Real Estate website creation

[nostoppingnow]

Hi All,

I am have been assigned to build a web site for a real estate agency and was wondering if someone can propose a good cms to do it with.

I would like one that is real estate specific. I know joomla and things but i want something that is as close as it gets to real estate.

Anyine happened to be in my shoes in the past?

thx

[stock_post]

Joomla is good one.

You can use wordpress for an immediate start while you do the research and build a good one.

with word press you can be done in couple of hours.

Feel free to add the site to my signature directories.

Thanks

[deathson]

I strongly recommed wordpress.
You can set it up easily.
Also remember that seo (search engine optimization) is the key in the game for websites.
remember to mod_rewrite your content so instead of hard to read urls
you get clean and humand readable content
so instead of content=property&cat=32&id=24
you get content/property/house_in_panama_city for example
if you need further assitance let me know

[spanishproperty]

Also php nuke and mambo.

I have never completed a site in cms's as I prefer good old file editing one by one, but I have friends that have used these two.

Give it a go.

[Krazza]

There are several good commercial components to go with a Joomla/Mambo set up.

Ezrealty is one that I am using, you can find it by searching the joomla.org extensions area.

[FlatFeeKing]

if you want the site to be successful, make it basic and vast. I would just use PHP

[mayorm]

I made one using open-realty .. script is fine if its a single agents listing.

the script is free and if your hosting provides fantastico.. installation is just a click away..

you should probably try it once..

[Krazza]

I made one using open-realty .. script is fine if its a single agents listing.

the script is free and if your hosting provides fantastico.. installation is just a click away..

you should probably try it once..

Do you have a link to the site you made with open-realty. And that goes for anyone else that might have done the same.

[tarheit]

Open realty isn't a bad base (and it's free) though I found it a bit too basic for my needs. In the end I ended up with Joomla and the Hot Property component.

-Tim

[Krazza]

Was that a commercial component? Did you find it had enough options for you or did you have to add some others.?

[spanishproperty]

There is also another real estate solution for standing sites which is called propertymaxpro .com which is really cheap, easy to install and easy to edit if you need to add new features to it. It is mysql based and can be installed in the matter of half an hour.

I don't know how easy it would be to plug it in to a CMS as that is one of the biggest problems with CMS's - installing custom kits.

[Krazza]

I don't know how easy it would be to plug it in to a CMS as that is one of the biggest problems with CMS's - installing custom kits.

I have to disagree there, CMS development like Joomla and Mambo has enabled 000s, of people to get involved with web design as they can simply load new components about a vast array of subjects and needs with a few clicks.

Sure if you want some variations of those components there is some tweaking to do and learn, but isnt that the case with any website?.

Throw a bunch of html at the average person and they dont know where to start.

[garths]

EZRealty for Joomla is a great and Flexible component. It costs a nominal licensing fee, compared to the time you will put into it.

I created a site with this program just to promote a few rental properties. It went together quickly and does a great job of showing off properties.

You can get EZRealty through Joomla.com. Click Extensions.

[HMR-Ohio]

I personally like Open-Realty. I have been using it for years with little or no problems.

CMS realty is a good solution if you need all of the fancy plugins of joomla and the easy to use Open-Realty. The bridge is pretty reliable now.

Open-Realty's support forum is one of the best I have seen.

I have developed many sites based on Open-Realty and I provide many free templates on my site.

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