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Edit Your KW Agent Site Homepage in Command

Paul Polansky
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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.

  

We can now edit the KW Agent Site Homepage within Command, in a new, streamlined workflow. This makes it easy to get your Site launched cleanly, and quickly. To edit your KW Agent Site Homepage in Command:

Access

1. Log in to https://agent.kw.com with your KW login credentials.

2. Click to access the Websites Applet, consumer_icon.png, on the left side of the page.


3. On the My Websites tab, click the Edit Agent Site button.

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4. On the left side of the page, click Homepage.

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As you start editing the Homepage, you will notice the preview on the right side of the page. As you start making changes, you will need to click Publish to actually see the changes you made, in the preview.

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Banner (Hero Image Section)

1. First enter a Headline / 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".
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2. In the Banner Image section, you will see the defaults for the hero image section of the homepage. Here you can either add a carousel of images (up to 5) or add a video that will auto-play (with no sound) as the banner:

  • Images - select the Images option, and you can edit the images in the Banner Image carousel, either adding new images or removing existing images.
      • For the best results, use images with a minimum width of 1920px, smaller than 20MB, and 8:3 image size ratio.
      • You can only add up to 5 images to the Banner Carousel. There are 3 default images added, you might have to remove some of these, if you want to add more than 2 additional images.
      • If you need to reset to the default images, you can use Expert Mode to do this.
  • Video - select the Video option, and the use one of the 3 options:
      • YouTube - using this option, enter either the full Video Link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWqnlGe7PY&t=13s) or the Video ID (5nWqnlGe7PY&t=13s).
      • Vimeo - using this option, enter either the full Video Link (https://vimeo.com/773222996) or the Video ID (773222996).
      • Upload Video - click to browse, select, and upload a video file.
        • There is a maximum video size of 500MB.
        • Supported video file types are (.3gpp, .3gpp2, .3gp2, .mp4, .mpeg, .ogg, or .webm).
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3. In the Content section, you have 3 options for what appears below the Headline / Title:

  • Search Bar (Default) - this will show the normal search bar visitors can use to search properties through. Use the Hide Rent toggle, if you don't want the Rent option to show above the search bar.
      • Hiding the Rent option only removes it from the hero section. Visitors will still be able to search for rental properties through the larger search pages.
  • Custom Button - use this option to replace the search bar with a button that links out to the page of your choice. Use the Button Label field to enter the text you want on the button, then select either URL to link the button to any web page, or Internal Page to link the button to a page you have created on your site.
  • None - clears everything from this section, except for the Headline / Title and your hero image or video.
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Featured Properties

1. At the top of the Featured Properties section, you can click the Hide/Unhide icon, icon sites hide.png, to choose whether you want this section to appear on your homepage. You can also edit the Headline/Title and Description text.

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2. Next, enter the criteria for featured listings to automatically pull on to your homepage. Enter a Center Point (address, zip code, specific park or business name), an Auto-Populate Radius (use the sliding scale), and select a Listing Prices range (use the sliding scale).

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Testimonials

1. In the Testimonials section, you can click the Hide/Unhide icon, icon sites hide.png, to choose whether you want this section to appear on your homepage. You can also edit the Headline/Title and Description text.

  • By default, this module won't show up, since you won't have any testimonials published and we won't display a blank section on your homepage.
  • Click here to learn how to create and publish testimonials to display in this section.
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Blog List

1. In the Blog List section, you can click the Hide/Unhide icon, icon sites hide.png, to choose whether you want this section to appear on your homepage. You can also edit the Headline/Title and Description text.

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Publish Changes

1. Once you finished making edits, click Publish, at the top right of the page. 

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