Soon after Real Estate Directory theme was released in July, some of the customers provided constructive feedback and mentioned the added confusion and complexity it would bring in for customers to maintain separate parent themes and at the same time, making Real Estate + Directory theme features on the same site harder to achieve. We had a team discussion on this and agreed on what our customers said. So, after a lot of back-and-forth discussions we decided to pull the plug, take back the real estate directory theme and make it available as Directory add-on instead. Why? The main reason why RE Directory was released as a parent theme (instead of as a child) was to allow us to create child themes specific to that parent theme. Another important reason was easier setup. Installing just RE Directory is definitely faster compared to Directory + RE plugin + child theme. But after customer feedback, we realize that the tradeoff isn’t worth it. We were committing to supporting a totally new parent theme, one that would make things harder for people going forward. In the end we have decided to stick with our original plan for Directory, and stay focused on just one parent theme and make it possible to have extended modules like Real Estate to work on the same site, just like our events add-on. Real Estate add-on coming next week The Real Estate add-on is already developed as a part of Real Estate directory and we are re-testing it with Directory theme to make sure of the compatibility. As of now, everything is great and working flawlessly as a part of Directory theme. If everything goes great, this add-on will be available next week. More joy for Directory theme owners as they can now have Directory + Events + Real Estate – all working together on one site! What about those who already purchased RE Directory? If you’re one of the members who purchased RE Directory in 2-3 weeks it was available, we apologize for this change and inconvenience. We suggest the following options: A full refund of your purchase with our sincere apology. Changing RE Directory to Directory + the new Real Estate add-on releasing next week. Along with those we’ll also offer a free add-on of your choice. To make this transition easier, we can manually update your site to this new system if you allow us... Read more »
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