Tutorial: The Featured Listings Page on your Wix Website

This tutorial will show you how to adjust the widget on this page to show only the listings you want displayed.
For example: your listings, your office listings, homes in an area, homes in a price range, homes with certain features and so on.

The "Featured Listings" page was automatically created and added to your menu when you installed the Buying Buddy App.
If you do not want this page then you can remove it from the menu, but it cannot be deleted.

What's on this Featured Listings Page?

In the Editor, the Featured Listings page shows the following:

• The Grid Layout display widget.
  This will fill the space available. The layout adjusts to fit device screen sizes. The widget will display properties selected from our demonstration MLS.
• The widget has a default filter with 4 values:
  • Minimum Price: $400k
  • Maximum Price: $1m
  • Minimum Bedrooms: 2
  • Minimum Bathrooms: 2
• Buying Buddy account messages.
  These are shown above the widget. Messages are only displayed in the editor, they do not appear on live published pages.

How to Show Only Listings You Want Displayed

Use the Widget Wizard to create a saved widget with the listings and options you want, then connect the Featured Listings widget to it. Once it's connected, you can change the listings at any time from your Buying Buddy account without opening Wix. To learn more, see Using Saved Widgets on your Wix Website.

There are 2 steps:

1. Use the Widget Wizard to create and save your widget.
2. Enter the saved widget ID in the settings for the Featured Listings widget.

1. Use the Wizard to create and save your widget

1. Open the Buying Buddy App Dashboard by clicking the Buying Buddy widget, then the Manage button at the top.
   
2. On the App Dashboard, scroll down to find and click the button to go to the Widget Wizard.
3. Select one of the 3 options to display properties. On the next step, choose the grid layout (this matches the widget on the Featured Listings page).
4. Continue through the Wizard, selecting the filter options you want, such as MLS fields, property status, listing agent, listing office and more.
   
5. Enter a Label, such as "Featured Listings Page", and an optional Description, then save.
   
6. On the final panel, open the Update Existing Widget Filter tab and copy the id:1234 value with the blue copy button.
   Note: You could also use the Add Widget tab to add a whole new widget to your site.

2. Enter the saved widget ID in the widget settings

1. Return to the Featured Listings page in your Wix editor.
   Click the Buying Buddy widget, then the Settings button to show the Settings panel for this widget.
2. In the Settings panel, click the Settings tab on the left to show the Widget Filter field.
3. Delete anything already in the field. Then paste (CTRL + V) the ID you copied, for example id:1234, and close the Settings panel.
   

Your widget will now refresh and display listings based on your saved widget.

How to Change the Listings Later

Once the widget uses a saved widget ID, you don't need to repeat the steps above. To change the listings shown, for example to adjust the price range:

1. In your Buying Buddy account, go to MenuWidgets > Saved Widgets.
2. Find your "Featured Listings Page" widget and click its edit icon.
   
3. Use the Wizard to make your changes and save.
4. Refresh your published Featured Listings page. The change applies right away.

Ideas for Doing More

• Create multiple landing pages with properties. Repeat the approach above to create additional hotsheet or landing pages that focus on your active listings, sold listings, neighborhoods and so on.
• Use the Widget Wizard to add new widgets to your website. See How to Add a Widget to your Wix Website.