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Solidres for Joomla 2.7.0 released

We are happy to announce the release of Solidres for Joomla v2.7.0, this is a major release with a lot of new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. In addition to it we also release new versions of other Solidres plugins/modules and all payment gateway plugins.

Solidres for Joomla 2.7.0

  • Add new status sytem. Before v2.7.0 all reservation and payment statuses are hard coded, now they are configurable.
  • Add new payment history feature to record all related payments for a reservation
  • Add check in and check out button for front desk management. Before v2.7.0, they are reservation statuses, now they are separated with reservation statuses.
  • Front end availability calendar can show fully booked dates and partially booked dates
  • Improve Joomla 4 support
  • Improve SEO support
  • Add new option to disable reservation info tracking in front end
  • Improve logging functionality
  • Re-organize back end side navigation bar menu items
  • All prices are stored as decimal(20,6) instead of decimal(15,4) like before
  • Raise minimum PHP support version to 5.6+
  • New translations: Vietnamese (vi-VN) and Dutch (nl-NL)
  • Add XAF into the supported currency list
  • Apply Joomla check out feature to reservations to prevent multiple users to edit same reservation at the same time
  • Improve performance of the code base, reduce duplicated query
  • Improve translations
  • Improve reservation list view and edit view
  • Fix incorrect tariff suffix in front end when guest search for more than 1 adult
  • Clean related records in table #__sr_config_data after deleting room type and assets
  • Fix the tariff’s date picker to show correct unavailable dates
  • Fix a rare issue that currency_id is missing
  • Now base rate adjustment value can accept decimal number
  • Fix incorrect info loaded in guest form during amending reservation in back end
  • Fix carousel with Bootstrap 4
  • Fix option “Enable auto scroll” does not apply in inline check availability form
  • Fix reservation amending issue because of missing asset id
  • Fix tariff adjoining issues with setting “Limit check in to”
  • Fix minimum price in asset single view is calculated incorrectly with single supplement value
  • Clear the update cache file when there is no updates found
  • Fix incorrect message “You must provide at least one recipient email address”
  • Fix inconsistent currency code/option format
  • Improve translation and form field labels wording
  • Fix issue that new invoice number is generated when changing reservation statuses
  • Fix issue that menu type Show a single experience does not allow selecting experience item
  • Fix price break down calculation is wrong because of currency exchange issue
  • Fix incorrect payment cancellation flow

ACL 0.4.2

  • Fix 404 error when guest leave feedback in some cases
  • Add permission check for menu Invoice in front end partner dashboard

Camera Slideshow 0.8.1

  • Fix CSS syntax error

Channel Manager 1.1.0

  • Add new feature to allow authenticating using MyAllocator token. All users are required to edit your Channel Manager plugin, remove your MyAllocator user name + password and use Token instead.
  • Add new feature to show availability comparision between channel manager and Solidres (requires latest Statistics plugin version)
  • Add support for new Solidres status system
  • Add new feature to allow sync Solidres’s tariff mode = Per day to channel manager.
  • Add new feature for booking callback to show who is responsible to collect payment
  • Add new feature to allow deleting channel room ID from Solidres room type so that it can be synced as new room type again.
  • Fix several booking callback issues with tax transfer and incorrect children number
  • Fix availability sync issue while amending reservations and limit booking items

Complex Tariff 1.3.0

  • Add new tariff type “Rate per room type per stay”, it allows you to charge a different amount when guest decided to book the whole room type, not separated rooms.
  • Add new feature to reorder tariffs in front end
  • Add new feature to import/export tariffs
  • Add German (de-DE) translation
  • Fix issue with Joomla debug mode because of missing unminified JS files
  • Now in Falang tariff translation screen, we hide standard tariff as there is no need to translate them.

Custom Field 0.9.3

  • Fix radio field is not showed up in Experience book form
  • Fix a regression that make custom fields loaded in default language only (backend)

Discount 0.6.1

  • Fix duplicated query

Experience 1.2.0

  • Add new feature to allow setting prices for different dates.
  • Add new status system (for both reservation and payment status)
  • Add new email templates which have better responsive and appearance.
  • Add new feature “Default search ordering” like Hub plugin.
  • Add support for menu items meta data in search view
  • Apply option “Enable auto scroll”
  • Apply content placeholder animation instead of using old ajax indicator
  • Now it is possible to define more flexible time slot interval (not just 30 minutes interval like before)
  • Improve SEO support
  • Update Russian translation
  • Fix DOB field in guest info collection form to use the configured date format.
  • Improve translation
  • Fix ‘NAN’ price issue
  • Improve PHP 7.2 support
  • Fix time slots availability checking in overlapping cases
  • Fix Joomla 4 saving issue
  • Fix UTF8 issue that prevent ajax from working correctly
  • Fix min/max participant do not work correctly in front end
  • Fix back end drag drop ordering for experience’s extras
  • Fix guest collection form issue in back end
  • Fix the styling of toolbar button in front end parner dashboard
  • Improve the pricing UI

Experience Invoice 0.7.0

  • Show the reservation code in PDF invoice file
  • Fix incorrect invoice number in email
  • Fix discount calculation in invoice

Feedback 1.1.0

  • Add new feature to allow owner to send feedback request manually.
  • Support new Solidres status system
  • Now outgoing emails sent by Feedback plugin will use Joomla email info.
  • Fix 403 error that prevent user from submit their feedback in some cases
  • Fix incorrect HTML div tag for review widget
  • Improve the responsive of feedback form in front end

Flex Search 0.6.0

  • Apply new Solidres status system
  • Shorten ‘room_type_details_handler..’ to ‘srt_..’

Housekeeping 0.2.0

  • Apply new Solidres status system
  • Add German (de-DE) translation
  • Re-order back end menu to Asset section

Hub 1.8.0

  • Add new SVG icon selector for Hub’s facilities system
  • Apply content placeholder animation instead of using old ajax indicator
  • Improve SEO support
  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation
  • Improve the overall performance of hub search in front end
  • Fix issue from commission feature with channel manager booking callback
  • Fix broken extra edit item link in asset edit form
  • Fix return URLfor button Close in front end hub partner dashboard
  • Fix field Quote is hidden when Experience plugin is enabled
  • Fix issue that prevent user to cancel adding new asset screen
  • Partner is now not able to add new category
  • Improve PHP 7.2 support
  • Remove the grid/list option in Hub search page. Now only admin can choose it in the menu item parameter
  • Fix carousel with Bootstrap 4
  • Fix incorrect active menu params
  • Fix PHP fatal error in hub search view because of missing menu hub search type
  • Fix several bugs related to Commissions’s email
  • Fix reservation creation form validation rules
  • Subscription: fix incorrect currency format and incorrect total amount when coupon is applied
  • Subscription: fix payment redirection options
  • Improve responsive support

Invoice & PDF 1.1.0

  • Add new email reminder feature to remind user about the remaining balance payment
  • Upgrade TCPDF library to 6.2.17
  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation
  • Add support for new payment history feature
  • Fix PHP notice message related to field due_amount

Limit Booking 0.9.2

  • Fix channel manager sync issue when editing a limit booking item
  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation

Rescode 0.4.0

  • Improve the reservation code generation, make it more stable.
  • Add German (de-DE) translation

SMS 0.3.0

  • Add new feature to send SMS to customer’s phone number.
  • Add shortcut buttons for email content

Statistics 1.4.0

  • Refactor the code base and UI, our benchmark shows that new version loads nearly 10x faster than the old version.
  • Add new feature to toggle reservations by statuses in the dashboard, now you can show reservations in specific statuses if you want
  • Add new feature to automatically refresh the dashboard after a configured interval
  • Apply new Solidres status system
  • Move Statistics menu to the Reservation section
  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation
  • Fix some translation issues

User 2.1.0

  • Add new 02 columns to show Total booking and Total Exp Booking for customer dashboard
  • Add new log out button in customer dashboard toolbar
  • Fix PHP notice error message when asset has no media items
  • Fix option Enable auto scroll is not applied correctly in log in form
  • Fix broken form validation rule when adding new customer
  • Update Russian (ru-RU)

Advanced Search 1.2.0

  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation
  • Fix routing issue

Assets 1.0.0

  • Add support for parameter “Items per row” in list view
  • Add support for dynamic Bootstrap version
  • Update Russian (ru-RU) translation
  • Fix carousel with Bootstrap 4

Filter 0.8.0

  • Improve the performance of Filter module
  • Fix CSS conflict with Filter by city centre distance

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Update notes

New feature highlight: SVG icons for facilities

We are back to our blog to share a new exciting feature for HUB+ subscribers: SVG icons for asset/room type’s facilities. Are you still using icons made by image files or font icons? You should get rid of them and try our new SVG icons set, made exclusively for Solidres and enjoy the state of the art icons in Solidres. Below are some screenshots of the new feature which will be made available in Hub plugin 1.8.0 (requires Solidres for Joomla 2.7.0+).

Facility SVG icons set

Front-end asset view showing facilities icons

Facility SVG icons set

Front-end room type view showing facilities icons

Facility SVG icons set

Backend facility management

Facility SVG icons set

Facility edit form where you can assign an icon for it

New feature highlight: payment history

In the upcoming Solidres for Joomla v2.7.0, we add a new feature called Payment History, it allows recording all payments made for a reservation so that owner can track them easier and clearer. The owner can also add custom payment manually if they want alongside with online payment.

Payment history

New feature highlight: book whole apartment or book separated rooms

We received many questions from our users, especially from apartment owners who want to allow guest to rent their apartment in full (all rooms) at a discount rate or guest can rent separated rooms. It is now possible with the new Complex Tariff plugin and Solidres for Joomla 2.7.0. New Complex Tariff plugin has a new tariff type called “Per room type per stay” that allows owners to set a special discount rate if guest book the entire apartment, it is very convenient and easy to set up.

Rate per room type per stay

Solidres and GDPR

In May 25 2018, the new European law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)  on personal data protection will become enforceable. At Solidres, we are committed to make our products GDPR compliance. Our current work on GDPR compliance is almost completed and it will need to be tested carefully, then it will be released as new minor version. When the new version is readsy, all users are recommended to upgrade to ensure that your site comply with GDPR.

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