News

As announced earlier, we are happy to welcome REVIVE, our brand new Joomla template powered by the Helix Ultimate framework. Live demo can be found here.

We’ve been building our Joomla templates based on Warp framework. However, Warp is no longer updated and it lacks many features that our users constantly request, we decided to switch to Helix Ultimate framework for our new templates, and REVIVE is the first one that applies it. We think our users will get familiar with the new template faster because many of them already have experience with Helix Ultimate framework.

Revive, a unique template for Experience (Tour & Activities) booking portal site, has been updated to support Joomla 4 and Joomla 5 as well as Solidres 3.2.0+. It is now available for download, please don’t forget that there is a 35% discount for active SINGLE, BUNDLE, HUB, and DEVELOPER subscribers.

The Revive template quickstart is also updated with Joomla 5.2.0, Solidres 3.2.0 and Experience 1.11.0, with the quickstart package you can get started in just a couple of minutes.

Our RMS (Restaurant Management System) version 1.2.0 has been released with the following new features:

• Shifts: define flexible opening and closing hours for each weekday. Multiple shifts per day are supported.
• Turn times: configure the maximum period your guests can use a table before it is being made available for other reservations. Turn time can be defined differently per shift.
• Special days: close a day or configure a special day which has different shifts than a normal day.

We are happy to announce Sherry template v2.0.0, it has been rebuilt from scratch using the new Helix Ultimate framework with PHP 8+ and Joomla 4/5 support. We also released a quickstart package to help you get started easier. Check it out now!

Almost a month after the release of 0.1.0, we are happy to announce Solidres 0.2.0 (Beta) is available for testing now, this is not a stable version therefore it should not be used in production environment.

Solidres 0.3.0 (Beta) has been released, this is not a stable version therefore it should not be used in production environment.

Solidres 0.4.1 (Beta) has been released, this is not a stable version therefore it should not be used in production environment.

Solidres 0.4.2 (Beta) has been released, this version fixes 2 bugs in 0.4.1, includes

• Missing admin.min.js file
• Fix PHP Notice error message in availability calendar

Useful links for you

• Download: http://www.solidres.com/download
• Online demo (frontend only): http://www.solidres.com/demo
• Forum for discussion, bug report or questions: http://www/solidres.com/forum
• Documentation: http://www.solidres.com/documentation

Upgrade notes

After worked very hard in the last 3 months, we are happy to release Solidres 0.5.0, it marks an important milestone for our young project. It is the first stable version which contains many new features and bug fixes from 0.4.2.

Solidres 0.5.1 has been released, this is a bug fixes release only.

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Incorrect email sender name
• Fix PHP notice when no payment_method_id matches
• Fallback to en-GB emails if language email folder does not found
• Fix duplicated rooms assigned issue
• Reservation note can not be sent via email
• Can not translate payment method’s front end message
• Add Italian translation (Thank you Cesare Manca)
• Custom fields should allow html

Useful links for you

• Download: http://www.solidres.com/download
• Online demo (frontend only): http://www.solidres.com/demo
• Forum for discussion, bug report or questions: http://www.solidres.com/forum
• Documentation: http://www.solidres.com/documentation

Update notes

• Backup your website (files + database)
• To update from 0.5.0, just download 0.5.1 and install it via Joomla Extension Installer, it will automatically update previous version.

Solidres 0.5.2 has been released, this is a bug fixes release only.

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Fix extra cost is not saved into database correctly
• Fix one page reservation form is broken in IE8
• Fix map broken by line break in reservation asset description
• Next button should be hidden when no rooms are available
• Fix Bootstrap icons do not show up correctly in front end
• Fix min and max day limitation for Complex Tariff plugin
• Fix various PHP notice messages in back end and front end
• Show number of nights in reservation edit screen and in outgoing email

Solidres 0.5.3 has been released, this version add a small feature and minor bug fix.

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Fix links in post installation screens
• Add ability to edit payment status manually

We also release new plugin Limit Booking for Solidres subscribers, this plugin allows you to limit booking for some or all of your rooms either for renovation or any other reasons.

Useful links for you

• Download: http://www.solidres.com/download
• Online demo (frontend only): http://www.solidres.com/demo
• Forum for discussion, bug report or questions: http://www.solidres.com/forum
• Documentation: http://www.solidres.com/documentation

Update notes

• Backup your website (files + database)
• To update from 0.5.2, just download 0.5.3 and install it via Joomla Extension Installer, it will automatically update previous version.

Solidres 0.5.4 has been released, this is a maintenance version.

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Fix wrong Itemid in reservation form
• Fix missing thumbnail folders
• Add more information in reservation edit screen
• Change default sorting order in reservation listing to latest created date
• Fix email sending via SMTP server
• Improve performance for front end availability checking

We are glad to announce the Early Access Program (EAP) for Solidres Core 0.6.0 and the initial release of Hub plugin. We’ve worked very hard recent months to improve the overall code base to make it run faster, lighter and more solid, in addition one of the most requested feature is the ability to serve as a booking portal (multi assets) has been implemented and named Hub. If you are a current subscriber, you can download and try the new Solidres Core with Hub plugin from your dedicated forum section, if you are not a subscriber, sign up now and help us to build your desired system. We’d love to receive your feedback in order to improve and finalize it.

We are welcoming a great 2014 by releasing a next round of updates for both Solidres Core 0.6.0 and the Hub plugin. Change log from the previous EAP can be found right below:

• Add an option to show room’s price with/without tax.
• Improve user experience in mobile/small screen devices
• Add an option to specify number of months to be shown in date picker
• Clean up unused Solidres options (most of them are for the media manager which is now use options from component Media of Joomla)
• Fix a rare routing issues in some server’s configuration.
• Fix issue with incorrect customer group handling.
• Add ability to create a new menu item to show all reservation assets from a specific location or category (or from multiple categories).
• Add a confirmation dialog for Install Sample Data screen.
• And other minors improvements for UI and languages.

After 4 months of hard working, we are glad to announce that Solidres 0.6.0 is now available for download, this is a latest stable version of Solidres which contains many news features, bug fixes and improvements. A large section of Solidres code base has been re-factored to make it cleaner, simpler and faster. A full change log of Solidres 0.6.0 can be found below:

Solidres 0.6.1 is now available for download, this is a maintenance version with several bug fixes and a minor new feature.

This is a maintenance version, all Solidres’s users are recommended to update.

New features

• Add default field for payment methods: now you can configure which payment method is pre-selected in the front end.

Improvements

• Imrove the update procedure: now it is no longer required to re-install Invoice plugin after each update. In addition, email templates are also backup. More information will be provided in the screen after you installed 0.6.2.
• Auto publish user plugin so that you do not have to publish it manually.

Solidres 0.7.0 Beta 2 has been released for all subcribers. Please use it for testing purpose only and do not install it in your live site.

Change log for Beta 1:

• Add article and image field for Extras.
• Add article and image field for Coupons.
• Add option for guest to create new account during reservation process.
• Add VAT field.
• Improve template overrides for email templates.
• Improve the UI in several places (backend and front end)

Solidres 0.7.0 Beta 3 has been released for all subscribers. Please use it for testing purpose only and don’t install it in your live site.

This release focuses on fixing bugs since Beta 2, adding some small new features as requested by our subscribers during beta testing and improving the stability of 0.7.0. This release is also our last beta release for 0.7.0. Our goal is to release a stable version as soon as possible within this June.