We are happy to announce the release of Solidres v0.9.3, this is a maintenance release with several new features. We also release 2 brand new plugins: Currency (for setting automatic currency rate update) & TripConnect (for those who want to join our Beta program for TripAdvisor Instant Booking), the 2 new plugins are available for all active subscribers. Last but not least, we also introduce 03 major new features for Hub plugin: Subscription (allow you to charge your partners for listing asset in your site), Commission (set up commission rates and calculate the commission so that you can charge your partners later) and Asset Approval (admin will review submitted assets and allow them to be published or not), these new features offer Solidres users a variety of ways to generate income.
Solidres v0.9.3
New feature: New update notification in side bar and System page. Next to the version number in the top of side navigation bar in backend, you will see a new icon, when new Solidres version is released, this icon will change and include a link to Joomla updater screen which allow you to upgrade.
New feature: New reservations which is not checked by admin will be showed as unread. There is a new option “Reservation live refresh”, when turned on Solidres will automatically detect for the number of unread reservations and show that number in the side navigation bar so that you can get notified easily (beside emails).
New feature: New field “Origin” is added to reservation table, it allows you to note where this reservation comes from (direct booking, phone, email, channels etc)
The reservation edit screen is refined, allow editing and linking more fields.
Fix an issue when the stay length is not calculated correctly
Fix some language installation
Mark standard tariff as optional when Complex Tariff plugin is installed
Add French translation for Check Availability module
Fix Google Plus link text in emails templates
Fix child quantity drop down which show incorrect quantity
Fix HTTP/HTTPS issue with map marker.
Hub plugin v0.5.0
New feature: Subscription
New feature: Commission
New feature: Asset Approval
New feature: Support Joomla access levels for asset
New feature: Add search box for media manager
Fix pagination issue when menu is configured to show assets from certain location or categories
Fix JS error related to Statistics plugin
Fix search results does not take room occupancy options into calculation
Fix issue with array dereferencing that PHP 5.3 does not support
Fix check in and check out dates validation
Currency plugin v0.1.0
Support automatic update currency exchange rate (with one click button in backend or via cron job/schedule task)
TripConnect v0.1.0 (for Beta testing, if you want to join please contact us via email)
Allows hotel to participate in TripAdvisor Instant Booking.
Download 0.9.3 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 files for Solidres, make sure they are compatible with new version.
One of the target that we mentioned in previous blog post has been completed: a brand new design for our official website, the new website has a modern look, better responsive, reorganize content for better navigation, a total new support ticket system to replace the old one.
In addition, we’ve also released Solidres v0.9.2 and many updates to our commercial plugins, details below:
Solidres v0.9.2
New feature: Add inline reservation’s state changing in reservation listing view.
New feature: Support asset’s Joomla access level in front end
New feature: Show tariff description in adjoining tariffs
Improve responsive of field coupon in front end, increase the width of tariff select button, unify date format for checkin and checkout dates
Improve support for RTL language
Fix deleting media issue in Media Manager
Fix export reservation to CSV
Fix reservation cancel button in backend
Fix option “Child room cost” for Package tariff type
Fix single supplement feature for child
Fix PHP fatal error for some hosting that does not enable function apache_get_modules
Fix saving coupon with customer group “All”
Allow assign partner by clicking on username
Show discounted price in front end
Fix coupon issue that apply to incorrect checkin and checkout
Fix room type and room empty trash
Hub plugin v0.4.2
Add ability to sort results by feedback’s scores
Add ability to show category’s description in front end search result page
Fix regression that check in and check out dates are emptied out
Statistics plugin v0.4.0
Add ability to create quick booking directly from dashboard (in addition to limit booking).
Improve responsive for chart
Support booking per night and per day
Feedback plugin v0.3.0
Allow saving feedback manually from backend
Improve support for RTL language
User plugin v0.9.4
Fix PHP fatal error in front end customer dashboard
Reset customer group filtering to “All” by default
Download 0.9.2 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 files for Solidres, make sure they are compatible with new version.
2015 has been going well for us. There are still 4 months to go with many exiting things ahead and today we’d like to give an overview of them:
Channel Manager: yes we are working on Channel Manager feature for Solidres and it will be a killer feature for Solidres’s users, especially for those who have been waiting for a long time. We hope to introduce a beta phrase soon, please check back regularly for more news.
TripAdvisor Instant Booking: the beta phrase is still opened, if you want to join, we still have some available slots for you. The beta phrase is opened for all active Solidres’s subcribers, just contact us via our email.
Subscription and Commission feature for Hub plugin: these new features will help you to monetise your partners through subscription packages or commissions rates that you defined.
New Solidres.com website: with the joining of Solidres for WordPress, our current website becomes too small to host a party for 2 great friends like Joomla and WordPress, it needs a major overhault. The work on the new website is still in progress and we hope to launch it within this year.
New Joomla template for Solidres: our new Joomla template has been gone through the development stage and it is being tested before launching. It will join a great collection of Joomla templates developed by Solidres.com and our template partners.
Download 0.9.1 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 files for Solidres, make sure they are compatible with new version.
Solidres v0.9.0 is the release that took a lot of time to get stable enough for public release, this version contains a lot of major and minor new features, bug fixes and improvements:
New features
Back end reservation creation
Support booking per night and per day
Support single use supplement
Support min and max people limitation
Add deposit by length of stay
Add search box in Media Manager
Allow editing asset’s coordinates directly in map
Add new system event: onTariffAfterCompute (see plugin Sample for usage instructions)
Add new system event: onSolidresAssetViewLoad
Add option to toggle multilingual support for better performance
Add Falang content element for currencies
Add option to hide room type form fields like adult number, child number, guest name
Add option to show tariffs only when guest enter check in and check out
Add new translation: Arabic, Polish, French, German
Improvements
Add new options to handle adjoining tariffs and overlapping tariffs better.
Add new option to specify how child room cost is calculated (per age range or per quantity)
Update translations: Italian, Greek, Russian
Improve date handling
Change the order of Next and Back button in front end
Detect when User plugin need to be reinstalled
Bug fixes
Add missing icon for asset with rating 0
Fix PHP notices messages related to Facebook Open Graph in front end
Fix issue that asset can not be saved without tax
Fix issue with Hub pagination
Fix delete issue between room and Limit Booking plugins
Fix language strings in country edit/add screen
Fix incorrect order of post code and city name in front end
Fix incorrect number of child max quantity in Check Availability module
Fix asset’s theme can not be saved
Fix date picker incorrect dates when option “Min days book in advance” is enabled
Fix regression that custom payment method’s message is cleared too early
Fix room type copying: rooms/standard tariff/complex tariffs are now copied too
Fix issue that room type can not be deleted because of facility
Fix cancel buttons because of recent change in Joomla 3.4+
As usual, we also release updates for many commercial plugins and templates, more details below:
Plugin Hub v0.4.0
Add option to show/hide carousel in hub search page
Add option to show/hide sorting bar in hub search page
Add option to show/hide each filter section in Filter module
Improve search in multilingual site
Support search by category and search by asset’s name
Add filter row for asset listing view in front end
Add missing smoking option and show child options in front end
Fix JS issue with template compression.
Fix broken link in asset edit screen – tab room type
Plugin Complex Tariff v0.5.0
Pre-select field Limit Check in to
Add support for booking per day
Support min and max peple limitation
Plugin Feedback v0.1.0
This is the inital release of this plugin, this plugin allows you to collect your guest’s feedback after they checked out. You can also manage your feedbacks and show feedback in front end with module Feedback.
Plugin Advanced Extra v0.2.0
Fix incorrect SQL updates
Add support for booking per day
Plugin Discount v0.1.0
Fix issue with multiple discounts applied together
Update Greek translation
Add support for booking per day
Plugin Invoice & PDF v0.3.1
Fix date not show correctly because of time zone
Update Greek translation
Plugin Offline payment v0.1.1
Fix card form not showed when this payment method was selected before
Fix credit card validation rules
Plugin User v0.9.2
Fix customer group filter and close button
Add support for booking per day
Add pl-PL translation
Fix various PHP notice messages
Fix link powered by Solidres can not be turned off in my reservation view
Module My Recent Searches v0.1.0 (New)
This is the initial release of this new module which show a list of your recent viewed assets in front end. This plugin requires Hub plugin.
Also, we are packaging our latest template L’Amour, it will be available soon while the new version of our Statistics plugin needs to be delayed because we are having some regressions with the quick booking form.
Download 0.9.0 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 files for Solidres, make sure they are compatible with new version.
