Frontend & Website Design Guide

Every visible piece of the public website, mapped back to the exact backend setting that controls it.

One style setting doesn't do what it implies

The Property Card style (see Listing Grid & Property Cards below) is locked to a single design despite how the setting reads — confirm with a developer before promising a client a card-design change. Header and Footer themes are fully implemented; every option below works exactly as described.

1. Header

Setup → Website Settings → Header tab

Setting	Controls
Header theme (5 choices)	Overall layout — from minimal, up to a top-bar-plus-slogan design, or a compact icon-chip menu.
Menu hover effect	The visual effect when a visitor hovers a menu item.
Header logo + height	The site logo shown in the header.
Up to 8 header menu items	The actual navigation menu, with dropdown submenus — fully configurable, no code needed.
Language-menu icon	The icon shown next to the EN/AR language switcher.

A live preview shows changes before you save.

2. Footer

Setup → Website Settings → Footer tab

Footer theme — Theme 1 (thin single row), Theme 2 (3-column: about/location/contact), Theme 3 (modern redesigned 3-column).
Footer logo + CR logo/number — commercial registration branding.
Location & brief text (EN/AR) — address and short company description.

3. Social Media & Contact

Setup → Website Settings → Social Media tab
Two separate sets of contact fields exist — one for the top navigation, one specifically for the footer — each with its own show/hide toggle per channel, so you can show WhatsApp in the header but hide it from the footer, for example.

4. Search Bar

Setup → Website Settings → Search tab

Filters visible to visitors: For (Sale/Rent/All), Property Categories, Property Type, Area, Price range, Size range, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Classification, Facilities, and more.

Setting	Controls
Show Categories field	Whether the Categories filter appears at all.
Categories precise search	Whether category filtering is exact-match or broader.
Default sort order	Latest/Oldest/Featured/Price/Size/Score — the default before a visitor picks their own sort.
Results Per Page (6–20)	How many listings show per page.
Grid columns (1–4)	How many result cards per row.

Most individual filter fields (bedrooms, bathrooms, price range, etc.) are built into the page directly, not driven by settings — only the Categories field's visibility above is a real toggle.

5. Listing Grid & Property Cards

The card style used in search results and "similar properties" is currently locked to one fixed design. The two things that are live toggles on the Property Card tab: show/hide the staff contact button, and show/hide staff info on a card.

6. Single Property Page

Sections shown: image gallery, similar properties, follower count, property labels, facilities, nearby amenities, price/size/description, and an agent contact card. Land and development-project listings each get a specialized template automatically, based on the property's type.

If a visitor arrives via a shared Offer link, the agent card automatically shows the offering agent instead of the property's default assigned agent.

7. Agent Directory

A staff member appears here only if their Show on Website field is enabled. Their public profile shows: photo, designation, License No., a QR code linking to their regulatory registration, contact buttons, and current listing counts. There's no separate directory settings screen — what shows is driven entirely by each staff member's own profile fields.

8. Theme / Admin Color Styling

Setup → Theme Style
Separate from Website Settings — this controls the admin panel and client-portal chrome, not the public marketing site. Use Website Settings for the public site's look; use Theme Style for how the CRM/client-portal looks to staff and logged-in clients.

9. Client Portal

The language selector is hidden from regular clients on the login page — only admins see it there. This is intentional.
National-ID capture fields appear on client/contact forms where applicable, including a smartcard "Fill" button on workstations with a reader connected.

10. SEO

Setup → SEO
SEO Health (a content health report), Sitemap Pages, and SEO Robots (robots.txt manager). This controls which pages get crawled/indexed and how they're described to search engines — relevant when a page isn't ranking or shows the wrong metadata.

Quick Reference: "I need to change..."

Logo, header nav, header layout	Setup → Website Settings → Header
Footer content/layout	Setup → Website Settings → Footer
WhatsApp/social links	Setup → Website Settings → Social Media
Search filters, results-per-page, sort order	Setup → Website Settings → Search
Admin panel colors	Setup → Theme Style
An agent's public visibility/profile	Staff → edit that staff member
Sitemap / robots.txt / SEO metadata	Setup → SEO