPG quality to 80. You can rename the prefix to "xr". That way, resized copies of original images will be named "xr_originalname.jpg". Click on the "make" button. If you click on the "make all" button, resized copies of all images in the folder will be created. |
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Now, the image is ready to be uploaded in your homepage. |
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