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Real Estate

Known as the premier real estate Premium Wordpress theme developer, Gorilla themes has done it again with the release of a cool new theme that will leave you insatiably hungry for more.  One of the things that makes these themes so magical is that they truly are built specifically for real estate agents.

Wordpress is a great platform for agents to learn and use to build their own optimized web sites.  Throw in a great theme and their job is cake in trying to get their listings on the web.

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Feature List (from developer web site)

  • WordPress 2.9+ compatible
  • Add-Edit-Delete your own fields
  • Multi Category Search
  • 8 Color Styles
  • Breadcrumb Filtered Results
  • Build your own search module in 3 steps
  • Single or Multi Agent
  • Native WordPres Photos Galleries
  • Automatic Google Maps Integration
  • Native WordPress Thumbnail Resizing
  • Featured Property Slideshow
  • Batch Image upload for Listings
  • Individual Agent Photo Upload
  • Logo Uploader
  • Page templates included
  • Sidebar and footer widget ready
  • Banner Advertisement management
  • Google Adsense ready
  • Individual Agent pages with Agent bio
  • Unlimited photo galleries
  • Social Network Integration
  • XHTML and CSS Valid
  • IE6, IE7, IE8 Firefox and Safari compatible
  • Extensive help and tutorial included
  • Related properties for each agent
  • Integrated Blog Page
  • Finance Calculator

Pricing Info

Standard License: $59.95 (ON SALE – $20 OFF)
Developer License: $129.95 (ON SALE – $50 OFF)

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase License

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Holding tightly to the niche of one of the few quality real estate theme developers, Gorilla Themes has released Broker, their latest premium Wordpress theme.  One of the defining differences between Gorilla Themes and the other real estate themes available on the market is that these themes have a built in listing input framework in the back end to work with.  Putting in real estate listings is as simple as putting in a new post with special custom fields in the post editor that allow you to put in all the details: square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms, description, etc.

Another distinguishing difference between these premium Wordpress themes and others is the multi-faceted ways in which you can search through real estate listings.  There is a whole control panel page dedicated to organizing your search boxes. Of course all the code is well marked and easy to navigate if you like to get your hands dirty!

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Feature List

  • Multi Category Search
  • Show Breadcrumb Filtered Results
  • Build your own search in 3 steps
  • Single or Multi Agent theme
  • Native WordPress Galleries
  • Automatic Google Maps Integration
  • Native WordPress Thumbnail Resizing
  • Featured Property Slideshow
  • Batch Image upload for Listings
  • Individual Agent Photo Upload
  • Logo Uploader
  • Page templates included
  • Sidebar and footer widget ready
  • Banner Advertisement management
  • Google Adsense ready
  • Individual Agent pages with Agent bio
  • 2 Color Styles
  • Unlimited photo galleries
  • Social Network Integration
  • XHTML and CSS Valid
  • IE6, IE7, IE8 Firefox and Safari compatible
  • Extensive help and tutorial included
  • Related properties for each agent
  • Integrated Blog Page
  • Finance Calculator

Pricing

Single-use License:  $79.95
Multi-use License:  $139.95

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License

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Adding to the plethora of growing options for premium real estate Wordpress themes, Studiopress‘ Agent Wordpress Theme flies onto the premium theme market with a slick design, cool looks and tons of features.  Capitizing on the same feature rich platform as all the Studiopress themes the Agent Wordpress Theme is a refreshing look at how to sort, categorize and display everything a real estate agent would need in a web site.

From the looks of the demo, the property listings are broken down and organized using posts’ categories and sub-categories.  Please correct me if I’m wrong, Brian, but it looks like the blog is also a category with the “blog-categories” actually being sub-cats to the parent category “blog.”  Which, might I add, is a genius way of organizing all of this, as Wordpress is native to using the post structure to input content.  I’ve seen this done before and it keeps everything neat and tidy.

At the top of the home page is a featured property (or article) image rotator that sources from the published content and links to the specific post (or property) that it displays.  This is fed from the Featured Content Gallery plugin.  The theme demo seems to show that the sidebar is a single column that’s broken into a double column below.

Again, this is a great example of using Wordpress as a CMS system adding a wide variety of versatility to any site idea.

Studiopress has tons of other themes available as well.

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Some of the many features include:

Widget-Ready – If you are looking for ease-of-use, WordPress widgets are the way to go. Without having to know how to code, you can simply drag-n-drop to create the look you desire for your blog.

Theme Options Page – Our WordPress themes use a theme options page that allows you to easily customize the way your blog looks. Simply select from drop-down choices what categories you want to display or the number of posts to show and even what size you want your thumbnail images. You can also simply toggle between using a custom image or dynamic text for your header logo area.

Ready for Advertising – Most of our themes are ready for advertising. All you need to do is insert your advertising code, like Google Adsense, Azoogle Ads, Clicksor, or any others, into the advertising widgets and start collecting your advertising revenue.

Comment Functionality – One method of holding your website visitor’s attention is through discussion of your articles. WordPress achieves this through the use of Comments and our themes use the latest features of WordPress including threaded comments and Gravatar integration.

Developed for Localization – A new feature for StudioPress themes is that they are being developed for localization. This means that you can now translate these themes into your own native language! Currently the Church, Education, Lifestyle and Streamline themes have this feature, but we will be updating all themes to include this as quickly as we can.

PSD Files Included – Another way to attract visitors to your blog is through the use of great-looking graphics, which the StudioPress themes have. Many members have a design-look in mind and to make it easier to change the graphics we provide the Photoshop Document (PSD) files of the graphic files we use.

Lifetime Support – Need help fixing a problem or making a minor modification to your theme? Let’s face it; technology doesn’t always work as smoothly as we all want. So, if you need help, our support is world-class and our team consists of over 20 moderators from all over the world, who provide solutions and help to our 12,000+ members, many of which help other members.

WordPress & Theme Tutorials – Whether you are looking to get up to speed with your WordPress knowledge or ready to get your brand new StudioPress theme working, our tutorials will teach you what you need to know.

Approved Designers – Maybe you are a busy businessperson or don’t want to spend the time creating your website blog. We provide a list of talented, freelance WordPress designers/customizers that you can hire to provide you with the look you want. Many of the blogs in our Showcase were created by these creative people.

So, what’s the bottom line?

Single-use License:  $59.95
Multi-use License:  $199.95

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase License

Note: features sourced from studiopress.com

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Literally just released this morning, Gorilla Themes has released a great new real estate theme for agents and real estate companies alike.  The Smooth Real Estate premium Wordpress theme further exploits the ease at which Wordpress can be used as a CMS allowing the ease of adding multiple properties, agents and photo galleries.

One of the things I like about these real estate themes is that they come fully capable of actually being used as a real estate theme.  The Gorilla themes team has developed a real estate plugin that makes the back-end inputing of properties a snap.

“Everything runs on the Real Estate plugin, you click on Add listing and you will be taken to a page similar to “Add posts” page but with more information to fill and the photo gallery upload. All properties are individual “posts”. . .  As far as Agents, they are regular users and you fill their info in the profile page (bio, etc). . .  All the dropdowns are built on the categories then you can select how many dropdowns and what they will show on an admin page.”

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Some of the many features include:

  • Google Maps Integration
  • Dropdown menu New!
  • 10 color styles included New!
  • Compatible with any market New!
  • “No Custom Fields”
  • PSD files included
  • Multiple Agents
  • Carousel Property Slider
  • Logo Uploader
  • Easy Listings Management
  • Widget Ready
  • Custom Plugins
  • Photo Gallery (up to 14 images)
  • Agent Photo Uploader
  • IE6, IE7, Firefox and Safari compatible
  • Extensive help and tutorial included
  • Banner Management
  • Ad your Adsense or Image Link Code
  • Turn all-or-individual banners on/off
  • Image Auto Resizer
  • Gravatar Support

So, what’s the bottom line?

Single-use License:  $79.95
Multi-use License:  $179.95

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License

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We are actually working on a couple projects that are “real estate” centered and require a good clean Wordpress theme that is built like a cms in that it can handle listings and showcasing properties.  We actually have chosen to use another previously featured Gorilla Theme, the Homeowner Real Estate Premium Wordpress Theme, but this one was definitely worth featuring as well.  Expect to see more on the back-end functionality with the Homeowner Real Estate theme in the near future.  From the Gorilla Theme web site:

Open House is highly customizable Real Estate WordPress theme with Google Maps Integration, offers a professional look for Agents and Realtors that want to build a website around the WordPress platform Compatible with American and European Markets.

Open House features custom plugins and scripts that make add/delete/modify listings an easy task with included photo gallery for up to 12 pictures with a lightbox effect, gorgeous photo fade animations and automatic Google Map integration as soon as the address is entered on each individual listing.

The theme can be used as a single or multi-agent website with individual Agent-Realtor pages with listings and biography information, Agent photo uploader, no custom fields, financing calculator, unlimited dropdowns, etc.

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Some of the many features include:

  • U.S. and European Markets compatible
  • Google Maps Integration
  • “No Custom Fields”
  • Logo PSD and Font included
  • demo-content.xml included
  • Single or Multiple Agents
  • Individual Agents page with listings and bio
  • Carousel Property Slider
  • Unlimited dropdowns for category search
  • Contact agent from property page
  • Logo Uploader
  • Easy Listings Management (Custom Script)
  • Widget Ready
  • Custom Plugins
  • Photo Gallery (up to 12 images)
  • Agent Photo Uploader
  • IE6, IE7, Firefox and Safari compatible
  • XHTML and CSS valid
  • Extensive help and tutorial included
  • Advertisement Banner Management
  • Ad your Adsense or Image Link Code
  • Turn all-or-individual banners on/off
  • Image Auto Resizer (for thumbnails)
  • Gravatar Support
  • Financing Calculator
  • Threaded comments

So, what’s the bottom line?

Basic License:  $79.95
Developer License:  $179.95

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License

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In the ever growing world of using Wordpress as a cms for real estate agents, another fantastic theme has been released.  Gorilla Themes has just released a dynamic and thorough theme by which agents can use to showcase listings, rental properties, display their agents, and have a blog, all within the same Wordpress installation.  Offering 6 different color choices, your desired look and feel is sure to be met.

Homeowners WordPress Real Estate features custom plugins and scripts that make add/delete/modify listings an easy task with an included photo gallery for up to 12 pictures with a lightbox effect and automatic Google Map integration as soon as the address is entered on each individual listing.

Agents (Authors) will have access only to their own listings and the add listing management for their account making this theme an ideal affordable solution for Realtors and Real Estate agencies.

The theme can be used as a single or multi-agent website with individual Agent-Realtor pages with listings and biography information, Agent photo uploader, no custom fields, financing calculator, unlimited dropdowns and 6 different color styles.

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Some of the many features include:

  • U.S. and European Markets compatible
  • Google Maps Integration
  • “No Custom Fields”
  • Single or Multiple Agents
  • Individual Agents page with listings and bio
  • Unlimited dropdowns for category search
  • Contact agent from property page
  • Logo Uploader
  • Easy Listings Management (Custom Script)
  • Widget Ready
  • Custom Plugins
  • Photo Gallery (up to 12 images)
  • Agent Photo Uploader
  • IE6, IE7, Firefox and Safari compatible
  • XHTML and CSS valid
  • Extensive help and tutorial included
  • Advertisement Banner Management
  • Ad your Adsense or Image Link Code
  • Turn all-or-individual banners on/off
  • Image Auto Resizer (for thumbnails)
  • Gravatar Support
  • Financing Calculator
  • Threaded comments

So, what’s the bottom line?

Basic License:  $69.95

Developer License:  $169.95

Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License

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