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Development updates

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:

Solidres for WordPress

Solidres for WordPress

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

Solidres 0.8.0 released

Notice: there was a mistake in packaging Solidres 0.8.0 Stable, for users who downloaded Solidres 0.8.0 Stable before Monday, 26 January 2015, 03:40:00 (UTC (GMT/Zulu)) , please apply this fix. For all downloaded after that point of time, you don’t have to do anything. For our paid subscribers, if you need us to apply this fix for you, please post a new support ticket. Thank you.

After 02 beta releases, we are glad to announce that Solidres 0.8.0 Stable is now ready for public download. Adora – a brand new responsive Joomla template, Advanced Extra plugin, Discount plugin, Offline payment plugin, Load Module plugin are the new names join in the Solidres’s family. All users are encouraged to upgrade to enjoy new features, enhancements, more security and stability.

Solidres 0.8.0 change log:

New features

  • Facebook Open Graph support
  • Max occupancy for room type
  • Export reservation to CSV
  • Add room/adult/child quantity options in mod_sr_checkavailability and mod_sr_advancedsearch
  • Add ability to assign different room number in reservation editing
  • New option to specify default reservation status
  • Add new mobile phone field in reservation step 2
  • Add adult and child in tariff break down
  • Support zero star for asset’s rating
  • Add new es-ES and cz-CZ translation
  • Add button to apply coupon
  • Add toggle tariff button in front end
  • Auto highlight selected tariff
  • Add ability for payment plugin to customize final message after reservation is made
  • Add filter by name in Falang translation screen
  • Add new field “payment_data” in table #__sr_reservation
  • Add field city to asset listing view
  • Add link to Solidres System page for quick navigation
  • New sample data is added

Improvement

  • Reduce the size of the bundled JQuery UI
  • Show tax rate beside tax name in tax drop down list.
  • Add link to edit extra items and coupon items while editing room type
  • Increase the maximum length for field title and description of Tariffs for better translation purpose
  • Auto scroll to the top of reservation form after switching steps.
  • Make it easier to select Partner while editing asset via a Modal window.
  • Hide extra rows in step 3 when no extra items are selected in previous steps
  • Move parameter “Target itemid” to group Basic of mod_sr_checkavailability for easier editing.
  • Add more details (including details of booked extra items) in reservation confirmation screen (step 3)
  • Remove payment method section when there is 0 enabled payment methods

Bugs

  • Fix issue when room label is not saved correctly
  • Disable field customer group for coupon when User plugin is not installed
  • Incorrect language file name for Media Manager
  • Fix various translation issues
  • State: make country/code 2/code 3 as required fields
  • Add check for relationship with asset before deleting a tax
  • Show state name in reservation edit screen
  • Remove reset button in mod_sr_checkavailability and mod_sr_advancedsearch
  • Remove edit button for menu type “Show a single reservation asset”
  • Fix validation rule for rooms when cancelling room type editing
  • Fix issue when front end Hub search returns empty list
  • Timezone is not used correctly
  • Wrong email title “JObject”
  • Fix various PHP notice message related to checked in and checked out fields in some views in backend
  • Coupon not applied to Package
  • Bank wire instructions are now translatable in emails
  • Remove unused Room type fields “Free cancellation” and “Breakfast included”
  • Field “Limit check in to” only applied to Package.
  • Fix double JSON encode for field “Limit Check in to”
  • Allow selecting days in the past when filtering in reservation list screen
  • Remove unused parameter email format
  • Now user can not install sample data when Solidres’s tables already have data in it.

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Update notes

  • Backup your website (files + database).
  • Download 0.8.0 and install using Joomla Extension Installer, it will automatically update your current version. Or you can update using the built-in Joomla Updater.
  • If you are subscribers, please make sure all plugins/modules are re-installed for best compatibility with new version.
  • If you are using a 3rd templates that have override file for mod_sr_checkavailability, you need to apply this simple update for it

Solidres 0.8.0 Beta2 is released

After the initial beta release of v0.8.0, we’d like to announce the second beta which fixes known bugs and add some new features (which were not yet ready for the first Beta release):

Solidres 0.8.0 Beta2
  • Fix missing column “state” in installation script related to tariff table.
  • Update sample data
  • Fix several PHP notice messages
  • Make Complex Tariff installation message clearer to avoid confusing users
Plugin Discount 0.1.0 Beta2
  • Fix missing library declaration in installation manifest file
Complex Tariff 0.4.0 Beta2
  • Add ability to clone a tariff
Advanced Search module 0.3.0 Beta2
  • Add new several parameters for field Location: optional or mandatory field, choosing between text or select box, configure predefined values in case of select box
  • Add auto complete feature for location text input box
Location Map module 0.2.0 Beta2
  • Fix module class suffix
Camera slideshow module 0.1.1 Beta2
  • Fix broken module class suffix
  • Fix minor translation issue

Please use this release for testing purpose only. If you found any issues, you can let us know in our forum or support ticket system.

Brand new template and Dashboard are coming

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

Selection_292Adora 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.

Solidres 0.8.0 Beta is released

We’d like to announce the availability of Solidres 0.8.0 Beta and other updates for modules / plugins, this Beta release is available for subscribers only.

Please note that this release is for testing purpose, it must be installed in a Joomla site where no previous Solidres versions are installed. The sample data in this release is also temporarily disabled, it will be re-enabled when 0.8.0 stable is released.

Solidres 0.8.0 change log:

New features

  • New Extras calculation models:
    • Per room
    • Per booking
    • Per booking per night
    • Per booking per person
    • Per room per night
    • Per room per person
    • Per room per person per night
  • New Discount plugin: allows you to create different discount rules
    • Discount on number of booked nights
    • Discount on number of booked rooms
    • Discount on number of days booked in advance
    • Discount on room type availability
  • Customer front end dashboard
    • The change dates functionality is disabled for now because it is not yet ready.
  • New Load Module plugin: support Joomla feature {loadmodule} to embed modules into asset/room type description.
  • Offline credit card payment plugin
  • Facebook Open Graph support
  • Max occupancy for room type
  • Export reservation to CSV
  • Add room/adult/child quantity options in mod_sr_checkavailability and mod_sr_advancedsearch
  • Add ability to assign different room number in reservation editing
  • New option to specify default reservation status
  • Add new mobile phone field in reservation step 2
  • Add adult and child in tariff break down
  • Support zero star for asset’s rating
  • Add new es-ES and cz-CZ translation
  • Add button to apply coupon
  • Add toggle tariff button in front end
  • Auto highlight selected tariff
  • Add ability for payment plugin to customize final message after reservation is made
  • Add filter by name in Falang translation screen
  • Add new field “payment_data” in table #__sr_reservation
  • Add field city to asset listing view
  • Add link to Solidres System page for quick navigation

Improvement

  • Reduce the size of the bundled JQuery UI
  • Show tax rate beside tax name in tax drop down list.
  • Add link to edit extra items and coupon items while editing room type
  • Increase the maximum length for field title and description of Tariffs for better translation purpose
  • Auto scroll to the top of reservation form after switching steps.
  • Make it easier to select Partner while editing asset via a Modal window.
  • Hide extra rows in step 3 when no extra items are selected in previous steps

Bugs

  • Fix issue when room label is not saved correctly
  • Disable field customer group for coupon when User plugin is not installed
  • Incorrect language file name for Media Manager
  • Fix various translation issues
  • State: make country/code 2/code 3 as required fields
  • Add check for relationship with asset before deleting a tax
  • Show state name in reservation edit screen
  • Remove reset button in mod_sr_checkavailability and mod_sr_advancedsearch
  • Remove edit button for menu type “Show a single reservation asset”
  • Fix validation rule for rooms when cancelling room type editing
  • Fix issue when front end Hub search returns empty list
  • Timezone is not used correctly
  • Wrong email title “JObject”
  • Fix various PHP notice message related to checked in and checked out fields in some views in backend
  • Coupon not applied to Package
  • Bank wire instructions are now translatable in emails
  • Remove unused Room type fields “Free cancellation” and “Breakfast included”
  • Field “Limit check in to” only applied to Package.
  • Fix double JSON encode for field “Limit Check in to”

Change log for other modules/plugins:

Hub plugin 0.3.0 Beta
  • Fix option show/hide Solidres copyright
  • Fix icon of Dashboard in front end
  • Clicking on image slideshow should redirect to asset page instead of the image itself
  • Timezone is not used correctly
  • Fix incorrect language installation procedure
  • Add Falang content element for Themes and Facilities
  • Support zero star for asset
  • Support Facebook Open Graph
Complex Tariff 0.4.0 Beta
  • Fix double XHR requests
  • Fix incompatibility with Hub plugin
  • Fix incorrect language installation procedure
  • Add publish field
  • Add ability to filter tariffs in listing view: by title, type, customer groups, valid from/to
  • Update de-DE and it-IT translation
Limit Booking 0.2.2 Beta
  • Fix some untranslated strings
  • Add missing semi colon in sql installation file
  • Fix incorrect language installation procedure
  • Add sorting for field start date and end date
Module Extras/Coupons 0.2.0 Beta
  • Fix broken routing when SEF is enabled
  • Add ability to show items in multiple rows
User plugin 0.9.0 Beta
  • Support front end customer dashboard

If you found any issues with our Beta versions, please let us know via our support ticket system.

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