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  • Has anyone had experience with the Placester the free version? Is it just a lure to the paid themes or is it a viable theme itself.
    Thanks

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  • Hey RNewton,

    Thanks for posting this question. I’m one of the co-founders of Placester. I’d love to keep the question open to the community but I also wanted to make sure you heard directly from us too.

    We power tens-of-thousands of real estates sites for users around the world who use the free version of Placester. So you can absolutely use the free version and get an enormous benefit.

    And as a note, there are two ways to use the free version: you can self-host by downloading our plugin directly (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/placester/) or, if you don’t want to manage the technicalities of hosting, Placester is happy to host for you (https://placester.com/user/register/website/). This choice is really important to us. We come from the WordPress community and wanted to provide an environment where real estate professionals could get set up quickly, while at the same time, support the folks out there who were a bit more technical or wanted to make modifications or improvements.

    Our plugin, themes, and theme framework are all open source. Also, we’ve added a few to the theme gallery and we’re working hard to get the rest of the free themes out into the WordPress community.

    As you pointed out, there is a paid version of the product. The biggest reason to upgrade to the paid version (or Premium as we call it), is because you’d like an MLS integration – essentially, to connect your website to your’s (or your client’s) local MLS so you don’t have to directly enter listings. This is a huge time saver for real estate professionals. We’ve also started releasing themes which you can only access by having a premium account. These themes are the culmination of our learning so far. They represent new designs and styles as well as new features such as neighborhood pages, more customizable search forms, and easier visual customization options. You can expect more in the future.

    Finally, if are having any issues getting a free theme set up please let us know at support@placester.com. We are happy to help you.

    Thanks,
    Matt

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