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Login Page

This is the Login page. To access the program you must enter a valid username and password. If you don't have a username or password or you're having troubles logging in contact your system administrator for further assistance.

Inactivity Timeout - If you have logged in and have been inactive for a long period of time you will be automatically logged off. When you access the program after "timing out" it will display an error message and you will have to login again.

NOTE: If you continuously receive the "Inactivity Timeout" error message check that your browser accepts cookies.

Invalid Login - If you enter an invalid username or password an error message will be displayed on the status bar of the login screen.

Disabled Account - If you receive an error message that your account has been disabled it means that your access has been temporarily restricted and you will not be able to login until your access is restored. You should contact your system administrator for more information.

Expired Account - If you receive this error message it means that your account has expired and you will have to renew your account in order to login again.

Login About Page

This is the Login About page. It displays the copyright and license information as well as the browser requirements to use the program.

Start Page

This is the Start page, it is the first page you will see after successfully logging in to the program.

This page gives you an introduction to the program and displays some information about your user account.

Your Name - Your full name

Access Level - Your access level, this controls which sections of the program you can access. For most users this will be "Regular User".

Expiry Date - This is the date your account is valid until. Once your account expires you will no longer be able to login to the program. To renew your account talk to your system administrator.

Maximum Listings - This is the maximum number of listings you can create. To increase this amount talk to your system administrator.

Homepage Listed - This specifies whether or not your name and homepage will be displayed on user and homepage lists.

Homepage URL - This is your homepage address which people can come to to see your homepage and view your listings.

Listing Editor

This is the Listing Editor page. The listing editor lets you to manage your listings. You can create a new listing by clicking "Add" and modify or erase existing listings by clicking the "Modify" or "Erase" link next to a specific list.

Listings are displayed in pages with only so many listings shown on each page. You can see the total number of listings in the upper right hand corner or the screen displayed as "Found 5 of 5". The first number tells you how many listings matched your search, the second number is the total number of listings. The current page and total page numbers are displayed right below. If you have more than one page of listings you can change pages by clicking on the arrow links to move back or ahead one page.

If you want to quickly find a specific listing you can enter a search keyword in the keyword field and click "Go". Only listings that match that keyword will be displayed. You can even specify a specific field to search (as opposed to all fields). If at any time you want to see the all listings just click "List All" and every listing will be displayed.

Add Listing

This is the Add Listing page. This page lets you create a new listing.

To create a new listing enter the listing information in the form fields and click "Save". If you would like to upload listing photo(s) click "Upload" or use the image manager to view, modify or remove existing images. After you upload any images they will be displayed in the image pulldown menus. Be sure to select which images you want displayed before Saving.

Listings aren't created until you click "Save" or one of the Image Manager buttons and you can always click "Cancel" to return to the previous screen without creating a new listing.

Modify Listing

This is the Modify Listing page. This page lets you view or change the information about an existing listing.

To update a listing change the information in the form fields and click "Save". If you would like to upload listing photo(s) click "Upload" or use the image manager to view, modify or remove existing images. After you upload any images they will be displayed in the image pulldown menus. Be sure to select which images you want displayed before Saving.

Listings aren't updated until you click "Save" or one of the Image Manager buttons and you can always click "Cancel" to return to the previous screen without saving.

Erase Listing

This is the Erase Listing page. This page lets you remove a listing.

To remove a listing click the "Erase" link beside that listing. You will be asked to confirm that you want to remove the listing, if you are sure you want to do so then click "Erase" and the listing will be erased. If you don't want to remove the listing just click "Cancel" to return to the listing manager.

Remember, when you erase a listing, the published listing HTML file and any listings images will also be erased.

Image Manager

The Listing Image Manager lets you upload, view, modify or remove images that you can have displayed with your listings. The image manager has the following options:

View - View allows you to view a specific image. Select an image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "View" to view that image.

View All - View All lets you view all the images for a listing at once on one page. Click "View All" to view all the images for a listing.

Modify - Modify lets you change the image description that is displayed. To modify an image description select an image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "Modify".

Erase - Erase lets you remove an image. To remove an image select the image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "Erase".

Upload - Upload lets you upload images from your computer to the server. You can upload up to 10 images at once. Click "Upload" to begin and then click "Browse" beside each of the image fields and select an image from your computer to upload. Once your done click "Upload" once more and the images will be sent to the server. Note: This make take some time so be patient. After you images have finished uploading you will be given a chance to type a short description for each image.

Homepage Editor

This is the Homepage Editor page. The homepage editor lets you to manage user homepages. In order to access this page you must have administrator or superuser access.

Homepages are displayed in pages with only so many homepages shown on each page. You can see the total number of homepages in the upper right hand corner or the screen displayed as "Found 5 of 5". The first number tells you how many homepages matched your search, the second number is the total number of homepages. The current page and total page numbers are displayed right below. If you have more than one page of homepages you can change pages by clicking on the arrow links to move back or ahead one page.

If you want to quickly find a specific homepages you can enter a search keyword in the keyword field and click "Go". Only homepages that match that keyword will be displayed. You can even specify a specific field to search (as opposed to all fields). If at any time you want to see all homepages just click "List All" and every homepage will be displayed.

Modify Homepage

This is the Modify Homepage page. This page lets you view or change your homepage information.

To update your homepage change the information in the form fields and click "Save". If you would like to upload homepage photo(s) click "Upload" or use the image manager to view, modify or remove existing images. After you upload any images they will be displayed in the image pulldown menus. Be sure to select which images you want displayed before Saving.

Homepages aren't updated until you click "Save" or one of the Image Manager buttons and you can always click "Cancel" to return to the previous screen without saving.

Image Manager

The Homepage Image Manager lets you upload, view, modify or remove images that you can have displayed on your homepage. The image manager has the following options:

View - View allows you to view a specific image. Select an image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "View" to view that image.

View All - View All lets you view all the images for a listing at once on one page. Click "View All" to view all the images for a listing.

Modify - Modify lets you change the image description that is displayed. To modify an image description select an image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "Modify".

Erase - Erase lets you remove an image. To remove an image select the image from the Image Manager pulldown and click "Erase".

Realty Manager™

Our Realty Manager™ is so easy to use that just about anyone can add listings, upload images and create their own "agents" homepage in just a few minutes. Users easily log into the program and create listings by entering a property's information into a group of fields. (E.g. square feet, number of bathrooms, etc). Once a user clicks save, the listing is instantly updated to the website. Prospective buyers can now view listings that match the criteria they are searching for, and inquire about the property listing they are interested in... all without having to FTP or know HTML! CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY!