Build Your Own Enhanced Website
Rentec Direct provides you with an easy tool to create a stunning, professional website so your tenants, clients, and contacts can easily find you online.
Keeping your data safe and secure is a top priority at Rentec Direct. Website security includes SSL certificates, server hosting, encryption overhead, and firewalls as an enhancement to your website.
Learn more about SSL Security upgrades for your property management website
This article reviews designing your website and helpful tips:
- Design Your Custom Website
- Brand Your website
- Incorporate Advanced Options
- Helpful Tips and FAQs for Creating Your Website
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Design Your Custom Website
Use the following steps to access the Website & Branding and begin designing your custom website.
In your Rentec Direct account:
- Click on Settings
Under Program, click on Website & Branding
System Note: If you are currently using the Legacy Website, click on Try it Now to begin setting up your Enhanced Website.
- Under Theme, use the dropdown to select various options and choose which is best for your brand (this can be changed at any time)
- Under Your Website Home Page, click directly on the image to expand the view
- Hover over the page to view the five customizable sections
- Click on an image to access the upload option to use your own images
- Click in a Header or Text Box to enter your custom messaging and links
- Click on Save Draft to save your progress before leaving the page
- Hover over the section and click on the Show button to display on your published website
Click on Publish for your website to go live (only displaying the sections you choose to show)
Tips:
* When your website is Published, published properties can automatically be seen
* Click on the Preview button to see how your website will look
Brand Your Website
Quickly brand your website by adding your logo and adding searchable information such as a Web Address, Title, and Description.
In your Rentec Direct account:
- Click on Settings
- Under Program, click on Website & Branding
- Title - The title displays in your visitors' browser, and is also how search engines will show your site in the search results. You can write your own title, or by leaving it blank, the system will automatically generate a title that includes your company name and location
- Description - This is a great place to put a description of your company that will appear in search results but does not appear on your website.
Logo - Upload a logo to be displayed on your website, tenant and owner portals, and communications through your Rentec Direct account, such as reports, statements, receipts, and letters.
Tip: Click this link to learn more about how to Add a Logo to Reports
- Lighten the space behind the logo
- This setting applies to the Rentec Direct application to help make your logo stand out. When any user manager, tenant, or owner logs into Rentec Direct, logos made of dark colors may stand out more with a lighter logo background.
Web Address - This address will be where you direct clients to view your professional website and property listings. Under View, enter a name that will reflect your company, usually the name of your company works well. (Only letters, numbers, the underscore (_) and hyphen (-) characters are allowed.)
Tip: If you created a Legacy Website, it will automatically apply to the Enhanced Website
Advanced Options
In your Rentec Direct account:
- Click on Settings
- Under Program, click on Website & Branding
Domain - If you have a custom domain (such as www.yourdomain.com) that you want pointed at your professional website, enter that here.
Tip: Click here to learn more about Using Your Own Domain For Your Website
Analytics ID - If you use Google Analytics to track visitors to your website, enter the unique GA4 analytics ID here. We will then automatically connect your website to Google Analytics.
Tip: Click here to learn more about Google Analytics with Rentec Direct
iFrame URL - Using this link, you may embed your property listings in your own custom website and customize the color scheme. Click the clipboard button to the right to copy the link.
Tip: Click here to learn more about iFrameURL with Rentec Direct
A demo account example of what the website looks like can be found here: Rentec Direct Demo Account Sample Website
How To View Your Website
Input your web address either as <yourbrand>.propertymanage.biz or propertymanage.biz/<yourbrand> into the URL window at the top of your browser. In order to see your website live you will need to have updated and saved new content in the Website Editor tool.
Example: mworld.propertymanage.biz or propertymanage.biz/mworld will take you to the Rentec Direct demo account custom domain.
Helpful Tips and FAQs
Q) Do I have to display all five sections on my website?
A) You can display as many of the sections as you would like. Just hover over each section to change the "Share" toggle on or off.
Q) How can I easily switch from using the Legacy website?
A) You can start creating your Enhanced website as often as you would like. Each time you make updates, just click on Save Draft to save your progress and keep working on the rest as time allows. When you're ready to switch, click on Publish.
Q) Who can design a website for me?
A) Rentec Direct has partnered with Cevado as an option for Rentec Direct clients. There are also other options such as GoDaddy, Squarespace, and Wix.
Tips:
- At any time, click on
- Preview to save your progress and review changes before publishing automatically
- Save Draft to save your progress
- Publish to allow your website to be accessed and viewed by the public
- When changing from the Legacy Website to the Enhanced Website, download and save images to add them to your newly designed website
- Add a QR Code for your new website to flyers, banners, and other marketing material