Step 1- login

Agents: First go to www.costacasa.com/rentaladmin/main.php
Owners: First go to: www.costacasa.com/rentaladmin/ownerlogin.php

where you will be asked to login with your user name and password

Step 2 - edit profile
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For your first login we recommend you add all your contact details:

click "edit profile"

Please fill in the details form - the minimum you should add is your e-mail so clients can contact you.

once happy - click Change
you can always come back later and change your details

Step 3 -
Adding Rentals
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Click "add property"

you will then be presented with a province option.

as Almeria is the only Province on line at the moment - just click "Next"

Now you have to chooses the zone the property is in
- and the language(s) you wish to include
- click "Next"

General Property Details

Show Property - this enables you to "hide" the rental at any time.Option is selected as Show by default.

Reference number is for your records - this does not show on site.
Each rental will get a unique number which will be used on the site

Address or location: This is just to define the area the property is in, for example La Parata, Marina Golf etc..

Key Points

Please check any that apply to the Rental.
These will be used for the advanced search.

Owner Login

You have an option for the owner to control their own details.
Use Owner Profile: this allows the owner to add their own contact details for the record
This can be ignored if you do not want the owner to have access.

Details about the Rental

You will add these details in either English, Spanish or both,
depending on the Language option set during add record.

when finished - click "Add Property"

Step 4 -
Adding Images
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The next step is to add images to the Rental.

You can add up to 10 images per record -

Images are saved in 3 sizes on upload -

the largest is 640 pixels wide so we recommend each image be at least this wide.

Click the browse button and you will open a standard browse window for your computer.

Locate the first image to upload on your computer and click open.

The Opened image path will then be set in the image manager

Continue adding images until you have finished or have loaded the 10 allowed.

You can type a short description for each image in either English, Spanish or Both
depending on the language selection during add property.

Or, you can add descriptions after upload.

Click Submit Changes to start the image upload.

(Upload may take a while depending on the type of internet connection you have -
If you have a slow connection we recommend adding images a few at a time. )

once images have been uploaded - you can check or add descriptions.

The Order of the images can also be changed

Position 1 is the image shown in search results.

And also the main image on the Rental Page

Images 2,3 and 4 appear as thumbnails on the Rental page

When happy with descriptions and Image Order - click Submit Changes.

Step 5 -
adding Availability Calendars
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Calendar

The next option is to edit the Calendar and price sheet

Seasons

This is a quick and easy way to set your weekly rental prices

Add your weekly prices in Euros next to any colour you like and click update.

Edit Days

Select the Month and year you would like to edit.

Available years are the current year and up to 2 years in advance

A calendar for the month selected will then appear.

With the prices you set in seasons

Each day has a dropdown which allows you to select the price for that date.

Or you can select to change all the days for the month in one go.

Select the Price you want and Click update.

You can change individual prices after setting the whole month.

Booked

By checking the boxes next to each day - they are set as booked.

You can also set the whole month as booked, unbook the month

or set all prices to P.O.A - Price on application if you do not want to advertise your prices.

Please continue editing the months until complete.

When a client views your calendar they will see something like this.

Step 6 -
Adding Virtual Tours
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360º Virtual Tours and Panoramas

Panoramic Images can be added to your rental.

Select a panoramic image from your computer -
give it a description and click "Add Image"

Once uploaded - a thumbnail of your panorama will show next to the description.

You can delete them, change the description and set the first Pano to show on the site.