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JOOMLA EXTENSION
User guide
Version 1.0
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................. 2
Related Topics: ................................................................................................. 2
Product Features .............................................................................................. 2
Settings......................................................................................... 6
Properties Manager.......................................................................................... 6
Property status: .............................................................................................. 16
Categories Manager ....................................................................................... 17
Extra Fields Manager .................................................................................... 21
Review system: ............................................................................................... 23
Configuration .................................................................................................. 24
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Introduction
BT Property is a free responsive real estate component for Joomla 2.5 and 3.x. In addition to
essential features including management of properties, categories, locations and agents; BT
Property allows users to create custom extra fields by groups, and supports with Google Map,
OpenStreetMap and advanced search. Also BT Property can decentralize right by user groups
such as front-end submission allowance. Let customers experience marvelous features of BT
Property component on your realty site.
Related Topics:
Details
View Demo
Forum
Product Features
Properties Management
Compatible with Joomla 1.7 or above; and almost all web browsers: Firefox 3+, IE7+, Opera
9.5, Safari, Netscape, Google Chrome, Camino, Flock 0.7+.
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PHP 5.0 or above with GD library is enabled. Please follow this link
to check it
MySQL 5.0 or above
Joomla 2.5.x or above;
Client requirements
Downloading
BT Property Component is a free extension. You can register and download here.
Manual Installation
Please follow these steps to install the product:
Step 1: Go to Extension Manager
Step 2: Browse the install package
Step 3: Click Upload & Install
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Module Upgrading
Upgrading of this extension to newest version can be easily done by following again installation
steps above. But we recommend you to back up your changes of source code and language files
in this module before starting any upgrades.
Uninstalling
For uninstalling the product, please follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to Extension Manager
Step 2: Click to Manage tab
Step 3: Choose Component type
Step 4: Mark checkbox of the module
Step 5: Click Uninstall button
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Settings
Back-end access: Choose Component from the main menu. Click BT Property to start
configuration process.
All configuration parameters are divided into the following areas:
Properties Manager
Categories Manager
Extra fields Manager
Locations
Reviews
Configuration
Properties Manager
Manage your properties here.
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Title
Alias
Category
Property status
Ordering
Ribbon
Price
Agent
Featured
Allow rating
Access
Choose an access level (to allow the person who can view this
property).
Language
Choose a language
Status
ID
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Short Description
Full Description
o Location Tab
Address
Country
Select the country of property. You can manage the countries in LOCATION
page
City
Select the city of property. You can manage the cities in LOCATION page
District
Select the district of property. You can manage the districts in LOCATION page
Latitude
Longitude
Zoom level
Marker Icon
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You can drag and drop the marker to set the location of property. The latitude,
longitude and zoom level will be updated automatically
o Extra Fields
This is Extra Fields tab in Property Edit Page, all extra fields of categories, of which the
property are listed here. You can enter or select a particular value to these extra fields.
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o Media tab
Manage propertys gallery here:
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Upload images: you can select either Flash Upload or Simple Upload in component
configuration:
+ Flash upload: You can upload all images at once. However, this function might not
working properly on some hostings and browsers, so you have to switch uploader to
simple upload
+ Simple upload: You must click the + icon and x to add/remove more upload boxes.
You only select one file for one upload box. Please see the following illustrated image:
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Deleting images: You can completely remove one or multiple images by clicking Clear
all or click the Remove button on each images when you mouse over them.
Making an image default: you can choose and make an image as the propertys default
image by clicking radio button on top-left corner of image.
Edit image info: Click edit button on each images, enter title and description in the
popup window
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Click add new and select one property to make it as the related property. You can click
Remove or Clear All button to delete one or all of them.
o Advanced tab
Created date
Modified Date
Hits
Comment Total
o Metadata tab
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Meta Title
Meta Keywords
Description
Robots
Author
Use Global
Index, Follow
No Index, Follow
Index, No Follow
No Index, No Follow
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Content Rights
Property status
You can add and manage the status of property on this page:
Searching module:
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Detail page:
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Categories Manager
Manage all categories here. This is the screenshot of Categories Manager:
Add/edit a category
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Title
Alias
Alias of category. You can enter a text or let it empty. Module will
assign a value base on categorys title.
Parent
Ordering
Order category here. Only use this parameter when new category is
created.
Access
Language
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Status
ID
Main image
Short Description
A category also has other parameters. Please take a look on the right side of screen, you will
see these sections: Category options, Category Layout, Metadata, and Permissions (see more
in the Permissions page)
*Note: Value Use Global in a parameter means that this parameter will have the same value
with the corresponding parameter in Configuration section
Extra Fields
Inherited
Show on navigation
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Category Layout
Use Global
Grid Listing
Line Listing
Mansory Listing
Meta Title
Meta Keywords
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Description
Robots
Use Global
Index, Follow
No Index, Follow
Index, No Follow
No Index, No Follow
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Title
Type
Default Value
This parameter will be shown after choosing type (Link, Images, String,
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This parameter will be shown after choosing type (Dropdown & Checkbox
list)
Enter options for dropdown/ checkbox list. The values are separated by
new line.
Description
Ordering
Order extra field here. Only use this parameter when new extra field is
created.
Status
Featured
Featured extra fields will be showed on the listing page and the first block
of property detail page (summary information)
Show on submit
If yes, this extra fields will be showed on frontend submit property page
Group
Select group for the extra fields. The group can be created in Extra field
group manager
Categories
Review system
This feature allows users to comment and rate properties. You may turn off this feature for all
properties using component configuration () or for each property using property parameter.
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Configuration
This section allows you to configure whole component like: display options, slideshow options
or print options Its is a modal window, you can open it by clicking Option button on the topright corner of the page.
After clicking, a modal window is showed. It contains 05 tabs:
Display Options: These are parameters relating themes, price options, image quality,
etc
Review Options: All parameters of Comment and Voting System are gathered here.
Agent Options: Allows you to integrate with BT Social Connect. You can disable empty
agent (who doesnt have any property) in the agents listing page
Advanced Options: Submission, Uploader, Watermark parameters are putted into this
tab.
Permissions: Permissions for users
Lets discover each tab to see how they work.
Display Options
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o Themes Options
Select theme
Currently, we only support one theme: default. You may clone this
theme to make your custom theme.
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o Listing Options
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Properties order
Images order
Category order
o Category Layout
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Category layout
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o Image Options
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Crop Position
Top Left
Top Middle
Top Right
Bottom Left
Bottom Middle
Bottom Right
Center
JPEG Quality
Image Width
Image Height
Thumbnail Width
Thumbnail Height
Height
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Reviews Options
Enable review
Allow Guest
Limit Characters
Agent Options
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This tab configuration is used to integrate BT Social Connect component. You can select what
the fields in BT Social Connect User will be gotten and shown. If BT Social Connect
Component is not installed, all these fields will empty.
Advanced Options
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o Submission
Auto-
publish
properties
o Uploader
Admin Upload Type
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Number of images
o Watermark System
Watermark System
WM in categories
WM on thumbnail
WM Type
WM Text
WM Image
WM Font
WM Font size
WM Font color
WM Background
WM Background Color
WM Position
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Top Left
Bottom Right
Bottom Left
Center
WM Padding
WM Opacity
WM Rotate
If your site is not use bt-zoner & bt-property templates, jquery, bootstrap & owl carousel
libraries is required.
Permissions
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This is a high advanced and important function for frontend submission and editing. The
permission of user can be managed here. You should set Create, Edit own, Delete Own,
Upload media for agent users in frontend whom can submit properties on your website.
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Afterward, the web browser will direct to the page that shows you progress of image processing.
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After successful image rebuilding, browser will redirect to previous page with a notice like
illustrated image:
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Contacting Bowthemes
All Bowthemes products include forum support, email support and ticket support.
Please refer your membership package to select the compatible kind of support, as we may be
able to solve the problem without delay.
Website: http://bowthemes.com
Forum support: http://bowthemes.com/forums/
Email support: support@bowthemes.com
Ticket support: http://bowthemes.com/submit-a-ticket
If you encounter any issues with Bowthemes extensions and templates, email us at
support@bowthemes.com and we will be happy to answer your questions.
This document is proprietary and confidential. No part of this document may be disclosed in any manner
to a third party without the prior written consent of Bowthemes Team.
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