How To for Landlords

Setting up

Once you have subscribed, the webmaster will create a Landlord page for you. You will be able to edit this page, and can add any sort of description you'd like. We do ask you to not be profane or otherwise obnoxious - after all, this page is to promote you.

When you have your landlord page looking good, you should create as many pages of type "Residence" as you have buildings. Each Residence page has a place for a description and it also has a location. The location data is used to place the residence on the map, and it is also viewable by other users. In addition, the residence page has a dropdown selector that allows you to select your landlord page as the owner of the residence. When you submit the residence, it will then show up on your landlord page.

Then, for each residence, you should create some Domicile pages. Each Domicile represents a living unit, typically a room or apartment. Just like with hooking up Residences to Landlords, you select which Residence this Domicile belongs to.

Very important: the 'Available Rooms' page shows only the residences that have domiciles that are marked as available. If none of your domiciles are marked as available, or you don't have any domiciles, then your residence won't show up on the map.

Available Rooms Issue

There is a small issue/bug with the Residence pages. They don't always accurately reflect the proper count of available rooms. To ensure that your available room count is correct, and that the map of available rooms shows your residences, you need to edit the residence page after changing the availability status of a Domicile/room.

The heart of the problem is that the count of available rooms is a cached value that only gets updated when you edit (and submit) the Residence page. This is also evident when you create a new Residence: it has zero Domiciles, so the available room count is zero. When you add a Domicile to the Residence, the Residence page doesn't get edited so it's count remains at zero.

The workaround is to always edit and submit the Residence page after changing the availability status of or adding a Domicile to the Residence. I'll let all the landlords know when this gets fixed, and remove this note.