Anna - INTERNAL ONLY
Background
Our Pages have not been updated in years, forcing many of our customers to use a 3rd party to design their sites. This turns off a lot of customers and prospects that expect a clean design out of the box.
We redesigned our pages to achieve the following:
- A more modern design using a standard template.
- Faster pages
- Better for SEO / SEM.
- Portable from old sites to new sites. (However, some customizations may not work.)
Release Strategy
We are redesigning each page of the websites one at a time and will be making the Anna Template available before all pages are complete. In the interim, this means that even though the Anna Template is selected, some pages will still use the miranda-thin template. We will be automatically updating pages for customers as they are completed. Home Page, Area pages, about pages are in this first release. Search results and listing pages are next.
Anna Page Roadmap
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Category
Page Name
Status
Home
Home Page
Done
Area
Area Page - Type of Content Page
Done
Content
Page with Search: Standard content page template with search
Done
Content
Page without Search: Standard content page template without search
Done
Content
Foreclosure Page: Has a search box at the top that lets users search for foreclosures
Done
Content
Featured Property Page: Same as the default template but paginates the listings. "Number of Properties" refers to number per page.
Done
Content
Rental Page: Has a search box at the top that lets users search for rentals
Done
Content
Sold Page: Has a search box at the top that lets users search for solds
Done
Content
Blank Page: Blank page with no sidebars. Attach content at your will.
Done
About
About Page: Page for company information. Agent photos set in Agent Detail Pages are dynamically placed at the bottom.
Done
About
Agent Detail Page: Profile page for an agent.
Done
Search Results
Search Results - List*
Q3
In Progress
Listing
Property Details Page*
Q3
Market Report
Market Report Page*
Q3
Blog
Blog Home Page
Q3
Blog
Blog List Page
Q3
Blog
Blog Post Page
Q3
Profile
Profile
Q4
Content
Agent Landing Page: Content Page Copy that auto assigns registered leads to a specific agent. Additional functionality.
Q4
Listing
Coming Soon Page
Q4
Search
Advanced Search / Address / MLS Search
Q4
Search Results
Search Results - Map
Q4
Home Values
Valuation Page / Widget
Q4
Turning on for New Customers
- New Customers now have the option to choose “Anna” from our template options within the Wizard.
- Anna uses the same configurations from MCP for custom, except color.
- Note: If the website is not rendering, you need to go to the design editor and pick an anna color template.
Turning on for Existing Customers
- Find the site in MCP. Feature Flags > Preview Unpublished Templates = True
- Open the Design Editor:
- Select the Anna Template & IMPORTANT Select a color palette.
How is Anna different?
Anna Differs from the other templates in the following ways.
- Anna is a more modern template design.
- Modern styling for pages and modals
- Grid view for properties
- Search form tabs
- Anna does not have the default search widget, only type ahead.
- Anna has search box tabs by default.
- Anna has a new color system that allows users to customize only their brand color and their header color. Note: the design editor is limited in this regard.
- Will will be phasing the rollout of Anna by page (see below). Non-completed pages will default to the Miranda-thin template.
A note on custom work and VAs:
It is likely that any VA Customizations will NOT work. The front-end architecture is very different from our existing templates. What this means:
- FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS: WARNING If a customer is going from a site with VA customizations, those customizations may “break” the look and feel of the site. This includes Todd's "Rounds".
- FOR NEW CUSTOMERS: They can still use a VA, but they will have to negotiate with the VA on their expectations.
- FOR VA’s: They either need to develop new styles to support anna or change the templates to a previous template to leverage their existing assets.
Search Form Tabs Anna:
The tabs are:
Find Your Home => does nothing
Advanced Search => Advanced Search Page
Sell Your Home => Home Valuation Page. (Must be on)
Admins can turn the tabs on/off in the search form display options section of any content page:
- They are defaulted to ON for Anna home pages.
FAQ and INFO
- Miranda Thin is used as the backup template for pages that aren't converted to Anna yet in the roadmap.
- Typeahead is the only search bar that works with Anna currently.
- Search Form Tabs are not customizable.
- Only content pages have the new Tiles format for listings. Search results still use the old display format.
- (6/3/21) The Mortgage Calculator works but borders and outlines were stripped.
- "Real Estate Company" after pressing the Contact Us button can not be changed. They must submit a ticket for Escalation to change.
Appendix:
Demo Site: https://armlstest.realgeeks.com/
Test Site: rg-testing.com