Oikia is a responsive Real Estate WordPress Theme from CSSIgniter that works on handy and desktop devices. The widget ready homepage is the key area of this real estate template so that proper agents can display selected items on homepage. Many thanks to CSSIgniter for providing a widgetized homepage so that real estate agents can display important modules like : Latest Properties, Featured Properties, Agents, Carousel (properties) and more. The development was started after studying all requirements of property brokers and real estate themes already available in the market. That’s why, you will find all features and benefits which has been missing in other real estate templates.
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Oikia WordPress Theme – What’s Best ?
There are plenty of factors which makes this theme a best solution for proper agents and real estate firms who are dealing in property business. If you at live demo then you will find property search module with lots of search criteria. Moreover, homepage gives you a slider to display important proper listings with full-width image and details.
Every homepage listing in Oikia theme is displayed with bold texts, description and featured image so that visitors are easily attracted to listings. Another best part is listing map preview which shows all listings on map using special icons. This way, customers can find listings using map preview which is very useful when they are searching for property for particular area in town.
You must be thinking that it may be hard and require advanced knowledge to maintain this type of advanced real estate template. But this is not true, If you have basic WordPress knowledge and idea on what type of website you want to create then it’s enough. The developers have already provided custom widgets to develop homepage like demo, page templates, search module options and short-codes. The theme was developed with common user in mind and that’s why you can manage every part of customization just with a few clicks.
CSSIgniter Oikia Real Estate Theme : Features
We have talked enough about benefits and key features so now we will go deeper to take a closer look at some key features. This way you will get clear idea on how you can build a property listing portal with custom homepage. THe SEO optimized design and light weight loading process will make your listings rank on the high position with google and other search engines. Moreover, you won’t have to use any external plugins to manage website as most of the elements are provided as a part of built in features.
Drag & Drop Homepage :
We talked about unique drag and drop front-page layout at the starting of this review article and now we will go into little more deeper. The entire homepage is made of widget areas where you will have to place given widgets from back-end. Looking at the below image will give you clear idea on how you can arrange homepage widgets in desired order. The custom content widgets will display couple of latest elements from selected page sections. No coding skill or other hard work is required in this process.
Unique Layout :
From the Oikia Demo preview you can assume that every homepage section below slider is optional so you can edit them as required. You are free to enable or disable them, arrange them in any order and customize their look until you are satisfied. Thanks to custom widget options and theme options panel for providing these many features. The theme is made for real estate business niche but it still provides a blog template, contact page and fullwidth page so you can use it for any purpose.
CI Property Filters Widget :
This filter widget is very important element of CSSIgniter Oikia Theme as it helps your customers to search best property listing. The module options will permit clients to select price, location, rooms and other fields so that they can only see listings that fit in their requirements. The “Property Id” field will show you custom property when you provide unique poverty code.
Most of the time you may have seen advertisements in newspaper for particular property along with property ID and website name. So that interested buyers can open website and find that property by providing property id. The only task of this module is to find a best property that fits in customers budget or requirement criteria.
Easy Property Management :
Going through property listings is the main task for any real estate agent as it requires lots of efforts to add video, image and all property details. But you will enjoy adding properties with Oikia WordPress Theme as it is combined with custom properties display options panel. Look at the image below and you will find that it has multiple tabs to add every detail about property : Address, Pricing, Images, Videos, Agent and more.
Just fill in the details for every module and you will see a completely professional listing on the front-end as displayed on demo here. It may be hard to create listings with standard post but with this type of advanced module you will save lots of time while adding plenty of properties.
Other Features : CSSIgniter
If you have seen Oikia Demo then you must have seen a beautiful property map and carousel slider. The “CI Property Map” is a special widget to display fullwidth property map with locations of all properties. This is best options for customers who are looking for a property for certain area in town. Adding it on homepage and with every property listing will provide location information of listings and also improve beauty of your real estate portal
The “Carousel Widget” is a best way to engage with your visitors as it shows property featured image on a scrollable section. This scroller section has navigation arrows so user can keep scrolling on both direction to see property images (clicking it will open individual property page). It can also work on mobile and handy devices so don’t worry about mobile visitors.
Conclusion : Whether you are a property broker firm, real estate agent or property consultant, you can use this real estate template to start a fully function property portal. It allows you to insert properties, agents details, filter options and all necessary features required to engagement with your potential customers.
Oikia WordPress Theme : All Features
- Regular Updates : 1 click to receive new updates
- Theme Options : Setup Homepage, Color, Fonts, Logo and more
- Optimized for SEO : Rank on top with all search engines
- Good loading speed
- Retina ready and Responsive
- Unique Header : Logo, Social buttons, Menu links
- Amazing Support : Never feel down when you are in trouble
- Widgets :Featured Listings, Loan Calculator
- Agent section : Details and Contact form
- Related Properties : Below all listings page
- Footer and Sidebar Widgets
- Any many more : Shortcodes, Pages, Layouts
Price : $49 (All themes access for 1 year)