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BY STEP GUIDE TO REGISTERING YOUR PROPERTY |
Once you have selected
the property that you wish to book, simply click on the "Request
Booking" button. You will then be taken to the "request
for a booking page". Complete this and click "here"
An email is automatically sent to the owner with your requested
dates and any other information that you have requested. The owner
will then email you back informing you if the property is available
for your requested date's etc. and whether you would like to book
the property. If you decide to book the property, reply to the owners
email. You will then be sent a booking form on line to be downloaded
and completed. You will also be advised regarding the required deposit.
Send the completed form together with your deposit by cheque &
made payable to the owner, to the following address:
Century House, 100 New Park Avenue, London, N13 5LZ.
Once received, confirmation of receipt will be sent by email to
both parties and contact information will be exchanged so that final
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TO
REGISTER YOUR PROPERTY
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To the left of the screen you will
see "Register for free." Double click on this button.
You will then be taken to the villasdirect registration page.
Simply fill in the requested details in the boxes provided and then
click on the "Register" button.
i. The registration button opens up the "Advertisers
details" page. Your name, password and email address
has automatically been added for you.
ii. Below your email address you will see "change
your details". Clicking on this will allow you to fill
in the rest of the requested information.
iii. Once completed click on "update
my user details." To make any future alterations to
your personal particulars simply click on "change
your details," and make your amendments and then click
on "update my user details."
iv. Once the "update my details"
has been clicked on, you will be taken back to your advertisers
page.
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In the Advertisers page below the update
my user details button, you will see "Add
a property." Click on this.
i. The page will open and display your unique reference number for
the property you wish to add. You will see the word "Here"
to rent your property. If you wish to advertise your property for
sale, please click on the For "Sale"
button. Make your selection and click the relevant "Here"
icon.
ii. The property details page opens up and you will see that your
personal details are already included. Click on the "Next"
button on the bottom right of the page.
iii. This page is to be completed.
iv. The blue asterisks featured next to the boxes denote boxes where
information must be added.
v. Note: There is a box where you can add your own reference.
If you do not have one then you can use the unique reference number
displayed at the beginning.
vi. After inserting the information click on the "Next"
button.
vii. By clicking on the "Next" button it takes
you to the next page and automatically saves the information you
have just inserted on the page that you are exiting.
3.1 PROPERTY DISCRIPTION
(a) You can place as much information you like in the property description
page. You can describe the area, the beach, give useful information
about the town etc. Villasdirect.com does not allow any email addresses
or web links to other sites be featured. To do so is a breach of
our terms and conditions and the email address or weblink will be
removed from view.
(b) There is no spellchecker facility. Should you feel it necessary
to check your wording then we recommend that you copy your text
into a suitable programme to check it. Then cut and paste it back
into the property description.
(c) Once you are satisfied with your description, click on the "Next"
button.
3.2 RENTAL PRICE
(a) This is where you insert your rental fee.
(b) Below the three boxes for your fees, you will see a space for
inserting the months that you consider are low, mid or high season.
(c) Once this page has been completed, click on "Next."
You have just opened up "Thank
you for registering your property." Below this you will
see the word "Here" again underlined and in blue. Click
on this to upload your photographs.
3.3 Please see section 5 for help in
uploading your photos.
•If you are not able to upload your photographs, then you can
email them to us and we will upload them for you.
•If you have your own website about your property, we can extract
the information and upload the information and images for you.
•Alternatively, you can post your photographs to us.
•Please remember to include a self-addressed envelope if you
would like your pictures returned to you.
On this page, you will see your unique reference number in bold.
Below this you will see the instruction telling you to go back to
your registration page.
Click on "Here".
You will now been taken back to the original "Advertisers
page."
Below the "Click here to change your
details" icon you will see that your property details
are now showing.
•An open eye means that your property is now online.
•An eye with a red cross through it means that it is yet to
be authorised.
To the right of the eye and below the "Add
a property" icon, you will now see the words "Diary/edit/photos".
Click on one of these to take you to that page. (back
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The diary is to allow you
to update and monitor your bookings. Click on the word "Diary."
Your "Bookings and availability"
page opens up.
• To insert a date click on "To add
a booking."
• To view your calendar click on the " View graphic calendar"
icon.
This will open your calendar and allow you to see your available,
requested and confirmed dates.
See below for further information about this.
i. Having opened the "Add a booking" page, you will see
your property ID number and below this, a scroll bar for the dates
shown as "Arrive on" and Leave on." Click
on the day, month and year bar and scroll down to obtain the required
dates.
ii. You will also see your email address. You can change this to show
the name of the person requesting the booking.
iii. Once your dates have been selected and any other information
inserted, click on the "Add booking" button at the
bottom of the page.
iv. The calendar will automatically colour code the requested dates.
See below.
v. Below the "customer" bar, is a bar for inserting
"Total rent charged." Use this to insert the total
fee for the booking.
Private booking. You have the option of Yes/No.
If it is a private booking and not booked through us, you will be
able to edit or cancel the inserted booking date.
If the booking date is not private and has been booked through the
villasdirect.com site, then in order to cancel the date, you will
need to send us an email with the dates to be canceled and we'll do
it for you.
Note. The note section in this page is for your use to make whatever
notes you wish about the booking.
The "Add booking" button returns you back to the "Bookings
and Availability" page. You will see that the dates and other
information you have inserted are now visible.
TO CONFIRM A REQUESTED DATE
(a) Still in the "Bookings and Availability" page, look
to the line where the requested booking dates that need to be confirmed
are showing.
(b) On this line and to the right of the dates, you will see the words
"Edit booking" and a booking
number. Click on this.
(c) A page will now open to reveal the dates requested the cost of
the booking and a "Status "bar
To confirm a booking, click on the word "requested" and
scroll down to reveal the word "Confirmed." Click on this
and the word requested will change to confirmed.
Now click on the "Update record" button.
This saves the information and will also automatically colour code
the confirmed dates on the
Graphic calendar. See below.
CALENDAR COLOUR CODING FOR THE DIARY
When a date is inserted into the diary, the Graphic calendar will
automatically colour code this date to show whether the date is available,
requested or confirmed. The coding is as follows:
•White means the dates are available.
•Yellow means that the dates have been requested.
•Orange means that the dates are confirmed bookings.
If you look at the bottom of the diary there is a colour code chart
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TO
EDIT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU OR YOUR PROPERTY
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Log on using your user
name and password.
The "Advertisers page" opens up, with your personal
details.
Below this is the "Change my details" icon.
Click on this to change the information about yourself.
To amend or update information about your property, below your personal
details is the line bearing information about your property.
To the right of this, next to the word "Diary",
is the word "Edit".
Click on this and follow the steps as in section 2.
Please remember that after you have
made your amendment, you must click on the "Next" button
to save the information that you have just changed. (back
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TO
ADD A PHOTOGRAPH OR IMAGE
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First create your images using the
following dimensions.
The thumbnail image should be 200X150 pixels (file size not more
than 10KB).
The main and additional images should be 300X225 pixels (file size
not more than 10KB).
As the size of the image determines
the download speed, the images need to be saved as
Jpeg files.
The smaller the file size the less time the visitor has to wait.
When you save your image in the graphics programme, you will be
given the option of how large you want the files.
We recommend that the thumbnail is no larger than 5-10 KB and the
main pictures no larger then 10-15KB.
Save the images, using easily identifiable filenames in a separate
folder on your desktop.
Go to your administrative page online
and click on edit.
Click on "photos".
You will now have the facility to upload your images.
In the first box, you can upload your thumbnail image (remember
this is the first image any visitor will see and is your "shop
front") by selecting "click to upload image".
Once clicked, the graphical user interface will appear.
Click the box "browse your files".
You will then be able to locate your folder with your saved images.
Once you have found the image, click the open button.
To upload your image click on "upload your image".
You will then return to the "add images" page.
To upload your other images, follow the same steps as above for
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a different browser than the one included with AOL. To do this, simply
minimise AOL after an Internet connection and then start a new browser
like Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator/Communicator.
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1) If you
make your email window as big as possible, by maximising it (i.e.
press the middle little square button in the top right hand corner
of the window), then the email text will not be wrapped and therefore
the link you need to use will be intact. The underlined link **MUST**
be on one line for the reply feature to work. Also in
Outlook/Express if you open up the message by double clicking the
email in the Inbox list (rather than viewing the message in the "preview"
window), and then maximising the window that will also work.
2) With your mouse, select/highlight the entire link in the email
message from the first "http" right up to the final "}",
then press CTRL-C to copy the link, then open Microsoft Internet Explorer
and Paste the link into the Address area. Sometimes the entire link
is still not shown in the Address area, and you have to copy/paste
the
two lines into the Address area (the second at the end of the first)
to make the link work.
3) Finally, you can setup your email program to show HTML messages
in your browser. It looks like the one you have sent is what is called
the "plain text" version. In the HTML version, you should
see the words "by clicking HERE", and clicking on the work
HERE will take you to the Villasdirect reply area.(back
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