Anyone Using Agent Press?

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For those of you that know me, I am a perfectionist when it comes to buying the right products, and using the right tools to conduct my online business.  I am a on-line do-it-your-selfer that gets results, and I have been online since 1995!   You can read where I come from in my real estate articles for Realty Times, and at my sessions when I hold a seminar!. I love online marketing, and I've been blessed with a good understanding of SEO, and over the years I've done well from online web presance. I am now at a point I am looking forward. I am migrating my web exposure from static webs to Blogs, and I am looking for the right theme. 

So now I am down to a wire, and I think I have narrowed down my choices to a select few.  These are the best themes that are out their as far as I can see for those in our real estate business.  I've looked at Thesis, Genisis and now I am lookign at agent press.  Thesis is fine, and very versitale, but it does not rock my boat for a personalized look.  I do not want to reinvent the wheel, I just want to plug in, personalize and go!  Genesis and Agent Theme are themes I also really like, but it is still not rocking my boat!  FYI...Genesis is currently my # 1 choice.  However, before I make the plunge, Agent Press is a theme for its real estate appeal and I am considering it. Is anyone using it?  I would love to hear likes and dislikes!  Can the theme be used on more than one site?  Does it work well with embeds ot inline frames for IDX?  Is it easy to use? (If I delegate work?)   I feel any of the above themes are all excellent products, and I like all the recommendations that I've receieved here form my last post.  I am just looking for the perfect fit for my own needs.

I would love to hear your thoughts!

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Jim Crawford
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I think that's a brilliant idea.  Combining new local information with IDX is what I do.  It will place your company on the map!

Dec 20, 2010 01:19 PM #64
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Olga Vasquez
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Jim: Thank you for the tips!

Jan 06, 2011 07:20 PM #65
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Olga Fragoso (Coldwell Banker Prime Properties)  Thanks...actaully I should be thanking everyone here because I am the person that is learning.

Jan 30, 2011 05:24 AM #66
Rainer
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kai tancredi

I'm a real estate web designer and one of my more recent clients has opted for the AgentPress theme which I've customized for her. You can view it here. She is using dsSearchAgent for IDX. If you have any questions regarding the features of the theme or anything, please let me know. I'd be glad to help!

Feb 03, 2011 04:40 PM #67
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Patty Mortara | Hunterdon County (NJ)
Hunterdon County Homes - Flemington, NJ

I came across Agent Press and really liked the format - crisp & clean. I have my main site on Point2Agent but like the SEO benefit of WordPress.  At the 1st of the year they offered a 25% discount which I took advantage of and I'm gald I did - the online forum / support is great and easy to understand tuturials.  I also have IDX Broker which has an WordPress plug in, once my wordpress site is further developed I will be moving it from my Point2 site.. www.HunterdonCountyHomes to it's new home.  Happy to have found this thread, I was looking for someone with real live sites.

Feb 17, 2011 03:36 PM #68
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Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Patty:  I have been doing a major search and study on WordPress for several months, now... and feel that Agent Press is an excellent choice.  I think I am going to go with one of their "Child" Themes.  If you like, I would be glad to email you some links that I have found that have really added to my knowledge about the choices available, and some of the active sites using Agent Press.

It is very different from Point2... and there is NO comparison as far as the SEO possibilities of WordPress.

Also... have you been following the multi-post series of WordPress by Active Rain's own Marti Garaughty ?  Here is a link to Marti's series.  The Art Of Marketing You .  He has about a fifteen post series on WP. Here's another link:  Installing WordPress (updated)

Feb 17, 2011 05:18 PM #69
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Karen Anne Stone
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Patty, I just looked at your Point2 website, and I like it.  If you could afford it, I just might keep it, and also do the WordPress Agent Press site.  Multiple sited DO work.  Then, just put links to each, on the other.  Just a thought.

ps... Thanks, Jim.

Feb 17, 2011 05:21 PM #70
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Patty Mortara CRS, ABR, ePro | Hunterdon Realty Group (NJ) (Hunterdon Realty Group, LLC) I would do the Wordpress in addition to a website! I agree with Karen Anne Stone

Mar 01, 2011 05:28 AM #71
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Dennis Reed

To clarify, Genesis is a package from Agent Press which can be used alone or with added templates like AgentPress.  You must have Genesis installed to add AgentPress.  This is an exampe of a heavily customized AgentPress website I did.  So the sky is the limit if you can get the customizaton done.  I don't recommend using the IDX plugins with Wordpress as they tend to conflict with java script plugins in Wordpress.  It is not terribly difficult for a developer to do your IDX page without the plugins.  Here is my Genesis/Agent Press Site.  http://www.phoenixhomesandscottsdalehomes.com

 

 

Mar 14, 2011 06:04 AM #72
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Dennis Reed - This is an excellent job!  Did you do it yourself?  I would be ashamed to show you my sites.  Very well done!  For IDX I do inline frames, and they work great!

Mar 17, 2011 02:31 AM #73
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Anita Rich
The Rich Group at Compass - Sherman Oaks, CA

Jim - Here's our StudioPress/Genesis/Agent Press site: Rich Real Estate LA If you like it, feel free to contact our VA at: vaandsocialmedia@gmail.com

 

May 17, 2011 09:04 AM #74
Rainer
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IDX Broker
IDX, LLC. - Eugene, OR
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Hi Tom - You can enable your FancyMenus now. Tech Support has replaced the JavaScript library file (Prototype) used in your IDX Broker global wrapper, with the latest version of that file. We have tested this change in IE and your menus appear to working fine now.

You are smart to use the www as your custom subdomain!

 

Jun 20, 2011 06:21 AM #75
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Loreena and Michael Yeo
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Hi Jim - It's almost 1 1/2 years later that I'm on the WP theme bandwagon. I bought AP over the weekend, spent all day Monday trying to figure out how to even begin customizing.Googling and see where I found myself.

I'm slow, real slow - aren't I? But I'm glad I found this place. I found what I considered as DA BOMB real estate website. Kerry Lucasse's. i've never seen such a beautifully visually appealing as well as information-loaded web.

Nov 14, 2011 10:58 PM #76
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Loreena Yeo, Realtor®| Frisco TX Community Ambassador (214)783-2210 (3:16 team REALTY ~ Locally-owned Frisco TX Real Estate Co.)   Wordpress is incredible.  I love the results, and I have published several new WP  blogs.

Nov 17, 2011 01:58 PM #77
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Christine McInerney
Great Life RE - Knoxville, TN
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I just started my first word press with the Genesis Agent Press theme.  I am still trying to figure the in's and outs of how it all works and am finding it kind of confussing.  Hopefully, the holiday weekend will allot me the necessary time to get all the kinks worked out.

Nov 23, 2011 12:31 AM #78
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Nov 24, 2011 12:30 PM #79
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Great topic Jim, thanks for starting this discussion. Glad to hear you are still with Genesis. Have you tried the RealPro yet? And if so what did you think?

Oct 14, 2012 04:26 AM #80
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CA COASTAL ESTATES Lauren Selinsky Perez CRS
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So A press and Genesis are the same?
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Lauren Selinsky Perez, REO -CEO - CDPE - SHORT SALES - Woman Owned (CA Coastal Estates- Monarch Bay Real Estate DP) - Yes!

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