FW Real Estate – Documentation
FAQ
Find answers to common questions about FW Real Estate. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact our support team.
Is FW Real Estate a free plugin?
Yes. The core is free and always has been: download it from the FW Real Estate product page on fastw3b.com, pick the package for your platform, agree to the terms and install that one file. There is nothing to buy first and no account needed to get it.
What a paid subscription adds is add-ons. The core covers properties, fields, dictionaries and the front end on its own, and a great many sites never need more than that.
How are add-ons installed?
Automatically. Install the core package for your platform, then connect the site to your fastw3b.com account, and every add-on you are entitled to is downloaded and switched on for you. There is no per-add-on Install button, and nothing to download by hand.
To connect, click Connect in the FW Real Estate admin header. The lock icon and the red This website is not verified text beside it do the same thing, and the Add-ons screen offers the same action as Connect to install. It is one click: your fastw3b.com client section opens, the store registers this website and sends the key straight back, and the admin returns already verified. There is nothing to copy and no key to paste.
From that moment the free add-ons and whatever your subscription covers install and enable themselves. The only manual actions afterwards are enabling, disabling and updating; add-ons cannot be deleted, so one you do not want is simply left disabled.
Why do I need to verify my website?
Connecting pairs this site with your fastw3b.com account. It is what makes the following possible:
- Receiving your add-ons. Everything your subscription covers is installed and enabled automatically the moment it succeeds.
- Getting updates, both for the core and for the add-ons.
- Support through the Client Section at fastw3b.com.
One button does it: Connect, in the FW Real Estate admin header. It opens your client section, registers the site and brings the key back by itself.
Free add-ons come with connecting alone, no subscription required. An unconnected site keeps working, but it receives no add-ons and is offered no updates.
What are add-ons?
Add-ons are extensions that work only with FW Real Estate and add to what it can do. They come in three kinds: plugins (features such as maps, agents, favourites or rentals), designs (how the front end looks) and modules (blocks you can place on a page).
They are not Joomla extensions or WordPress plugins and will not appear in your platform's own extension or plugin manager. They live inside FW Real Estate and are managed from its Add-ons screen.
Why would I need an add-on?
FW Real Estate is self-sufficient on its own: the core holds everything a property site cannot work without. Every other feature is an add-on, so that each site carries only what it actually uses.
That split is also why disabling an add-on is clean. Turn one off and its fields, its output and its columns disappear from the site; turn it back on and they return with the data intact.
How to get an add-on?
Connect your website to your fastw3b.com account, using the Connect button in the FW Real Estate admin header. The add-ons your subscription covers are then downloaded and enabled on their own, and the free ones come with connecting by itself.
If the add-on you want is not among them, it needs a subscription that covers it. Take out or extend one on fastw3b.com and it will arrive automatically on a later visit to the admin, with nothing to download or install by hand.
Everything the site has received is listed under Admin, FW Real Estate, Add-ons, where you can enable, disable and update each one. Add-ons cannot be deleted: an add-on you do not want is simply left disabled.
