We're thrilled to be bringing you the most powerful release of Agent Sites to date. The reimagined Agent Sites are packed with innovative features built to perform above and beyond the platform you already know, so you can streamline your workflow and boost productivity.
Before you start customizing your new KW Agent Site, you first need to ensure you Upgrade to the New Agent Site Experience. Once you upgrade, you will see a new navigation in the Consumer Applet, in Command, and you will be able to follow along with this article. If you are on a team and have created your KW Team Site, team members with Enhanced or Unlimited permissions have the ability to manage their KW Team Site. |
Before you start editing the pages of your website, it's recommended to add the individual content elements to the Library and then edit the page. This will make editing each page easier, and you won't have to sidetrack to add the content elements while building out your pages.
This article is focused on editing the Homepage of your site, but there are articles for other pages and sections as well:
- Edit the About Me Page on Your KW Agent Site
- Edit the Meet the Team Page for Your KW Team Site (Team Site Only)
- Edit the Blog Page of Your KW Agent Site
- Create a Custom Page for Your KW Agent or Team Site
- Create a Standalone Landing Page
To edit the homepage of your KW Agent or Team Site:
Access
1. Log in to https://agent.kw.com with your KW login credentials.
2. Click to access the Websites Applet, , on the left side of the page.
3. On the My Websites tab, click the Edit Agent Site button.
4. At the top right of the page, click to access Expert Mode.
If you are on a team and have created your KW Team Site, team members with Enhanced or Unlimited permissions have the ability to manage their KW Team Site. To switch to your Team Site, click your name, at the top of the page, select your team from the drop-down and follow along below. |
5. In the Default Pages section, click Page: Homepage.
When editing the homepage of your website, there are four sections to edit:
The Listing Search Module
1. In the Listing Search Module section, first enter a Title (optional). This is the bold text that displays above the search bar, at the top of your homepage.
- If you don't enter anything here, the text will read "Let's find your dream home".
2. If you want to hide the Rent tab, above the search bar at the top of your homepage, use the Hide for Rent toggle.
- This does not remove the rental filters from the more detailed search pages, but does remove this quick action tab on the homepage.
3. Next, select the carousel images or video you want displayed behind the listing search bar. There are three default images added, but you can remove them and add your own:
Add Custom Images
1. Select the Custom Images option, remove any images you want to replace, then click either Upload Files (add a new image) or Add Image (select an image you have already added). You can add up to 5 images to the carousel.
- When adding images, you have the ability to upload images directly, or you can search the Agent Website Builder Content Library and select images you have already added beforehand.
- If you remove all of the images that have been added, the defaults will take over automatically.
For the best results, use images with a minimum width of 1920px, smaller than 20MB, and 8:3 image size ratio. If the image you want to use is different from this ratio, it will still work, but the edges might be cropped and the image will be resized to fit. The best practice is to use a high-quality, large image, with nothing integral being located on the edges of the image. |
Add a Video
When you add a video to the Featured Image/Video section, the video will play automatically on your site, with no audio.
1. Select Custom Video, click in the "Required" field, and either select a video you have already added or click to add a new YouTube or Vimeo video.
If you select to add a new video, copy the URL of the video page and paste into the URL or ID field. The video info will populate (you can edit the info), click Publish. Once published, you can click the Back button (top left) and you will be able to select the video from the list.
A great option, especially if you add a custom video, is to click the Styles tab, and use the Transparent Header toggle. This puts your Logo, Name and Navigation Bar on top of your hero image or video. |
Featured Properties
1. In the Featured Properties section, first select whether you want to display featured properties or not. Use the drop-down and select either Display or Hide.
2. Next, enter a Title and Description for this section. There is default text in place, but you can replace that with your own.
- The Description is like a subtitle for the section, displaying under the Title.
Now we need to decide which listings appear. There are two choices when using the Add Listings drop-down, Dynamic or Basic:
Dynamic
If you utilize the My Listings/My Team Listings or My Affiliated Brokerages/Market Centers settings, it will take into account all of the other settings you use (Location (Center Point), Search Radius, Sort Listings By, Listing Filters, etc.).
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This option will have you select a location and criteria for automatic featured listings to appear on your homepage, with you potentially not having to manage it. The best way to think about this is, you set criteria for which listings could appear, set how you want it sorted, and the system builds a list of listings within that range of criteria, with that sorting. Then, you select how many listings you want displayed in the listing carousel.
- This won't display random listings that meet the criteria, through the carousel, but will show a consistent list of listings no matter who views the page. Because of this, it's very important that you use a center point and criteria that will display exactly the set of listings you want the focus on.
1. In the Location (Center Point) field, click in the drop-down and use the search to select the location where you want the map pin to be located. This will combine with the Search Radius to determine where you want your dynamic featured listings to pull from.
- Using this location search, you can enter a zip/postal code, city, neighborhood, or specific address. When you select a location, the Center Point (think of it as a map pin with a radius around it) will be placed at the center of the boundary for that location.
- The larger area of the location you select, the less control you will have over where the Center Point will be (think of trying to calculate where the Center Point of a Zip/Postal Code is). Entering and selecting a specific address gives you the most accurate location for the map pin.
2. Use the toggle to choose whether you want to only show properties in this State/Province, or not. Then, select the max number of listings to display, the search radius, and how you want to sort the listings in the list.
3. In addition to the dynamic settings and filters, you can also add specific listings to the featured properties list. These will always show at the beginning of the list of featured properties, regardless of the sorting or filters set.
- When you add specific featured listings, they will stay on the list until you remove them, regardless of whether the listing has sold or been taken off market.
4. In the Feature Listings By section, you can use the corresponding toggles to choose to exclusively show My Listings/My Team Listings or My Affiliated Brokerages/Market Centers.
- These toggles limit the listings shown to either only your listings/your team's listings, or only your MC's listings.
- Using these toggles take into account all of the other settings you use (Location (Center Point), Search Radius, Sort Listings By, Listing Filters, etc.).
- If you use both toggles, it will combine your listings/your team's listings, and your MC's listings (using the sorting setting you have selected).
- If you don't have any listings, and use the My Listings/My Team Listings toggle, no featured listings will appear and this section will disappear until you or your team have a listing.
If you are managing your KW Team Site, you will see a toggle for My Team Listings instead of My Listings. |
5. Set listing filters to control the type of listings you want to display.
- The Keywords field searches the listing description of listings, and looks for a keyword match.
Basic
This gives you full control over this section. Select the listings you want to display using the address or MLS number search. No automatic changes will be made here until you edit this list later.
- When you add specific featured listings, they will stay on the list until you remove them, regardless of whether the listing has sold or been taken off market.
Featured Testimonials
1. In the Featured Testimonials section, first select whether you want to display testimonials or not. Use the drop-down and select either Display or Hide.
2. Next, enter a Title and Description (optional) for this section. There is default text in place for the Title, but you can replace that with your own.
- The Description is like a subtitle for the section, displaying under the Title.
3. Next, choose how you want these to populate. There are two options: Dynamic or Basic:
Dynamic - this will have any new testimonials that you publish automatically display, depending on the filters you have set in this section.
- When a client adds a testimonial on your site, it will be saved as draft until you publish.
3A. When you select Dynamic, choose how you want sort testimonials, the max number to display, and set any filters for testimonials to not show.
3B. Finally, add the testimonials you want to display.
- Once you add testimonials, you have the ability to change the order of the testimonials, and can remove/restore any that you added.
Basic - this puts you in full control of adding, removing, and ordering testimonials on your site.
My Blog (Homepage)
1. In the My Blog section, first select whether you want to display blog posts on your homepage or not. Use the drop-down and select either Display or Hide.
2. Next, enter a Title and Description for this section. There is default text in place, but you can replace that with your own.
- The Description is like a subtitle for the section, displaying under the Title.
3. Next, choose how you want these to populate on the homepage. There are two options available: Dynamic and Basic:
- Don't use the Advanced option, as the options connected to that option not enabled at this time.
Dynamic - use this option to give the system parameters around how you want the blog posts displayed, and then to select the blog posts you want included.
- The only settings in this section that is relevant right now is the ability to set how you want the blog posts sorted, and how many you want displayed.
- Once you have added blog posts to the list, you have the ability to remove/restore specific posts, and to re-order the list.
- When adding blog posts, you have the ability to create the post directly, or you can search the Agent Website Builder Content Library and select blog posts you have already added beforehand.
Basic - this option gives you the ability to add blog posts to the list and to manually control the order in which they are displayed.
- Once you have added blog posts to the list, you have the ability to remove/restore specific posts, and to re-order the list.
- When adding blog posts, you have the ability to create the post directly, or you can search the Agent Website Builder Content Library and select blog posts you have already added beforehand.
Save Changes to the Homepage
1. Once you are ready, click Save, at the top right of the page.