
Welcome and course intro
How to build a real estate website with WordPress and WPL
How to choose a domain name
Principles for a good real estate domain name
How to register a domain name
How to choose hosting for a real estate site
What is disk space, bandwidth, server type, and IDX requirements?
What is dedicated, VPS, and shared hosting?
How to buy hosting
What is WordPress?
How to install WordPress on your real estate site
What is WPL?
How to install WPL on your real estate site
What is Sesame Theme?
How to install a theme on your real estate site
How to create pages on your real estate site
Create the About, Agents, Blog, Home, and Properties pages
How to add an under construction page to your real estate site
What is WordPress maintenance mode
Intro to WPL
How to create and publish a real estate listing in WPL
How to create a real estate listing in WPL
Choose a property type and select features
Add rooms and plot on Google Maps
How to customize a listing display in WPL
Change image size
Update agent contact info
Change profile agent profile picture
Change map zoom
How to customize a listing url in WPL
Real estate listing SEO
Add keywords to listing urls
Change url pattern
How to set up property search in WPL
Create a listing search portal
Create a custom search bar
Change sort options
Intro to lecture WPL 2
How to create a custom real estate listing using flexibilities in WPL
Create new property categories and listing types
Change currencies
Add room types
WPL Data structure menu
Add categories for property features
Add property feature fields and field options
WPL Flex menu
Add a listing in WPL using custom property categories, listing types, and features
Select newly create property feature fields
WPL add a listing
Property image margin
Social media share buttons
Google Maps view and scroll wheel
Change listing section titles
WPL Activity Manager menu
Intro to lecture IDX
How to add IDX to your WordPress real estate website with WPL
What IDX options are available for WPL
RETS integration
API integration
How to connect a RETS feed to WPL
Connect to RETS server
Map fields
Set queries
Import listings
Set chron jobs
How to connect RESO API to WPL
API connection
Intro to lecture design and customization
WordPress real estate website design
Edit your WordPress real estate site design with the customize menu
Add a logo
Add contact information in the header
Set homepage and blog page
Navigation menu
Customize your real estate website design with Elementor
Edit WPL design with UI Customizer
Change layout and add elements
Add a feature image
Add feature search
Add feature properties
Mission statement
Contact form
Client testimonials
Customize footer for your WordPress real estate website
Footer static text
Footer navigation menu
Footer dynamic blog roll
Footer search
Intro to Houzez and MLS Sync
How to set up a Houzez real estate site with live MLS listings
What is Houzez and MLS Sync?
How to install Houzez on your WordPress site
How to add MLS Sync for IDX
Add pages to Houzez
Set up a property listings search page
Create a custom search bar in Houzez
Add a search bar to different pages on your site
Customize your site's look and design
Add a splash page
Add a logo
Intro to Elementor
What is WPL for Elementor?
How to get WPL for Elementor and add it to WordPress
Elementor ready theme
Create Elementor template for property search page
Add a search bar and filters
Create an Elementor template for individual agent pages
Agent bio, contact info, listings, etc.
Create a template for neighborhood pages
WPL Neighborhood Add-on
Here's a secret:
You don't need to hire someone to build your real estate website.
Every day, real estate professionals build powerful websites in just hours.
Literally, you need no design or coding skills.
You just need to know the right web tools and be able to point and click.
In this course, I will remove the veil from real estate websites.
I will show you how to build virtually any real estate website from the ground up using WPL, Houzez, Elementor, MLS/IDX feeds, and other advanced software anyone can use. From a quick agent IDX site to an advanced custom portal, I'll show you the software you'll need and how to use them.
In the end, you'll have a real estate website that you can publish online and use right away to convert leads.
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Why take this course?
•Specifically designed for real estate agents, brokers and professionals
•Comprehensive step-by-step instructions
•WPL, Houzez, Elementor demo
•Build a live site along with me
•Set up property listing search and IDX
•Learn WordPress
•No experience required
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What will we cover?
•How to choose an SEO domain name for your real estate site
•Website hosting for real estate sites
•How to install WordPress
•What is WPL and how to install WPL
•How to choose and install a website theme
•How to create pages on your real estate site
•How to create a real estate listing for your site using WPL
•How to edit and customize your real estate listing with WPL
•Custom listing urls with WPL
•Plot listings on a map and set up property search portal
•How to create new listing types and property categories
•How to create and add new property features using WPL
•Change social media share options and Google Maps view
•Connect your site to IDX with WPL Pro + MLS Add-on
•What are RETS and API?
•Real estate website design and customization
•What is Elementor and how to use it
•How to install Houzez
•Build custom website pages with Houzez
•Add MLS/IDX to Houzez
•Custom content and design with Houzez
•Custom search bar with Houzez
•What is WPL for Elementor
•Custom front-end editing with elements
•Elementor templates for your real estate site
•Listing, property search, agent, and neighborhood pages
•Customize your home page using Elementor
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Recommended products?
1. WordPress (free)
2. WPL (free)
3. Sesame Theme (free)
4. Realtyna Hosting (subscription required)
3. WPL Pro + MLS add-on (one-time fee)*
4. Houzez (one-time fee)
5. MLS Sync (subscription required)**
6. WPL for Elementor (one-time fee)
*Required for IDX/MLS connection with WPL
**Required for IDX/MLS connection with Houzez
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Tips
1) We cover a lot in this course. If at any time I am moving too fast, feel free to adjust the playback rate to slow the tempo.
2) Webpages change and update, so some of the third-party sites may not look exactly as they did at the time of filming. If I seem to be describing something you are not seeing on your screen, feel free to pause and consult these services' own resources before continuing with the course.