Agent Websites feature a responsive home page design, simplified navigation, and greater customization and control of your content.

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1 Agent Websites Agent Websites feature a respnsive hme page design, simplified navigatin, and greater custmizatin and cntrl f yur cntent. The Website Dashbard The Dashbard is all in ne access fr the key areas f yur website: Set up and view yur custm dmain(s) Add/edit yur website menu Create custm pages and instant searches View yur recent traffic and lead surces Manage ptinal website add-ins yu have subscribed t. Designing a New Website Setting up yur site is a flexible and easy prcess. With nly a few steps, yu will have created yur persnalized design and hmepage cntent: Chse a backgrund, a layut, a theme, and hmepage widgets and then launch yur website! Yur website s general lk and feel is created by chsing yur Backgrund Image, Layut, and Theme, and the hmepage cntent yu want is set up flexibly using AgentAchieve s widgets. Once yu have created yur hmepage, yu can use the Website Dashbard t create additinal pages and cntent. Let s begin! T begin designing yur AgentAchieve website, click Website, then click the Design link fund in the menu at the left f the screen. Yu can either click the Let s Begin buttn r the icn labeled Chse a backgrund t start the prcess. Chsing a Backgrund Yur backgrund image will be displayed n each page f yur website. Selecting a backgrund image is as simple as clicking the image yu prefer, then clicking the Publish Backgrund Image buttn. At the right f the screen, the design chices yu make are reflected in a thumbnail preview image f yur website s hmepage, which is updated interactively with each selectin r change, s yu can see the website hmepage design take shape as yu put it tgether. Original image size shuld be a minimum f 1600 x 1000 pixels, since images will be displayed at a large size. Smaller images wn t have gd quality. Please make sure that images are nt cpyrighted r may be freely displayed. As a starting pint, the page at Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 1

2 es has an extensive list f public-dmain images. ] Chsing a Layut T mve frm the Backgrund screen t selecting a Layut, yu can either click the Layut> buttn r the icn labeled Layut. The Layut screen ffers yu chices fr yur hmepage widget cntainers: a twclumn layut, r a single clumn aligned left, right, r center, fr yur widget cntent. All yu need t d is select the layut yu prefer and click the Publish Layut buttn. Chsing a Theme The theme specifies the fnts and clrs fr yur website. Yu can select a theme frm the drp-dwn Theme menu, r design a custm theme. After selecting a theme, click the Publish Theme buttn. Designing a Custm Theme T design a custm theme, click (the Edit icn) at the right f the drp-dwn Theme menu. This allws yu t select the fnts, fnt size, and backgrund clrs used fr the Header, Menu, Bdy, Fter, and Widget Areas f yur website. T save yur custm theme, enter a name and click (the Save icn). Once yu have saved yur custm theme, yu can select it frm the drp-dwn menu. Widgets T mve frm the Theme screen t select yur widgets, yu can either click the Widgets> buttn r the icn labeled Widgets. Each area f yur hmepage which can hld widgets is shwn as a cntainer n the layut page. Add a widget t any cntainer by clicking the buttn. This displays a pp-up windw listing the available widgets. Clicking a widget adds it t the cntainer and yu can then cnfigure it. As an example, add the Agent Prfile widget t yur Hmepage. Yu ll see that it allws yu t enter a title and a slgan r descriptin; yu can als pt t shw yur prfile pht, direct number, address, and scial media icns. Once yu have entered text r selected the items yu wish t display, simply click the buttn and mark the Publish checkbx t activate the widget. Once widgets are added, click the Preview buttn t view yur updates. T rerder widgets, drag the widgets t the desired lcatin in the widget cntainers. T delete a widget, pen the widget within the cntainer and click icn). (the Delete Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 2

3 Publishing yur website When yu have designed yur website hmepage, publish it by clicking the Launch buttn. Vilà yur site is up and accessible! Adding Free Pages Free Pages are pages which yu create yurself and add t yur website s menu s that visitrs can access them. In a Free Page, yu can frame in anther website r web page (r launch it in a separate pp-up windw), r enter yur wn custm cntent by typing it int a cntent area, and add AgentAchieve widgets fr example: Prperty search Favrite prperties Market activity Sld listings Featured Prperty Slideshw and many thers. Free Pages are added frm the Website > Dashbard screen. T create a new Free Page: Click Website, then click Dashbard Scrll dwn t the Manage Pages panel and click the Add Page link Enter a page title and if yu want t set up the page using nly widgets, yu can save the page at this pint and begin chsing the widgets yu want. Otherwise, enter sme text, frame in an external website, add a shrt summary f the page create the page yu want. If yu want yur new page t appear in the menu, select Menu frm the Mre Optins sectin f the Website > Dashbard screen, and check the Shw In Menu bx that crrespnds t the page. Then click the Save buttn. Use the up and dwn arrws t rder the menu items n yur website. Yu may als ptimize each page fr detectin by Search Engines. (Pages that have been created as links will nt display in yur website menu.) Adding Instant Searches Instant Searches are created and managed in the Manage Instant Searches panel frm the Website > Dashbard screen. T create a new Instant Search, simply click the Add Search link. If yu wuld like yur Instant Search t appear in the Search Real Estate menu, select Menu frm the Mre Optins sectin f the Website > Dashbard screen, and check the Shw In Menu bx that crrespnds t the search. (Yu can use the up Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 3

4 and dwn arrws t rder the menu items n yur website.) Click Save t secure yur changes. Tip: Yu can als create Instant Searches and feature the results n yur website hmepage and/r a free page by using the Featured Prperty Slideshw widget. (Optinal) Adding Cmmunity Infrmatin If yu have subscribed t the Cmmunity Research ptin, yu can add infrmatin abut the cmmunities where yu d business, by entering the state, cunty, and city r cmmunity, as well as a custm descriptin if yu wish. (Yu can display a custm cmmunity descriptin in yur website menu by selecting Menu frm the Mre Optins sectin f the Website > Dashbard screen and enabling it there.) The Website > Dashbard Screen In additin t setting up pages, and searches fr yur website, the panels f the Website > Dashbard screen prvide easy access t website-related functins: The Manage URLs panel lets yu cnfigure a custm dmain name by clicking the Advanced link, and edit r delete alternative URLs that pint t yur website. T cnnect yur persnal dmain name t yur AgentAchieve website, please perfrm the fllwing: 1. Lg int the accunt yu created with yur dmain registrar When yu first registered yur dmain name, the dmain registrar had yu create an accunt with which yu can manage yur dmain name registratins and renewals. T cmplete the prcess f pinting yur dmain name t yur AgentAchieve website, yu will need t pen a new brwser windw and lg int yur accunt with yur dmain registrar. (If yu cannt remember yur username and passwrd with yur registrar, use their "Frgt My Passwrd" utility n their website. They will then send yur username and passwrd t yu thrugh .) 2. Once yu have lgged int yur accunt with yur dmain registrar, find the area in yur accunt where yu can edit the DNS recrds fr yur dmain name Every dmain registrar's accunt interface is different s this may require a little bit f explratin. Links that take yu t areas f yur accunt where yu can edit r manage yur dmain name are likely places t lk. If yu cannt find Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 4

5 this infrmatin anywhere in yur accunt, please cntact the supprt staff f yur dmain registrar fr assistance. 3. Edit the A Recrd fr yur dmain name t use the IP address T pint yur dmain name t yur AgentAchieve website, yu will need t edit the A recrd (the address recrd smetimes ) fr yur dmain. This recrd hlds the IP address f the server that is hsting yur AgentAchieve website. Please use the IP address Please d nt use dmain frwarding; edit the A recrd as shwn abve instead. Several features f AgentAchieve will nt wrk crrectly if dmain frwarding is used. 4. Optinal: Add a CNAME Recrd fr yur www sub-dmain T ensure that requesters wh add www. when entering yur dmain name arrive at yur website, yu may wish t als add a CNAME recrd. The CNAME recrd pints the www subdmain crrectly t a Hst Name. Please use the Hst Name 5. Success! Yu are dne. Please nte that it may take up t 48 hurs fr this change t prpagate acrss the Internet. Yur Prperty Search, Featured Listings, Sld Listings, Agent Subsite, and Cntact Infrmatin can be edited by clicking their links in the Mre Optins panel, which als lets yu edit Lead Registratin preferences and uplad images t the Image Gallery. Prperty Search: This page allws yu t set up a default search and select the way prperty search results will appear n yur agent website. Yu can als chse Open Hme display ptins. Featured Listings: Yur active listings n the MLS can be set t autmatically appear n yur Featured Prperty Slideshw widget. This page lets yu hide a listing, add a listing manually, and feature anther agent s listing as well. Sld Listings: AgentAchieve will autmatically detect Sld listings fr which yu were the Listing Agent and display the mst recent five n yur Sld Listings widget. The Sld Listings page lets yu cnfigure hw they will appear, add sld listings manually, r feature anther agent s Sld listing n the MLS. Agent Subsite: This page lets yu manage the cntent which will appear n the agent subsite n yur cmpany s website, and ptimize it fr search engines. Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 5

6 Cntact Infrmatin: The items f yur cntact infrmatin which will appear thrughut yur website are managed n this page. If yur website serves an Office Team, yu can manage team members cntact infrmatin as well. Lead Registratin: Yu can cnfigure the number f Prperty Detail reprts yu permit visitrs t view n yur website withut registering. Image Gallery: This page allws yu t uplad images that yu want t use n yur website r within messages. The Website > Dashbard als enables yu t view a Traffic Reprt (shwing the number f page hits n yur website) and the surces f yur leads, as well as the display f yur website s hme page thumbnail. It s yur all-in-ne view & tl surce fr yur AgentAchieve website. Cpyright 2013 CreLgic. All Rights Reserved 6