The market is full of accommodation/restaurant booking portal Joomla template, but the majority of them are only for building ‘prototype’ websites with many ‘custom HTML’ modules, not a real dynamic and functional website because there is no real integration with a real accommodation/restaurant booking extension like Solidres and RMS. Porta is the first template that we made specifically for accommodation or restaurant booking portal site, all in a single installation package. It is designed to work with Hub plugin (for accommodation site) and RMS MULTI (for restaurant site), it is available as a separated purchase here: Solidres HUB, RMS MULTI.
For active HUB subscribers, we released a new Locations module which you can download from your Download section, it can show a list of locations (cities) in front end dynamically using Masonry layout and it is fully responsive. Although it was designed mainly for Porta, it can be used with any of our other Joomla templates.
For active RMS subscribers, there is a new RMS MULTI subscription level for users who want to build a restaurant booking portal site. There are 03 new modules for Portal template subscribers: Search, Locations, and Restaurants.
More information can be found on the Porta subscription page, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.
Joomla! 3.9 RC was released on Oct 10, 2018 and we’ve been busy testing it. The Joomla! Core Team and community members have put a lot of effort into it, especially the new Privacy Suite which is the highlight of this release. We’ve completed the integration with Joomla! 3.9 new Privacy Suite, when Joomla! 3.9 Stable released, we will release a new Solidres version which has full support for it. We strongly recommend all users to use the new Privacy Suite instead of other 3rd extensions.
Another exciting new feature is the new Log Rotation plugin, it offers basic log rotation functionality for a Joomla! site, if you need more advanced log rotation functionality, Sidekick is a good choice for you.
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
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+).
Front-end asset view showing facilities icons
Front-end room type view showing facilities icons
Backend facility management
Facility edit form where you can assign an icon for it
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.
