Meet the New Rate Plan Editor — pricing rebuilt for today’s Joomla
Pricing is the engine room of every booking site. So we rebuilt Solidres’ most important pricing tool — the Complex Tariff editor — completely from scratch. Say hello to the new Rate Plan plugin: same powerful rates, a faster and far friendlier editor — arriving with the upcoming Solidres 4.1.0 release.
Why we built something new
The old editor served you well for years, but it stood on foundations that simply ran out of road:
- Its framework reached end-of-life. The editor was built on AngularJS, which Google officially retired at the end of 2021 — meaning no more security patches, ever.
- It was heavy and boxed-in. Around 3 MB of ageing framework code, all crammed into a fixed-height iframe — the real cause of those cramped scrollbars and the “I can’t reach the bottom of the price grid” frustration.
- It couldn’t keep up with modern Joomla. No dark mode, visual clashes with the Joomla 6 admin, and accessibility left behind.
Patching the old editor couldn’t fix any of that. A clean, modern rebuild could.
Why the new Rate Plan editor is better
| Old Complex Tariff | New Rate Plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | AngularJS (end-of-life) | Modern, framework-free JavaScript |
| Layout | Cramped fixed-height iframe | Full-width — grows with your screen |
| Security | No more updates | Actively maintained & future-proof |
| Dark mode | None | Built in |
| Accessibility | Limited | WCAG 2.1 AA — keyboard, labels, contrast |
| Performance | ~3 MB of framework | Lightweight & snappy |
Everything you rely on is still here — all five rate types and four pricing modes, conditions, Quick Tools, cloning, import/export — just quicker to use and easier on the eyes.
No rush — both editors run side by side. The new Rate Plan plugin installs alongside the old one, both working on the very same data. Nothing to migrate, nothing to break: switch the new editor on to upgrade, off to fall straight back to the old one. Take your time, give the new editor a try, and tell us what you think — your feedback shapes where it goes next.
Ready to make the switch?
The new Rate Plan editor lands with Solidres 4.1.0, free with every active subscription. If yours has lapsed, there’s never been a better moment to come back — and if you’re new here, this is modern, secure hotel booking for Joomla, done right.
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