FW Real Estate – Documentation

The FWRE Open House addon lets you publish viewing schedules directly on property listings. Instead of requiring buyers to contact an agent to arrange a visit, you define specific date and time windows on each property — and those slots are displayed automatically on the property detail page.

Adding Open House Times to a Property

When the addon is active, an Open House section appears within the property edit form. You can add as many viewing slots as needed for a single property. Each slot has four fields:

• Date — the date of the viewing event
• Start time — when the viewing window opens (e.g. 10:00)
• End time — when the viewing window closes (e.g. 13:00)
• Notes — optional text such as "Bring ID", "Ring the bell", or the attending agent's name

Frontend Display

All upcoming viewing slots appear as a dedicated schedule section on the property detail page, listed in chronological order. Past events are filtered out automatically — only future dates are visible to site visitors. If no slots have been added to a property, the section does not appear at all.

Add to Calendar

Each open house slot displays buttons allowing visitors to save the event to their calendar. Apple Calendar and Outlook receive an .ics file download; Google Calendar opens in a new tab with the event pre-filled.

RSVP Capture

Visitors can RSVP to a viewing slot directly from the property page. Submitted RSVPs — including attendee name and email — are stored and accessible in the FW Real Estate → Open House RSVPs area of the Joomla back end.

Open Houses This Weekend Landing Page

A dedicated landing page aggregates every open house event scheduled within the next seven days across all properties on your site. Add it to your menu using the FW Real Estate → Open Houses This Weekend menu item type.

Saved-Search Subscriber Alerts

When a new open house is scheduled on a property that matches a buyer's active saved search, an alert email is sent to that subscriber automatically. This feature requires the Saved Searches addon to be installed and active.

Settings

This addon has no configurable settings. Once installed, it works immediately with no additional configuration required.

To install this addon, open the Add-ons panel inside FW Real Estate. See Getting Started → Add-ons for details on free addons, paid addons, and site verification.