Tags is one of the new features that we’ve been working on. It will be available for both properties and experiences with the Joomla com_tags integration. So what are tags’ use cases?
In Solidres, you can assign one category for your properties or experiences, it is good enough for many users, but others need an ability to assign properties and experiences to multiple categories. We can extend the current category system to support multiple category assignments, however, we think it is better to utilize Joomla’s com_tags for this purpose as it offers more flexibility and it also reduces the complexity for us to refactor the current category system.
For presentation: now you can create menu items that can show properties and experiences by tags (multiple tags are supported). It is good for your site content presentation and organization, it is also better in terms of SEO.
For searching: both properties and experiences Filter modules now support filtering by tags, that allows your guests to find their desired properties and experiences easier and quicker. You can use tags as properties and experiences’ features that your guests might be looking for.
We are happy to announce the release of Solidres for Joomla 2.8.0, this is the first major release in 2019 with a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes. In addition to that we also release new versions for commercial plugins and modules, detailed change log can be found below:
Solidres for Joomla 2.8.0
New Master/Slave mode for room type
Integrate refund functionality into Payment History
Media manager: refactored code base, removed plupload library
Add button to quickly generate random coupon code
Reservation list view: add “View customer profile” and “View customer’s other reservations” buttons
Reservation list view: allow searching reservations using payment transaction ID (support multiple transaction Id per reservation)
Add new static advertised price for room type, to be used with Room Types module
Rearrange the configuration screen for better and more logical organization.
Add Panama’s states into sample data
Upgrade Font Awesome to v4.7.0
Refactor some layout and email layout to reduce code duplication
Add warning for old template overrides
Add new feature to store the customer’s chosen language in front end and use it for further email communication
Reservation list view: show reserved room list (only applied for new reservations after upgraded)
Terms change: ‘asset’ is changed to ‘property’, ‘complex tariff’ is changed to ‘rate plan’
Improve Joomla 4 support
Add new drop down layout for Currency module
Fix translation issues in various places
Show extra item with charge type “Percentage of room daily rate” in step 1
Fix several duplicate query that affect system performance
Consolidate date format across multiple views
Change the default thumbnails sizes to prevent thumbnails are being blocked by some browser ad-block addon
Fix issue that selecting extra items in back end reservation creation does not automatically update the prices
Fix some deprecated errors in latest Joomla version
Fix incorrect currency code during saving reservation in some scenarios
Fix incorrect captcha checking in front end hub partner dashboard
Show total cost in pricing summary in reservation step 2 “Guest info & Payment”
Fix a potential upgrade error since v2.7.0
Add confirmation email field for reservation step 2 “Guest info & Payment”
Add Total Paid line item in email to avoid confusing
Show customer full name in reservation completion message
Payment history: automatically update the main reservation’s payment status when Due amount = 0
Fix issue that can not amend discount amount in backend reservation edit form
Fix rounding issue for price calculation in backend
Remove unused Disclaimer field for property
Hub 1.9.0
Add custom field support for subscription form
Fix some missing fields for front end room type edit form
Fix incorrect translation for field Country in menu creation screen
Fix some Joomla deprecated warnings
Fix issue that wish list can not be deleted
Move field FilterByDistance back to Hub plugin
Fix incorrect option for filter by distance
Fix incorrect suffix for displaying tariff in front end hub searching
Fix some display issue with Joomla 4
Auto add user to partner for free subscription level
Experience 1.3.0
Private experience: now you can configure an experience as Private, when guest book a private experience, it will become unavailable, regardless of the remaining slots.
New media manager for Experience to support Hub functionality better.
Add support for ‘ordering’, now you can drag and drop experience in back end to change the default ordering
Experience language association: this feature allows you to create different experiences for different languages, when guest choose a language in front end, they can only see all experiences in the selected language only. It is useful if you want to offer different experiences for different languages.
Re-organized reservation list view and remove all tabs in reservation edit view, make it showed in one page only.
Add support for FB messenger and Whatsapp links
Add new button to quickly generate coupon code
Add confirmation email field for front end book form
Auto select time slot by default
Add new Privacy Policy field
Fix experience book date issue when searching for date range
Fix custom field loading in emails
Exp reservation list view: now it is possible to search by transaction ID
Improve usability by adding hint text in various screens and re-organize some views
Fix some performance issue
Fix issue that make adult = 0 when choosing time slot in front end book form
Exp list view: filter by partner is not remembered
Fix search tool clear button which reset the ordering incorrectly
Fix some Joomla deprecated warnings
Exp reservation edit form: fix offline’s payment data does not show
Fix overbooking issue in field participants
Experience Book Form 0.1.0
This is the new module to show experience book form in front end
Advanced Extra 0.6.0
New charge type: Early arrival (percent of daily rate)
Fix incorrect calculation for extra with charge type “Percentage of room’s daily rate”
Currency 0.4.0
Fix ECB exchange source link
Add German (de-DE) translation
Custom Field 1.0.0
Add custom field support for room form in step 1
Add custom field access level
Add custom field description
Add new ability to load custom field in specific language
Add support for email confirmation field
Fix field’s placeholder does not displayed in backend
Fix radio button does not display in front end
Discount 0.7.0
Add new discount type (for property): Free X last night and Free X cheapest night
Add new discount restrictions by arrival days or stay days
Add support for Experience plugin
Fix some typo in en-GB translation
Dompdf 1.0.0
Initial release
Authorize.net (Experience) 0.2.0
Fix missing payment history title
Fix incorrect currency checkbox
Experience Invoice & PDF 0.8.0
Replace built-in DomPDF with external DomPDF plugin
Fix .htaccess restriction rules for supporting both Apache 2.2 and 2.4
Experience List 0.7.0
Fix performance issue
Fix duplicated element Id issue when publishing multiple module instances
Add prefix “From” to price listing in Experience List module
PayPal Pro (Experience) 0.3.0
Fix missing payment history title
Fix warning: value of OrderDescription element has been truncated
Housekeeping 0.3.0
Add ability to export reports as PDF & Excel format.
Display checkin & checkout in list view
Replace built-in DomPDF with the external DomPDF plugin
ICal 0.8.0
Add ability to import iCal automatically via cron job
Fix iCal import sync issue with Channel Manager plugin
Add German (de-DE) translation
Fix some translation in exported iCal file
Invoice & PDF 1.2.0
Registration card
Support new DomPDF plugin
Refactor email and invoice layout to reduce code duplication
Each property now has its own invoice number sequences
Fix missing adult number in invoice
Rescode 0.4.1
Fix Error 1062: duplicate entry ‘’ for key ‘code_UNIQUE’
Statistics 1.5.0
Add new dashboard builder so that admin can customize the dashboard the way they want
Apply new style for dashboard
Move the calendar into separated menu item
Fix responsive issue with navbar
Fix performance issue
Fix calendar refresh issue
Users 2.2.0
Fix 403 error in menu My Profile
Move some code related to loading custom field to Custom Field plugin
At first, it sounds like a database setup, but it is not. Master/Slave mode is the new feature for Solidres 2.8.0 (Joomla), this new feature is very useful when you want to rent your apartment as a whole unit or as separated rooms at the same time, that means if your apartment is unavailable then all rooms must not be bookable, and if one of your rooms is unavailable then your apartment must be unavailable too. The apartment is the “Master” room type and other dependent room types are “Slave” in this setup.
Actually, we implemented this feature last year, however it does not allow setting different prices for different rooms with that setup therefore we improved it further by introducing this Master/Slave mode.
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!
Adding support for Registration card has been requested multiple times by our users and now we are able to introduce it, please see details in below screenshot. Our Registration card feature allows you to design the card layout by dragging and dropping fields easily and conveniently without touch any lines of code, it can be used by non-technical staffs as well. There are many predefined fields to choose from. When your guest check-in at your accommodation, you can just print the registration card and all the guest’s info will be filled automatically, your guest only need to sign it, it helps to make the check-in process faster than before. This feature will be available in Invoice & PDF plugin v1.2.0 (Joomla).
