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We’ve replaced the ageing jQuery UI date picker with a fast, dependency-free, OTA-style range picker — the same single-tap check-in → check-out flow your guests already know from the major travel-booking sites.

For years, every date field in Solidres — the booking funnel, the search modules, the admin reservation screens — was powered by the jQuery UI date picker. It did the job, but it was showing its age: two separate calendars for check-in and check-out, a heavy pile of JavaScript, no dark mode, and accessibility gaps that never sat well with modern web standards.

So we rebuilt it. Meet the modern date picker — and the unified search bar it now lives in. Available in Solidres v4.2.0.

We’ve been working with Joomla! a lot, and we look at the Joomla! admin screens almost every single day. To be honest, it is boring. The Joomla! admin template allows us to configure some colors using its parameters, but it is quite limited and it is also very time-consuming to find a good and satisfying color scheme, is there a better/quicker way? We asked and we answered by developing a new plugin called Admin Customizer, it has the following main features:

+ Built-in 12 color scheme for you to choose from, and if you are still not satisfied with them, you can create your own.
+ Customizing back end logo and login form logo
+ Customizing login form background image

Last but not least, our upcoming Solidres for Joomla! 2.8.0 has a refresh dashboard user interface and it also has full support for Admin Customizer, stay tuned!

Solidres has established itself as a versatile booking system and we are proud of that. Over the years, apart from traditional accommodation/tours & activities booking, we’ve seen many interesting Solidres’ use cases that we did not plan for them initially: 4G USB, yacht, cat boarding… It brings many exciting challenges for us.

Our mission for Speedy Translation is always the same “to make translation work in Joomla! easier and speedier”, that’s why we’ve just released a new Speedy Translate version with a new feature called “Automatic translation”, you can check it in our animated GIF below to have a quick overview of this feature:

Speedy Translate is now able to provide automatic translation suggestion for our Inline Translation feature using Translate API from Yandex Technologies, this API is free therefore you can try out right now, don’t forget to upgrade your Speedy Translate to the latest version. If you are having an active Speedy Translate subscription, then you can grab the new version from our Download page. Otherwise, let subscribe/renew Speedy Translate subscription and leave all the Joomla translation work headache behind, right now!

Our new payment plugin Authorize.net has reached its beta state, this new plugin integrates with Authorize.net Advanced Integration Method (AIM) API which allows you to collect guest’s credit card and process (capture/authorize) it directly from your site without leaving it, we’d like to invite Solidres’s subscribers (requires at least Single subscription level) to help testing this plugin. If you want to join please open a new support ticket.

We’d love to announce our Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount 2015. To get the 20% discount, please use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2015 while subscribing or renewing. This coupon code is valid from today to the end of next Tuesday (01 Dec 2015) and it is applied to all subscription levels.

After the initial release of BlueBee, we are glad to release BlueBee 2.0.0 which includes several improvements and a new color scheme (Classic). If you are an active subscriber, you can download it from our Download area, if not, become a subscriber now.

New features:

• Classic – new color scheme.
• Module variations.

Improvements:

• Remove some unused CSS rules.
• Use font icons instead of images for address module.

Classic – new color scheme

Module variations

Note: if you are using older version of BlueBee, just backup it or rename it first, then install this version.

We are happy to release a bonus Christmas version for our template 7Start, all active subscribers can download it from our Download section. You can also preview it by visiting our live demo website.

December, the last month of 2014 , we are sure that you are super busy with your holiday and new year plan. We are too!

For us, nothing is more excited to celebrating upcoming holidays and new year by working on a brand new template (Adora) and introduce new feature (Dashboard) for our Statistics plugin.

Adora and Dashboard feature will be released with the stable version of 0.8.0 (currently in the first beta). When will Solidres 0.8.0 become stable? It depends a lot on your helps, if you are a subscribers, please download and give it a try, then let us know your feedback via our forum or support ticket system.

We’ve launched a new coupon HOTSUMMER, you can use it to subscribe any of our subscription levels and get a 25% discount immediately. This coupon is only available this week from June 16 2014 to June 20 2014,  use it right now before it expires!

Channel Manager for Solidres, one of the most wanted feature is now available for beta testing. The feature is provided by the integration between Solidres and MyAllocator. The beta testing is available for all active subscribers, for more information how to join please create a new support ticket and we will work directly with you.

After the beta testing is completed, the Channel Manager will require a separated subscription level, the pricing is not yet determined but it will be very competitive. All beta testers will receive a big discount as a reward.

We are glad to announce the release of new Cielo payment plugin for Solidres, this plugin provides integration between Solidres and Cielo payment gateway, features are:

• Supported capture mode: Authorization and capture, Authorization only.
• Supported authorization mode: Do not authorize (only authenticate), Authorize only if authenticated, Authorize transaction authenticated and not authenticated, Authorize direct.
• Support language for Cielo’s buy page: Portuguese, English, Spanish.
• Support sandbox mode for testing purpose.

All Solidres’s subscribers can download this plugin from our Download section.

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.

We’d like to share some latest news regarding the development status of Solidres project:

1) Solidres v0.8.1: this is a maintenance release of 0.8.0x series and it should be released within this month.
2) Luxuria template: we are working to bring Luxuria template up to date with the latest version of Solidres.
3) Solidres v0.9.0: we are going to work on it right after v0.8.1 is delivered.
4) Solidres for WordPress: we’ve put significant work on this project and it is going very fast, you can find some screenshots below:

When it reaches the beta phase, we will open it for public download and testing.

Emerald v6.0.0 is the third template which has been refactored to support Joomla 4 and PHP 8+ (built upon Helix Ultimate framework), it is already available for download for all active subscribers, quickstart packages are also included.

We’d like to welcome Emerald theme (live demo) to join our WordPress theme family with Adora, L’Amour, Luxuria and Orient. This theme has 5 different color schemes and is fully optimized for Solidres plugin.

A full Emerald 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.

In previous versions, the Filter module is pretty hard to be used in small screen devices because it is pushed down further the screen, make it irrelevant to the current property search page. It is no longer the issue with the latest version, please see the improvement in this short video (made with Joomla 4 Beta 6):

As requested by many users, we are working on a front end customer dashboard, this feature allows your customers to manage their reservations (changing dates, cancel reservation) and their profile from front end. Below is a screenshot of the current development branch.

This feature will be compatible with Solidres 0.8+, Solidres 0.8 is also in development, we will share more info about them in later posts.

At Solidres, we are committed to ensuring our tools evolve as fast as the platforms they serve. With the release of the newest generation of Joomla, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to ensure your email logging stays uninterrupted.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Mail Catcher has been officially upgraded to support Joomla 6!

We’re excited to announce that Greenery Joomla template is now fully compatible with Joomla 6.

This update ensures that Greenery stays aligned with the latest advancements in the Joomla ecosystem—bringing improved stability, enhanced security, and better performance for your websites.

Why Upgrade?

Joomla 6 introduces important improvements under the hood, and upgrading your template ensures you can take full advantage of them without compatibility issues.

Stay tuned for more updates and enhancements!