We’ve spent the first 3 months of 2018 in the most energetic way, the big thanks to our users, you pushed us so hard with your valuable support, your endless feature requests and ideas for improvements and many bug reports. You always amazed us with many creative ways to use Solidres. You are the source of inspiration for our continuous development on Solidres. In this month we have made a big release with Solidres for Joomla 2.6.0 and release many new updates to Solidres modules/plugins/templates, we also released 03 new payment plugins for Experience (Authorize.net, Stripe and PayPal Pro). We are also working new Alipay payment plugin which should be released soon. Today we’ve just released 02 new WordPress themes (7Start and BlueBee) for our WordPress users, all of our Joomla templates are also updated to support latest Solidres releases.
For Experience users, we are working on an exciting new feature to allow booking per time slots (for tour/activity happens multiple times per day), each time slot is assigned a “resource” and they are used to check for availability of an experience. A “resource” could be used in different ways, for tourism industry a resource could be a tour guide, the actual definition of a resource dependent on your business type and we believe this new feature will expand a lot of possibilities to use Experience (appointment booking or facility booking as some examples).
Please check our blog regularly to get updated on our development, if you have any questions please make sure to let us know in forum, support ticket system or email us.
Solidres for Joomla version 2.6.0 is now available for download. This release introduces many new features, enhancements, bug fixes and other minor improvements.
Solidres 2.6.0
Refactor date picker: new unique style for date picker. Also add ability to show unavailable dates in date picker (requires Complex Tariff plugin)
Refactor media manager to make it load faster and more responsive
Refactor coupon system to support multiple assets/experiences
Add new option to allow free reservation (price = 0), in previous version it is considered as no availability when price is 0.
Initial support for Joomla 4 is added
Add new hook for payment cancellation event, make it more extensible
Add ability to send email when payment status is changed to both owner and customer
Add new feature to download Solidres System Info as JSON
Fix an incompatibility issue with Nginx
Fix an unauthorized deletion of room
Fix incorrect tariff adjoining related to min length of stay limitation
Now payment method base rate adjustment is calculated on the real pay amount instead of the total amount (when deposit is enabled)
Fix CSS issue in Firefox related to extra item toggle bottom border
Use hand cursor type for date picker field
Fix overlapping issue between session expires modal and some Joomla templates
Fix CSS issue of modal window heading
Fix room type option “Is Private” is not retrieved correctly in JS file
Fix discount on number of booked rooms is not applied while amending reservations
Fix hard code translation for “Renew” button in session expire modal
Availability calendar should not show trashed reservations
Fix issue that prevent changing customer during amending reservations
Fix display issue with custom field date type in guest booking form
Fix child age validation and price calculation in some cases
Refine translation regarding the empty “Accepted card” error message to avoid confusion
When amending reservation, use the system calculated tax amount for discount calculation
Fix issue with option “Show tariffs” when option “Disable online booking” is enabled
Fix coupon validity check for tariff “Package” type
Fix min room type price must take single supplement value into calculation
Hub 1.7.0
Add support for new coupon system in front end partner dashboard
Improve commission list view
Add new option to show/hide unavailable assets in front end hub search view
Auto apply the default currency when there is not previous currency selected
Now the price range filter use the average price per stay, not the total whole stay price
Fix incompatibility issue with Nginx
Fix subscription form issue with Joomla cache
Fix some incorrect mandatory form field in front end partner dashboard
Fix 404 issue with reservation links in dashboard
Fix permission check for sub menu Feedbacks in front end partner dashboard
Fix incorrect permission check for menu My Experiences in front end customer dashboard
Fix incorrect pagination for menu Commissions, add 02 new buttons for easier navigation between Assets and Experience commissions
Fix embed form issue in some sites with missing required libraries
Fix menu metadata is ignored in hub search page
Fix searching assets in multilingual mode
Experience 1.0.0
New layout for experience single view
Add ability to search for date range
Add coupon support
Add Messenger/Wish list/Share buttons for Experience (requires Hub plugin)
Add initial support for Joomla 4
Add support for “min/max days book in advance” options
Add support for payment method base rate adjustment
Add option “Deposit includes extra cost”
Add ability to translate payment method front end/success message using {lang} syntax
Improve CSS and layout
Fix incorrect price calculation with some extra item charge types
Fix price display in email
Fix reservation cancellation issue
Re-organize price display in email layout
Show loading indicator for book form only
Fix empty gallery path could break extra item description in front end
Fix error “Your selected date is invalid, please choose other dates” when multiple experience has different available dates
Enforce input length for field short description across different languages
Fix duplicate experience.css loading in front end
Delete all related extras items when an experience is deleted
Apply option “Show price with tax” into showing price in front end
Fix experience deletion issue because of constraint with invoice and guest info
Fix searching by transportation in experience list view search tools
Consolidate filter by category in both front end and back end
Add link to search for experience by transportation from experience single view
Fix searching experiences in multilingual mode
Statistics 1.3.0
Improve field Customer in quick booking form
Fix JSON_ERROR_UTF8 error in statistics dashboard for some specific languages
Fix dashboard reload button for custom date range searching
Fix quick booking creation for custom date range in dashboard
Fix incorrect month returned when using dashboard navigation button
Fix quick booking validation issue “Please fill all required fields”, make it easier to use
Show the full room type name when hover room type in dashboard
ACL 0.4.0
Fix incorrect permissions check for sub menu Categories and Limit Booking in front end Hub dashboard
Fix 403 Forbidden when using quick view experience reservation.
Custom Field 0.9.1
Fix issue that customer can not be changed during amending reservations
Fix display issue with Bootstrap 3 for field date and radio
Fix multilingual issue for field country and title in user profile page
Update German (de-DE) translation
Add initial support for Joomla 4
Consolidate the layout structure
Show the custom field title in the original language, not the user languages
Discount 0.6.0
Fix incorrect attribute “require” in XML manifest form
Fix option “stop further processing” for discount type “On number of booked room”
SMS 0.2.0
Fix wrong reservation code in SMS message
Add German (de-DE) translation
Add new SMS gateway “Sparrow SMS”
Invoice 1.0.0
Add new feature to allow customer to make later payment
Show booked room type names in invoice layout
Show guest number in invoice PDF layout
Add customer company name into invoice layout
Channel Manager 1.0.0
Fix sync issue when saving tariff and room type sync mode is “Availability only”
Add German (de-DE) translation
Offline 0.8.0
Fix issue that front end message can not be translated with {lang} syntax
Add German (de-DE) translation
PayPal 0.9.0
Add ability to configure custom cancellation message and a redirect page for cancellation
Add German (de-DE) translation
PayPal Pro 0.4.0
Add warning about empty username/password or signature
Add ability to send email when user finish payment from front end user dashboard
Google Analytics 0.3.0
Add German (de-DE)
Add support for Experience
Facebook 0.2.0
Add German (de-DE)
Add support for Experiences
Availability module 0.1.0
Initial release: this module can show availability calendar of a room type. It can be published in any Joomla module position to show your room type availability calendar in front end.
Coupon module 0.7.0
Add support for new coupon system
Add German (de-DE)
Camera slideshow 0.8.0
Fix broken slideshow in experience’s associated assets
Feedback 1.0.0
Update layout for review widget
Feedback module 0.6.0
Show feedback without reservations attached
Experience Invoice 0.5.0
Fix incorrect price and tax in PDF invoice
Fix PHP Fatal error related to SRCurrency in back end
Fix PHP Notice: undefined customer_middlename
Update German (de-DE)
Experience List module 0.6.0
Do not show price in front end if “Disable online booking” is enabled
Add ability to show upcoming reservations
Assets module 0.9.0
Update CSS for list style
Add new option “Show feedback”
Stripe payment plugin for Experience 0.1.0
Initial release
Authorize.net payment plugin for Experience 0.1.0
Initial release
PayPal Pro payment plugin for Experience 0.1.0
Initial release
Limit booking 0.9.1
Fix incorrect require=true attribute in XML file
User plugin 2.0.0
Add new Invoices menu in front end customer dashboard
Improve custom field support in customer edit form in backend
Use color to indicate booking status in front end customer dashboard reservation list
Auto send email when customer cancel a reservation via Custom front end dashboard
Hide the form to ask for user to register if Joomla is configured not to allow new registration
Fix Joomla user’s group is reset when Solidres saves a customer entry
Fix PHP notice error related to missing VAT number
Date picker is one of the most important elements in Solidres. It is being used everywhere from front-end to back-end by end-users and administrators. In the upcoming Solidres for Joomla v2.6.0, we include a revamped date picker with a refreshed look and an ability to show unavailable dates right in the date picker (applied for tariff’s date picker). Combined with Flex Search plugin, Solidres now makes booking process a lot easier and more convenient for guests. Happy guests will lead to more booking for your business!
We’d like to welcome Infinity theme (live demo) to join our WordPress theme family with Adora, L’Amour, Luxuria, Orient and Emerald. This theme has 5 different color schemes and is fully optimized for Solidres plugin.
A full Infinity download includes:
Theme package for installing into existing WordPress site
Theme quickstart package which is a full WordPress installation and Solidres installation, everything is pre-configured. The quickstart is installed like a normal new WordPress installation, after installed you will get an exact site like our demo
Documentation: full documentation for theme configuration and usage instructions
PSD design source file with full layers
All active WP BUNDLE subscribers can download the new theme from our Download page. Or subscribe a WP BUNDLE subscription now to get started.
Solidres for Joomla version 2.5.0 is now available for download. This release introduces many new features, enhancements, bug fixes and other minor improvements.
Solidres for Joomla 2.5.0
Add tax exemption feature: this feature allows booking engine to exempt tax if guest stay more than a configured number of days in Solidres Options, for example you can configure Solidres to exempt tax if guest stays more than 30 days at your accommodation.
Add new translation: German (de-DE), Japanese (ja-JP), Chinese (zh-CH)
Add total due field
Booking requires approval: automatically send notification email right after approved, now there is no need to click on button Send email manually
System info: add ability to detect template override for back end templates
Add new option to choose Auto Scroll target: scroll to room type or scroll to specific tariff when checking for availability
Auto send a text email when a reservation’s status is changed (can be turned off in Solidres Options)
Automatically toggle side navigation bar in small screen like mobile
Back end reservation creation: pre-select asset if there is only 1. Also do not force mandatory extras items (Per booking) for admin
Fix an AJAX caching issue with IE 11
Fix payment method base rate adjustment is applied when Process online payment is Off
Use relative URL for Google Maps to avoid HTTPS warning when HTTPS is not enabled in Joomla
Fix map display issue caused by conflict with Gantry framework
Fix Is Exclusive option: only one room type can be booked in a reservation’s
Fix single supplement and tourist tax miscalculation when combining adult and child fields and when option Skip Room Form is activated
Fix adjoining tariffs must check for tariff interval
Fix overriding layout issue in back end
Fix button Cancel in extra item edit screen
Fix CSS conflict that reset template font to use browser’s default font
Fix room type remaining rooms message in front end that did not take option Is Private into consideration
Fix email sending in some SMTP server by using name and email configured in Joomla Global Configuration instead of using asset’s email.
Fix back end list view user state is cleared when using pagination
Fix CSS floating issue with Book now button in layout style 3
Fix conflict with PHP 5.4 in reservation final.php layout
Show menu “Subscriptions & Commission” according to enabled options in Solidres Config to avoid user confusion, only show what is enabled.
Remove remaining unnecessary calls to Mootools
Hub 1.5.0
Add new option to allow/deny front end payment method editing for partner. If denied, then asset payment methods are controlled in back end by admin only.
Filter by distance from city centre
Subscription: allow subscribe FREE subscription
Apply ACL to front end Hub dashboard menu items, allow show/hide menu items according to configured permissions
Add new parameter to specify log out redirection URL for partner
Add German (de-DE) translation
Add new menu parameter to specify the default ordering in Hub search view
Embed form: add language parameter and form submission target
Use relative URL for Google Maps to avoid HTTPS warning when HTTPS is not forced in Joomla Global Config
Fix CSS conflict between Bootstrap and UIKit which could affect Filter module
Remove FacebookLocales.xml which is no longer available
Remove wish list icon in search list view, only show it in asset single view
Location Map module 0.5.0
Add Russian (ru-RU) translation
Add German (de-DE) translation
Filter module 0.7.0
Add filter by distance from city centre
Add German (de-DE) translation
Assets module 0.8.1
Add German (de-DE) translation
Advanced Search module 1.1.1
Add German (de-DE) translation
Invoice 0.8.0
New 03 layouts for invoices (can be configured in Solidres Options)
Add German (de-DE) translation
Add new column Grand Total in list view
Add payment status in invoice list view
Add total due field in PDF voucher file
Show invoice preview in full screen
Custom Field 0.8.0
Add German (de-DE) translation
Now Custom Field plugin use the same guestform.php layout file with the core version to make maintenance and template overriding easier.
Add support for field’s placeholder attribute
Add new ability to translate custom field value (for example a SELECT’s option field value)
Fix regression in geo state loading for asset
Fix incorrect update routine for Falang content element file
Map module 0.5.0
Use relative URL for Google Maps to avoid HTTPS warning when HTTPS is not forced in Joomla Global Configuration
Add German (de-DE) translation
Flex Search 0.5.0
Searching for availability must take tariff interval into consideration
Add German (de-DE) translation
ACL 0.3.0
Fix permission saving issu
eAdd new permission option for limit booking
Add German (de-DE) translation
Feedback 0.9.0
Allow adding new feedback without having to tight it to existing reservations
Add German (de-DE) translation
Send notification email to owner when guest submit a feedback
Fix incorrect plural form in review widget
Feedback module 0.5.1
Add German (de-DE) translation
User 1.9.0
Integrate Solidres customer custom field into standard Joomla registration form to allow customer registration through Joomla registration work flow
Remove unnecessary calls to Mootools
Limit Booking 0.9.0
Add German (de-DE) translation
Fix user state is lost when using navigation
Remove remaining unnecessary calls to MooTools
Discount 0.5.0
Add German (de-DE) translation
Remove remaining unnecessary calls to MooTools
Fix search by discount title
Fix user state is lost when using navigation
Statistics 1.2.0
Add German (de-DE) translation
Dashboard now display dates from today to the next 30 days
Quick booking form’s fields is now customizable by Custom Field plugin
Experience 0.9.0
Add Extras item support for experiences
Add new feature to disable online booking
Add new feature to show booking inquiry form instead of instant booking
Add new feature to show available dates via date picker or via inline modal window
Add company logo parameter
Add German (de-DE) translation
Add ability to configure booking terms & conditions
Add auto scroll feature when making a reservation for better user experiences
Separate options for filter by duration (hour) and duration (day)
Gallery: use file name as ALT attribute
Gallery: auto regenerate thumbnails during saving an experiences
Fix responsive issue for Guest info collecting form
Consolidate the ordering of Yes/No option in UI
Fix reliability issue with sending email after reservation is completed
Use relative URL for Google Maps to avoid HTTPS warning when HTTPS is not forced in Joomla Global Configuration
Replace the hard coded Dollar icon with correct currency code in reservation edit screen
Fix JSON.encode is not a function issue
Remove constraint that requires updating payment status before updating reservation statuses
Fix hard code grid layout in filter
Fix experience.min.css is ignored
Disable Google Maps autosuggestion feature for field Base and End location
Improve translation and UI
Experience Invoice 0.3.0
Add new 03 layouts for invoice
Add German (de-DE) translation
Add more information in invoice layout, including: full company address, full customer address, company logo
Fix incorrect invoice number in HTML and in PDF invoices
Experience Filter module 0.2.0
Add new filter for feedback score
Add new filter for associated assets’s distance from city centre
Add German (de-DE) translation
Fix incorrect operator in Filter module
Fix price ranges should not use exchange rate, each currency has its own range
Experience List module 0.5.0
Consolidate the display and format of reviews from Feedback plugin
Add German (de-DE) translation
Experience Search module 0.5.0
Add German (de-DE) translation
Mercado Pago
Refactor the code base
Apply new cancel URL
Fix cancel reservation from Mercado Pago should show appropriate message
