Astrea Realty
A bilingual real estate website built on WordPress to showcase property listings with strong visual presentation, clear navigation, and SEO-friendly structure for a regional realty brand.
Project Overview
Understanding the Project
The Goal
Deliver an informative and easy-to-manage WordPress website that allows the client to publish and organize real estate listings, promote services, and capture leads through a clear contact flow.
The Challenge
Balancing strong visual presentation (large image sections and property galleries) with usability and performance, while ensuring the site remained simple to update by non-technical users.
My Role
Collaborated as a web developer in a two-person team, contributing to implementation, WordPress configuration, layout building, and front-end styling.
Role
Web Developer
Timeline
2015
Platform
WordPress
Team
Cross-functional (Design + Dev)
Screenshots
Visual Showcase
Homepage focused on discovery and featured properties.
What I Built
- Configured WordPress structure and content types to support property listings and informational pages.
- Implemented responsive layouts for key sections (home, listings, property detail, contact).
- Built navigation and page hierarchy to improve discoverability across listings and services.
- Applied SEO-friendly practices (clean structure, metadata basics, and content organization).
- Collaborated closely with a second developer to deliver the project efficiently and consistently.
Tech Stack
CMS
Frontend
Backend
Database
Architecture Design Decisions
These decisions were intentional to ensure the site feels professional, calm, and easy to navigate:
- Listing-first structure to help users find properties quickly
- Large imagery and clean spacing to support visual decision-making
- Bilingual-ready navigation to support a broader audience
- Simple, familiar WordPress editing flow to enable non-technical updates
- Mobile-responsive layouts to support browsing on-the-go
Results & Learnings
The website provided the client with a professional online presence and a structured way to publish and manage property listings, improving discoverability and lead capture through a clear browsing and contact experience.