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Introducing new Jacana Properties Flex responsive real estate website

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Operating from within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Jacana Properties , are experts in property investment in St Lucia , KwaZulu Natal - and with the launch of their new Flex website they are ensuring more potential buyers are able to see their property listings in this unique coastal area. With a property portfolio that includes houses, flats, townhouses, businesses, commercial properties and holiday rentals the Entegral Folio theme provided the perfect platform to showcase their various property options. www.jacanaproperties.com The www.jacanaproperties.com website allows for fast property searches from a laptop, tablet or smartphone without compromising on the easy to use responsive user interface. Potential buyers will also be able to calculate bond repayments or read the news without having to switch devices. If you are interested in finding out how you can have your own cost effective responsive real estate website, that not only reflects your brand but off

Improved OMS Listing Dashboard

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The OMS property listing dashboard now features several improvements including: All portals are now displayed with their individual statuses; If a property status is 'error' you can hover your mouse over the error text to get the error message without having to open the listing; Portals where you don't interface to are hidden; New green (active) and orange (processing) indicators; New 'Show Days' column indicating the number of show days (historic + future) for the particular property;

All portals now selectable in OMS online marketing section

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All portals are now selectable in the OMS Property Online Marketing section, allowing you to select where properties are exported to for each portal. Previously MyProperty, ImmoAfrica, PriceCheck, PropertyJunction and BidOrBuy was not selectable and exported by default. You can now select/deselect any of the portals. Note that depending on your office settings, you may not be able to deselect certain portals if your office administrator has disabled this. The ability to default certain portals to selected and enable selection for users can be set by the office for that whole office.

Register your .co.za, .capetown, .durban & .joburg domain at a discounted rate.

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Entegral clients can take liberty of this one day only domain sale special by registering any available .co.za, .capetown, .joburg or .durban domain at a discounted rate of only R99 excl VAT.  Secure your .co.za domain or any suburbname.capetown / youragencyname.joburg before your competitors do!  Here are 5 good reason why you should register .joburg, .capetown, .durban (or .co.za, .com, .net) domains through Entegral: 1) Entegral is an accredited .co.za registrar: https://www.registry.net.za/accredited_registrars.php 2) Your domain is hosted on our  state of the art cloud-based worldwide  anycast DNS network .  It ensures the fastest access times to your website from anywhere in the world with multiple DNS failover points. It also automatically scales with large traffic volumes. If your domain is unreachable, your website is unreachable. The cost for this premium service is included in your yearly domain fees. 3) You are listed as the  registered owner  of the domain (many service pr

#OMS_QuickTips: Share your knowledge with news and advice

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Having your own Entegral powered  real estate website is more than just about ensuring that your latest listings are uploaded - it also offers you the opportunity to share your real estate knowledge and information about the areas you operate in. Not only will the original content on your website help with your SEO, it will also add to the overall user experience for visitors. Not sure where to start? We suggest writing neighbourhood profiles - you can find tips on how to do this from this article on our Company Blog It is really easy to load your news onto the OMS - Here is the help file you can use that explains the process in a few easy steps: Add news to your website

RE/MAX Heritage launches new Flex website

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Since the launch of our Flex responsive website solution for real estate agencies we have been able to help develop sites for agencies, operating in some of the most scenic parts of South Africa and Namibia . However with the launch of the new RE/MAX Heritage Flex website, we had the opportunity to develop a responsive website for an agency that operates in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, The iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. www.remax-heritage.co.za For the team at RE/MAX Heritage , which operates in St Lucia , Mtubatuba , Hluhluwe and all the way up to Sodwana, a website that not only showcased the homes on sale but also the lifestyle of this unique area was high on their list of must-haves. RE/MAX is a well-known global brand and it was important that the branding and overall feel of the website still reflected the design aesthetic of this brand. This was achieved by using the distinctive Entegral developed RE/MAX theme and then adding the elements that made it unique

OMS Stock reports update: filter by date option

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The OMS  Hotsheet and Expired Stock reports now features a custom date filter. This allows you to filter for listings where the mandate date starts or expires between 2 custom dates. We've also corrected some logic on the hotsheet report to work on the mandate start date and not the date the mandate was modified (which could be different if the user chooses a historic of future mandate start date).

Bounce Property Sales & Rentals making the right moves with a new Flex Website

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For the innovative team from Bounce Property Sales & Rentals, which operates in Durbanville and Rooi Els, a website that could keep up with their busy schedules was a must. Therefore, opting for option one of our Fresh themed responsive Flex website was a natural choice - ensuring that they would be able to showcase their unique listings in some of the most picturesque parts of South Africa, in a user-friendly manner. The www.bounce.net.za website also allows them the space to share property news and to allow users to subscribe to their newsletter, make use of their monthly bond repayments or to quickly find out how they can enlist Bounce Property Sales & Rentals as their trusted real estate agent. For a company that places a high value on excellent service and professional relationships with their clients, a Flex website which never loses functionality whether you are browsing from a laptop, tablet or smartphone is the perfect fit. To find out how you can have

Knowledge is Power with Property Intelligence Reports

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As real estate agents having an edge in a competitive industry makes a huge difference and while excellent networking, branding and an online presence do factor into this, knowledge remains the one true advantage for any real estate agent. For potential property buyers, knowing that they are investing money in a property that will increase their portfolios is essential - and the only way an agent can be assured of whether or not a certain property is a right choice for a particular buyer is by using in-depth property intelligence reports. Regularly a Property Report will offer comprehensive information about the sale activity of a property and the surrounding area. This type of report will allow the agent to see the history of the particular property regarding the sales activity, details from the Deeds office, owner details, municipal valuation details as well aerial/ satellite images and recent comparable sales. And while this type of report shows crucial information about a property,

Custom brochures in the OMS

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The OMS provides a range of standard property brochures and stock reports. These PDF brochures can be generated at the click of a button. We furthermore provide custom brochure design, starting at R1999 ex VAT. Here is a sample of one we've done. These are then added to your OMS account and can be accessed like the standard brochures.

Updated photo descriptions for the OMS & Flex for better SEO

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We've made a couple of tweaks to the photos section on property details in the OMS. There are larger photo thumbnails and the description of the photo now appears below the photo instead of hovering your mouse over the photo. We've also updated Flex real estate websites , it will now reflect the photo description on the bottom left over the photo. Various SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) tweaks were also implemented that should benefit you if you can provide good photo descriptions. You can edit existing property photo descriptions by clicking on the edit icon below the photo, allow +- 15min to reflect on your Flex real estate website. The OMS online property management system allows you to add an unlimited number of high resolution photos for every listing.

New IOL Property ref numbers with direct links

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If your OMS properties export to IOL Property, you will now notice the IOL Property reference number on the online marketing section of properties. Click on the link will open up a direct link of the property on IOL Property. IOL Property forms part of the Entegral property syndication network . It is a free portal except for the large metro areas where charges are applicable. Enquiry with IOL Property for the exact costs.

How secure is your online real estate management system?

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You'd be surprised in how unsecure most online real estate management systems are...we've done some checks on the top online systems used in South Africa and also looked at logins to franchise billing and other systems. Unlike  Entegral's OMS , most don't provide a secure login by default, which is quite alarming. To check if your management system provides a secure, encrypted connection between your PC and your service provider's systems, go to your system's login page. The URL should start with 'HTTPS...' and should display a lock icon. If you click on this lock icon it should display something similar to the following screenshot where it states that the connection is private. This indicates a secure system where all data from the browser is encrypted : If it doesn't display that, bad luck! Your system is not as secure as you think and clicking on the icon will reveal something like this: This secure, encrypted connection is provided through an SSL

A new website and logo for Westrand agency Steyn Realty

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Although Steyn Realty has only recently opened its doors, the dynamic duo behind the brand,  Marnus and Juanita Steyn , are no strangers to the industry and are well-known faces in the Westrand and property market. To ensure their new website reflected the experience they brought to the plate, they opted for an Elegant themed Flex responsive website. Now visitors searching for properties in suburbs of the Westrand, as well as Roodepoort and Krugersdorp will be able to do a quick search whether it is from a laptop, tablet or smartphone. www.steynrealty.co.za Also visitors can sign-up for property alerts, request a valuation or read the latest property news easily on www.steynrealty.co.za Apart from the new Flex website, Steyn Realty also requested a new logo design , and this was all done in-house at Entegral Technologies. From concept to final product our team ensured that the logo would reflect the company’s aesthetic while being readily identifiable. Th

Partner portals: bump up your Gumtree listings

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Bump-it! There are various additional features available on our brand new Gumtree interface - including bump-ups. It allows you to AUTOMATICALLY bump all your property listings to the top of search results every 24 hours, 2nd or 3rd day for an additional fee. This gives you more exposure. We simply add a bump-up package to your account and the rest is automated. Fore more information visit: http://www.entegral.net/oms/syndication/gumtree/

A cutting edge new Flex website for Keller Williams Cape Town

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One of the fastest growing real estate franchises in the world, recently opened its doors in the Western Cape and has shown an incredible growth since then and with this growth came the need for a cutting edge real estate technology. For Keller Williams Cape Town , which consists of three offices namely Keller Williams Coastal in Table View , Keller Williams Premier in Tokai and Keller Williams Impact in Somerset West , our Elegant themed Flex website ensured that this dynamic team of real estate agents could showcase their listings and well-known brand on a responsive designed website. www.kwcapetown.co.za Now visitors to their site can easily see listings from any of the three offices; which services Gordon’s Bay , Fish Hoek , Durbanville , Strand , Stellenbosch , Somerset West and Paarl , without having to click on numerous links or being redirected to another website. The responsive design of the www.kwcapetown.co.za website also allows for optimal user