Installing FW Real Estate takes a few minutes through Joomla's built-in Extension Manager. You only need the single ZIP you just downloaded, with no manual file copies and no database changes.
Upload and Install
Sign in to your Joomla administrator panel at yoursite.com/administrator
Go to System → Install → Extensions
Click the Upload Package File tab
Drag the FW Real Estate ZIP (version 7.0.0) into the drop zone, or click Or browse for file
Wait for the green success message (installation typically takes 5-10 seconds)
Joomla Extension Manager with the FW Real Estate ZIP ready to installJoomla showing the FW Real Estate installation success message
Find FW Real Estate in the Admin
Once installed, FW Real Estate appears in two places in the Joomla admin:
Components → FW Real Estate: the main entry point
The new FW Real Estate sidebar item added by the bundled admin module, for one-click access from any admin screen
Open the component to see the dashboard, where you'll spend most of your time managing properties, settings, and add-ons.
FW Real Estate dashboard immediately after installation
Troubleshooting Install Failures
"Package does not contain a valid manifest" or upload size error: your PHP upload_max_filesize or post_max_size is below the package size. Raise both to 32M or higher in php.ini and retry.
Installation hangs at "Installing component...": your max_execution_time may be too low. Raise to 120 seconds in php.ini.
"Could not connect to the database": your Joomla install lost its DB connection during the install. Refresh and retry; the install is idempotent.