Important: You are required to install the Houzi Rest Api Plugin on your Houzez wordpress. To install the Plug-in, click on Houzi Rest Api Plugin Link.

A Mobile App View is provided in the center of screen, so you can see how the modifications will look on real device.

You can fully customize the Search Screen of your app. This guide consists of following sections:

Add New Section
Re-arrange a Section
Delete a Section
Edit a Section

Let’s dive into the details of each section.

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Add New Section

Go to the Search section. On the Right side, there is a cloumn with options to customize the Search Screen. You can Add a new section to Search Screen by following these steps:

• There is a Add button at the bottom of the column. Press this button and a dialog box will open.

  

• First of all, you have to define the Widget Type of the section that you want to add to Search Screen. There are many widget types as:

  

  1. term_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. their
     • Types (e.g. apartment, office etc.)
     • Status (e.g. for-rent, for-sale etc.)
     • Label (e.g. hot-offer, open-house etc.)
     • Features (e.g. Air-Conditioning, Swimming-pool etc.)
  2. location_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. their
     • City
     • Location
  3. range_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. their
     • Area
     • Price
  4. string_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. specific attributes like
     • Bedrooms
     • Bathrooms
  5. keyword_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. some keywords e.g. Modern appartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms etc.
  6. custom_keyword_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. some specified keywords.
  7. keyword_custom_query_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. some customized keyword query. You can define the keyword and send your custom query on its behalf.
  8. custom_field_picker: If you want to search properties w.r.t. some custom field attributes.

  Custom Field Picker depends upon the data of you website. If you have not defined any custom field, this picker would not available.

• Second, you have to define the Title of the section.

• Third, you have to define the Data Type of the section as follows:

  • If selected Widget Type is term_picker, you can select from following data types:

    

    • property_type (To search properties w.r.t. their type e.g. apartment, office etc.)

    • property_status (To search properties w.r.t. their status e.g. for-rent, for-sale etc.)

    • property_feature (To search properties w.r.t. their features e.g. Air-Conditioning, Swimming-pool etc.)

    • property_label (To search properties w.r.t. their Label e.g. hot-offer, open-house etc.)

    • property_country (To search properties w.r.t. Country)

    • property_state (To search properties w.r.t. States)

    • property_city (To search properties w.r.t. City)

    • property_area (To search properties w.r.t. Area)

  • If selected Widget Type is range_picker, you can select from following data types:

    

    • area (To search properties within specific range of area)

    • price (To search properties within specific range of price)

  • If selected Widget Type is string_picker, you can select from following data types:

    

    • bedrooms (To search properties w.r.t. specific number of bedrooms)

    • bathrooms (To search properties w.r.t. specific number of bathrooms)

  All the other Widget Types have Default Data Types.

• Forth, each section has by default Api Value.

• Fifth, you have to define the Picker Type of the section as follows:

  • If selected Widget Type is term_picker, you can select from following picker types:

    

    • tabs and chips (To view properties related categories and sub-categories data in the form of Tabs and Chips.)

    • dropdown (To view properties related categories and sub-categories data in the form of Dropdown.)

  • If selected Widget Type is string_picker, you can select from following picker types:

    

    • chips (To view properties related arrtibutes in the form of Chips.)

    • tabs (To view properties related arrtibutes in the form of Tabs.)

  • If selected Widget Type is custom_keyword_picker, you can select from following picker types:

    

    • text_field (To take Keyword input from the user.)

    • dropdown (To provide users, a list of specified keywords in the form of Dropdown Menu.)

    • string_picker (To provide users, specified keywords in the form of Tabs or Chips.)

  • If selected Widget Type is keyword_custom_query_picker, you can select from following picker types:

    

    • switch

    • checkbox

  All the other Widget Types have Default Picker Type.

• Sixth, for the following Widget Types you can define some Additional fields.

  • If selected Widget Type is location_picker, you can choose either to show Search By City or Search By Location or you can choose to show both.

    

  • If selected Widget Type is range_picker, you can define the minimun and maximun range of section in Min Value, Max Value and Steps fields.

    

  • If selected Widget Type is term_picker, you can define the query type from dropdown menu in Query Type field.

    • OR Query Type If you want that search properties which may include this specific term, use OR query type.

    • AND Query Type If you want that search properties which must include this specific term, use AND query type.

      

      

  • If selected Widget Type is custom_keyword_picker, you can define the Unique key and Query Type.

    

  • Unique key (Assign a unique key to this field e.g. keyword-some-text.)

  • Query Type: (Assign a query type to this field from the dropdown menu.) It has two following types:

    • OR Query Type If you want that search properties which may include this specific keyword, use OR query type.

    • AND Query Type If you want that search properties which must include this specific keyword, use AND query type.

      

      

  • If selected Widget Type is custom_keyword_picker and Picker Type is dropdown or string_picker. There are some additional fields. If the selecetd field is:

    • dropdown you can define your comma seperated specific keywords in Options field.

      

    • string_picker you can define your comma seperated specific keywords in Options field. You can also specify Sub-Picker Type of string_picker i.e. Chips or Tabs.

      

    • Sub-Picker Types:

      

  • If selected Widget Type is keyword_custom_query_picker, you can define the Options, Unique key and Query Type.

    

  • Options (Define your comma seperated custom keyword query in this field.)

  • Unique key (Assign a unique key to this field e.g. keyword-some-text.)

  • Query Type: (Assign a query type to this field from the dropdown menu.) It has two following types:

    • OR Query Type If you want that search properties which may include this specific keyword, use OR query type.

    • AND Query Type If you want that search properties which must include this specific keyword, use AND query type.

      

      

Click Done to add the new section.
Click Cancel to discard the action.

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Re-arrange a Section

You can Re-arrange the sections just by dragging them upwards or downwards.

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Delete a Section

You can Remove/Delete any section just by clicking on Delete Icon of respective section. A delete confirmation dialog will open.

Click Yes if you want to delete the section.
Click Cancel if you want to discard the action.

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Edit a Section

You can Edit the sections just by clicking on Edit Icon of respective section. You can perform following opertions in editing a section:

• You can change the Type of any section.

• You can Rename any section.

• You can change the Data Type of following sections:

  • term_picker
  • range_picker
  • string_picker

  All the other Widget Types have Default Data Types.

• You can change the Picker Type of following sections:

  • term_picker
  • string_picker

  All the other Widget Types have Default Picker Type.

• You can change Additional Fields of some sections as follows:

  • If selected Widget Type is location_picker, you can choose either to show Search By City or Search By Location or you can choose to show both.

    

  • If selected Widget Type is range_picker, you can change the minimun and maximun range of section. You can also change the steps of section.

    

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