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Joomla and Bootstrap versions

Joomla 3 UI is built upon Bootstrap framework v2 while the upcoming Joomla 4 UI is built upon Bootstrap framework v5, they have so many differences and it is a challenge for extension developers like us. To maintain a high-quality product, starting from Solidres for Joomla v2.12+ we will provide official support only for Bootstrap 2 (if you use Joomla 3) and Bootstrap 5 (if you use Joomla 4). That means we will drop support for other intermediate Bootstrap versions that Joomla does not support like Bootstrap v3 and v4.

Thank you for your understanding, we are looking forward to a bright future with the upcoming Joomla 4 ahead.

Solidres for Joomla 2.12.1 released

This is a minor release which fixes bugs in the previous v2.12.0 Beta, we’d like to thank all users who tested the beta release and provided feedback for us. Detailed change log can be found below:

Solidres for Joomla 2.12.1

  • Add new Solidres option to Show/Hide the room type’s Extras section by default
  • Channel Manager: fix broken callback in some cases
  • Complex Tariff: fix costs are not saved for all child age ranges (Rate per person per stay)
  • Fix incorrect occupancy restriction in room type form (a regression in the previous v2.12.0 BETA)
  • Fix slightly incorrect map marker position due to icon positioning
  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Fix JS error “Joomla is not defined” in some installations
  • Fix incorrect time zone when checking for past reservation dates
  • Improve the loading speed by removing some duplicated queries
  • Many improvements and bug fixes for Joomla 4 + Bootstrap 5 (tested up to Joomla 4 RC4)

Hub 1.12.1

  • Fix form validation issue in partner dashboard
  • Fix partner dashboard > Staff error “getKeyName on bool”
  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Fix multilingual search bug with Speedy Translate’s Speedy engine
  • Many improvements and bug fixes for Joomla 4 + Bootstrap 5

Experience 1.7.1

  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Many improvements and bug fixes for Joomla 4 + Bootstrap 5
  • Hide the occupancy report in the reservation list view when there is no data
  • Remove the unused button “Option” in partner dashboard
  • Payment method logo: replace Joomla Media Manager with Solidres Media Manager
  • Fix form validation issue
  • Reservation edit form: field Start time is now editable

Invoice 1.4.1

  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Improve Joomla 4 support

Feedback 1.2.1

  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Improve Joomla 4 support

Custom Field 1.3.1

  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Improve Joomla 4 support

Limit Booking 1.1.3

  • Set default charset and collation for new installation to utf8mb4 and utf8mb4_unicode_ci respectively to avoid encoding issues in some servers which do not use utf8 by default
  • Fix incorrect availability check when booking type is Per day
  • Fix broken AJAX calls in some server setup
  • Fix form validation issue
  • Improve Joomla 4 support

Complex Tariff 1.5.1

  • Fix Action menu drop down in Joomla 4
  • Fix unwanted horizontal scrollbar in rate plan list view

Stripe 0.8.1

  • Fix error Call to a member function get() on null

Statistics 1.8.1

  • Improve Joomla 4 support, fix some layout issues in Bootstrap 5

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Update notes

  • Check our documentation for more details about upgrade notes
  • Make sure that you install Dompdf plugin as it is required for all PDF functionality since v2.8.0. Old Tcpdf is unsupported now.
  • Solidres is now required PHP 7.2+. Please make sure that you upgrade your PHP version first before upgrading to new Solidres version.

Solidres for Joomla 2.12.0 (BETA) released

This version is a major release with many new features, bug fixes, improvements, refactoring. We mark this version as BETA therefore please use it for testing purpose only, do not install it in your live site. Please report any issues you found so that we can finalize it and release the stable version.

Solidres for Joomla 2.12.0

  • Apartment layout
  • Payment method visibility: now the property owner can specify the visibility of a payment method (frontend, backend, or both)
  • Payment processing improvement, especially useful when dealing with payment method that return processing status slower than expected
  • Read more link for property and room type’s description: now you can use the Joomla editor to insert the read more into your description text
  • Room type’s advertise price prefix/suffix are now translatable
  • Applied discounts info are now saved and viewable in reservation edit view
  • Reservation edit view: add link to customer profile page like the list view
  • Reservation list view: add Print button to quickly print the reservation list
  • Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are now moved up to Global level instead of Property level like before, you can change them in Solidres Config. You can choose between Joomla article or a custom URL.
  • Default country: you can specify a default country which is displayed on top of the country list in frontend, make it easier for user to find during booking.
  • Booking requires approval refactoring: send emails to owners and guests like normal booking
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • New hu-HU translation
  • Fix broken File Verification feature due to incorrect request path
  • Fix error SRLayoutHelper not found in Tracking module
  • Fix incorrect extras’ price showed in frontend when option Price includes tax is activated
  • Fix broken Facebook Open Graph link
  • Fix Summary module display width issue and extras’ cost can not be expanded
  • Hide the guest name field if it is empty
  • Remove duplicated Mexico’s states in sample data
  • Fix error “Call to a member function load() on bool” for App plugin
  • Fix incorrect column ordering in view=countries and view=states
  • For Is exclusive room type: replace room number with “Cost”. Fix AJAX loading indicator
  • Room type’s min price showing in front end: take min occupancy into consideration
  • Fix incompatibility issue with Yootheme Pro
  • Successful payment now update the Total Paid field, not replacing it
  • Fix rate plan cloning: price = 0 is not being kept
  • Fix incorrect default value for Solidres option “PDF font name”
  • Fix responsive issue for coupon form in Bootstrap 2
  • Fix responsive issue for property rating stars
  • Fix property can not be saved because of empty tax
  • Fix payment base rate adjustment does not save
  • Fix responsive issue for extra’s SELECT tag in guest form
  • Option “Show unavailable room type” should be applied in the single property search only

Experience 1.7.0

  • Add voucher support like property: guest will receive a PDF voucher contains the booking details in their reservation email
  • Improve responsive for the sharing box
  • Reservation list view: add print button to quickly print the reservation table
  • Add participant count in reservation list view
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Fix missing check for valid customer user group in Customer dashboard internal menus
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • Fix incorrect pagination
  • Apply Solidres date format config for book form
  • Fix substr() issue with Unicode characters
  • Fix scrolling issue in Media Manager
  • Exp reservation: fix time slot setting always forced to Custom
  • Fix country’s state field: do not auto populate when country is not selected
  • Fix hard code payment status colors
  • Fix installation issue “Row size too large”
  • Fix Solidres’ option “Show sharing” and “Show wish list” are not applied
  • Fix incorrect time slots format in front end
  • Fix opening email address in new tab
  • Move the number of participants left to right below the participants drop down
  • Fix hard code reservation cancellation state in list view
  • Validation error: do not validate custom field assigned to different categories.
  • Company logo should use the Solidres media manager field

Hub 1.12.0

  • Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are moved to global scope, they are no longer property’s options
  • Improve responsive for the sharing box
  • Applied discounts info are now saved and viewable in reservation edit view
  • Add domPDF support for commission PDF export
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • Fix country’s state field: do not auto populate when country is not selected
  • Partner dashboard: fix room type saving error “Field required: Standard Rate”
  • Fix facilities ordering in frontend to use the “ordering” column
  • Fix incorrect CSS class for no property found message in search page
  • Fix responsive issue for property rating stars

Complex Tariff 1.5.0

  • Min/Max rooms: this is a new feature, now you can specify the min/max rooms can be booked in rate plan level
  • Add new hu-HU translation

Custom Field 1.3.0

  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support

Discount 0.8.1

  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Fix broken AJAX calls because of relative URL
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support

DomPDF 1.0.1

  • Upgrade domPDF library to 1.0.2

iCal 0.9.1

  • Fix the checkout date is removed during importing (limit booking format)
  • Add new hu-HU translation

Invoice 1.4.0

  • Add template override instructions for layout files
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Auto hide the guest name field if it is empty
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support

Feedback 1.2.0

  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Fix SQL duplicated issue when loading feedback in Hub search page
  • Fix substr() issue with Unicode characters

QR Code 0.1.1

  • Add support for logging by URL

Statistics 1.8.0

  • Fix responsive issue for widgets “Upcoming checkin/out” and “Latest booking”
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • Add new hu-HU translation

Limit Booking 1.1.2

  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support

Channel Manager 1.1.4

  • Add new hu-HU and es-ES translation
  • Add more logging info for easier debugging

Nano Gallery 1.0.0

  • Initial release

Stripe 0.8.0

  • Add support for Custom API: now user can save their card to Stripe server and use it for their sub-sequence booking without having to re-enter their card details again
  • Add support for Summary module
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support
  • Strong Customer Authentication is now the default mode
  • Fix redirection when required by Stripe
  • Successful payment should update the Total Paid, not replacing it

PayPal Payment Standard 1.0.2

  • Successful payment should update the Total Paid, not replacing it
  • Update IPN post back URL
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Improve PHP 8 and Joomla 4 support

Experience List 0.7.2

Fix substr() issue with Unicode characters
Add new hu-HU translation

Exp Filter 0.5.0

  • Support new option that can show/hide the Transportation filter
  • Add new hu-HU translation

Advanced Search 1.3.2

  • Usability: add ALL option instead of Empty option

Exp Search 0.7.0

  • Usability: add ALL option instead of Empty option
  • Add new hu-HU translation
  • Add missing template override instruction for horizontal layout

Availability module 0.2.0

  • Add support for option Calendar style

Assets module 1.0.2

  • Simplify the carousel Prev/Next icon

Feedback module 0.7.0

  • Add support for Experience
  • Add new hu-HU translation

Useful links for you

Update notes

  • Check our documentation for more details about upgrade notes
  • Make sure that you install Dompdf plugin as it is required for all PDF functionality since v2.8.0. Old Tcpdf is unsupported now.
  • Solidres is now required PHP 7.2+. Please make sure that you upgrade your PHP version first before upgrading to new Solidres version.

New feature highlight: Rate plan’s Min/Max quantity

One of the new features in the upcoming Complex Tariff plugin v1.5.0 is the ability to set Min/Max quantity, as can be seen in the screenshot below:

With this new feature, it is now possible to create a special rate plan for those who book from X to Y rooms. Having a flexible pricing structure is a great way to attract more guests, and our Complex Tariff plugin is your solution.

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