Listing Administration Help

You can add a listing for your property, or amend the information HolidayRentals has about your website, on-line. Any additional information or updates you enter are instantly reflected in the HolidayRentals web pages.

It is possible to perform the following functions on-line:

Add a listing

Update existing listing

Delete a listing

Add/Edit a special

Add a Listing

Go to www.holidayrentals.com.au/link.asp, or select the ‘Add/Edit Listing’ button on the main menu.

This brings up the ‘Add Listing’ screen, the starting point for entering listings into the HolidayRentals website.

Complete all the applicable fields. A guide to assist you is below:

Field Name	Description	Displayed in Webpage
Region	Region of your property
City/Town	Choose your City/Town if listed
Add City/Town	If your City/Town is not listed, then type it in here NB. Leave this blank if your City/Town appears in the dropdown box
Postcode	Your postcode
First Name	The first name of person adding the listing
Surname	The surname of person adding the listing
Business Name	The name that your business is known as	Ö
Address	Your postal address
Phone	Your telephone number
URL Web Page	Your web site domain name in full eg. http://www.holidayrentals.com.au	Ö
Specials Page	If you have a page which contains specials, add the address here in full eg. http://www.holidayrentals.com.au/specials.asp
Contact E-mail	Email address of your business eg. info@holidayrentals.com.au	Ö
Category	There are a number of options here. Choose the option appropriate for your property: ‘Tourism Info Centre’, ‘Apartment’, ‘B&B or Guesthouse’, ‘Caravan Park & Camping’, ‘Farmstay’, ‘Holiday Rental’, ‘Hotel, Motel or Resort’, ‘Hostel’, ‘Houseboat’, or ‘House, Town House, Cottage, or Unit’	Ö
Attributes (check boxes)	These describe the facilities available at your property, and should be ticked if the property contains or allows this attributes. The attribute fields are: Suitable for Couples, Suitable for Families, Suitable for Disabled, Pets Allowed.
Stars	Leave blank if your property is not rated
Rating System	Options are ‘NRMA’, ‘AAA Tourism’ or ‘RAC’
Cost Range	Add cost range in this format: $100-$600 /wk	Ö
Description	Add a short description of your listing, up to 250 characters NB. Do not use the ‘Enter’ key	Ö
Password	Enter a password that you will use for future updates Please keep a record of your id/password details. These will also be email to you on a successful adding of your listing.
Feature Site	You can add your site in as a 'Feature Site' to promote your property in a more visible way, at a specialized level, all the way down the state/region/city/town hierarchy.
Picture	Type in the filename of the photograph you will email to HolidayRentals eg. secret.jpg. Please remember to use these guidelines when emailing photographs to HolidayRentals: Photos should be saved in jpeg format. This will enable your files to load faster on the internet. When giving your photograph a filename, it is better to use a name which links the photograph to your property. (ie the same name as the property name, Secret.jpg). Email the file to info@holidayrentals.com.au	Ö
Active	To ensure your listing displays on the webpage, this box must be ticked.
Reason Inactive	If you are making your listing inactive (removing it from displaying on the web), please explain why the link is inactive eg. closed for summer, renovation etc.

When you have completed entering information in this screen, click the ‘Submit’ button to save the changes. You have successfully added your listing, which will now be available for viewing in HolidayRentals.com.au.

If you do not wish to save your changes, click the ‘Reset’ button to go revert to the data originally loaded, before any changes were made.

Updating a Listing

To make changes to your listing, go to www.holidayrentals.com.au/link.asp, or select the ‘Add/Edit Listing’ button on the main menu.

Go to ‘Existing Listing’ part of the screen, enter your ID and password and press GO. Remember, your ID and password should be entered in lower case, without leading or trailing blanks.

Click the ‘Go’ button to enter the secure administration area. If the ID/password combination is incorrect, you will get a message to say your log-on was unsuccessful. Try again. (If you are unable to remember your ID/password combination, email HolidayRentals and ask for your ID/password to be sent to you.)

The ‘Update Link Details’ screen displays all the details about your property that you have already entered. You can amend any of the information as required. When you are finished, click ‘Submit’ to save the changes.

If you do not wish to save your changes, click the ‘Reset’ button to revert back to the data originally loaded, before any changes were made.

Deleting a Listing

It is possible to delete your listing at any time.

To delete your listing, go to www.holidayrentals.com.au/link.asp, or select the ‘Add/Edit Listing’ button on the main menu.

Go to ‘Existing Listing’ part of the screen, enter your ID and password and press GO. Remember, your ID and password should be entered without leading or trailing blanks.

The ‘Update Link Details’ screen displays the details about your property that you have already entered.

To delete a listing, click the ‘Active’ check box to remove the tick. This will prevent the property from displaying on the HolidayRentals website. Information for a property that has been made 'Inactive' will remain in the database, and you can reactivate it at any time by logging in and clicking the ‘Active’ check box.

In the 'Reason Inactive' field, type an explanation for why the link it inactive eg. closed for summer, renovation etc.

Add/Edit Specials

One special can be added for each listing. Specials can only run for up to 3 months, so that it only caters for 'special deals' or offers.

When a special is active it will show up on all relevant special pages, from national, state, region, and town levels. A special is active when the active box is selected (as below), and when the current date is between the start and end dates. A special can be made inactive by changing the dates or un-selecting the active box.

Field Name	Description	Displayed in Webpage
Start Date	Start date for the special	Ö
End Date	Finish date for the special	Ö
Price	Optional field, giving a price for the special period	Ö ( if filled in)
Description	Description of the special	Ö
Active	To ensure your special listing displays on the specials webpage, this box must be ticked.
Characters remaining	the characters remaining box counts the number of characters left down