Please Note that both below and on the right hand side you will find accordions that work in conjunction with each other. To begin, I recommend you click on the accordion toggle labeled Getting Started and also clicking on the accordion toggle labeled Edit listing Page which is directly below this text.
Getting Started
Please use the corresponding accordion on the right hand side with the one below to learn how to create your banner ad.
to begin editing any of your open houses, on the edit open house page, please click on the edit open house button you’ll find on all of the listing you’ve created. After doing this, a model window will open up and you will see the same fields that are there when creating an open house. After making your edits, all you have to do is click the Update Your Open House button to complete your edits.
The Edit Open House Page
Below you will find a description of all of the different areas of the Edit Open House Page. Click on the toggle to the left labeled “Edit open house page” to see an image of it.
1. Open house Post Grid – Here you will find all of the Open Houses you’ve created that you haven’t deleted as of yet or have been deleted by the system after they’ve expired.
2. Back to My Dashboard – If you would like to go back to your dashboard you can do so by clicking any of these two buttons situated above and below the Open House Grid.
3. Help Bar – Here you will find videos as well as a help page link which your on right now.
4. Open House Card – Here is a zoom in of your open house card. This shows the address/name of the open house, the date of your open house and list price. Below that you will find the edit button and the delete button. Clicking the edit button will open up a model window where you will find all of the form fields that were there when you created your listing. Here you will also find a delete button allowing you to permanently remove that open house.
1. Open House Name – Here is where you will give your open house a name. This does not show up on the front end and is there to store your open house on the back end of the Home to Castle website.
2. Heading – Please come up with a brief heading to catch the attention of potential buyers. This will be displayed at the top of your Open House. To see an image of this, click on the accordion toggle to the left labeled Open House Field Locations which is right below the toggle titled Open House Form Fields.
3. Display Address – This will display below the heading of your open house and at the top of your open house card. to see an example of where the address is displayed, click on the accordion toggles labeled Open House Field Locations and Open House Card Example.
4. Open House Map Location –Please enter the address of your open house here. This will map out the location of your open house and is used in searches when people are looking for a property in a particular area.
5. Hero Image – This is the image that you will find displayed at the top of your listing right below your heading and display address. To see an image of this, click on the accordion toggle to the left labeled Open House Field Locations. The dimensions for this are 1900px (wide) by 850px (tall).
6. Search Grid Header Image – This is the header image that you will find on top of your search card. To see an example of what you search card looks like click on the accordion labeled “Open House Card Example.” The dimensions are 500px (wide) x 300px (tall)
Realtor Image – (Optional). If you would like to display an image of yourself on your Open House, you can upload one here. to see what it looks like, click on the accordion toggle labeled “Open House Field Locations.”
5. Image Gallery – Please select between eight and forty images for your Gallery. This will display right below your hero image as a carousel slide show and viewers will have the option to click on any of these images to see and enlarged slide show in a light box. To see what the carousel looks like please click on the accordion toggle labeled Listing Field Locations and to see an example of what the slider looks like after someone clicks an image, please click on the accordion toggle labeled Light Box Slider Example.
The fields from 6 to 16 are for search results on the front end in the Real Estate Section of Home to Castle.
6. House Number or Apartment Number – Please put the house number or apartment number here. Here are a few examples. Apartment Condo Examples: 243-2436. Single Family Home Examples: 1918,
7. Street/Avenue Number or name – Please put the street/avenue number or name here. Some Exampels: 170 St; 170 Street; Whyte Ave; Whyte Avenue; 69 Ave; 69 Avenue
8. City/Town – If applicable, please select the city/town of your listing. If your property is not in a town or city,please select the Country property option
9. Neighbourhood – Please select the neighbourhood that your property is situated in. If you can’t find the neighbourhood name here, please select other and put the neighbourhood name in the next field.
10. Other Neighbourhood – If you can’t find the neighbourhood for your listing in the previous field labeled Neighbourhood, please select Other in that field and type in the name of your neighbourhood in this one. We will put that on your listing and make the necessary updates so it is now include it in the Neighbourhood field.
11. Square Footage – Please put in the square footage of your property here.
12. Property Class – Please select your listing’s property class from the drop down menu.
13. Property Type – Please select your listing’s property type from the drop down menu.
14. Property Style – Please select your listing’s property style from the drop down menu.
15. List Price – Please enter the list price of your property here.
16. Year Built – From the drop down menu please select the year your property was built.
17. Property Description – In 1,000 characters or less please enter a description of your listing
18. Excerpt – In 120 characters or less, please enter an excerpt here. If you like, you can copy and past from your property description. It doesn’t matter how much text your select for it will automatically cut it off at 120 characters if you select more than that.
19. Bedrooms – From the drop down menu please select the number of bedrooms for your listing.
20. Bathrooms – From the drop down menu please select the number of bathrooms your listing has.
21. Parking – Please select the type of parking your listing has. If your listing has multiple types of parking you can make more than one selection
22. Basement – From the drop down menu please select the type of basement your listing has.
23. Basement Development – Please select the level of basement development your listing’s basement has from the drop down menu.
24. Email Address – Please enter your email address in this field.
25. phone Number – Please enter your contact phone number into this field.
Contact Form – This contact form also sits on your open houses and is put there as a means of people being able to inquire about your listings and open houses and you will get an email sent to you from anyone who fills out this form and sends it to you.