Solidres v1.3.0 has been released, this is mainly a maintenance version in addition to adding support for 02 new plugins: ICal plugin v0.1.0 and Google Analytics plugin v0.1.0. Due to some technical changes, Solidres v1.3.0 require Joomla 3.5.0+. We also release updates to the following plugins: Hub v0.7.0, Custom Field v0.3.0, User v1.2.0. Change log can be found below:
Solidres v1.3.0
Fix language file ordering issue
Fix child age drop down overlapping issue in amending reservation
Change field Target itemid from text input field to menu select field
Google Analytics plugin v0.1.0
Initial release. Integrate Solidres with Google Analytics Ecommerce Tracking.
ICal plugin v0.1.0
Initial release. Provide ability for Solidres to generate ICal feed URL which export reservation as ICal format.
Hub plugin v0.7.0
Add ability to remember selected tab in front end hub dashboard
Add option to show/hide the number of available rooms message
Add option to show all room types or only show available room type when guest search for availability
Add ability to delete credit card number while amending reservation for Offline payment method
Advanced Search module v0.6.0
Add ability to retrieve location (city) list from database for field SELECT
Add multilingual support for location (city) list
Change the Target Itemid field from text input field to menu select field
Fix category and asset name are not remembered during searches
Only load the backend language file on demand, not on all pages
User plugin v1.2.0
Add support for ICal plugin
Custom Field plugin v0.3.1
Fix field geo state always load all states regardless of selected country
We are very excited to announce the latest releases: Channel Manager plugin v0.2.0 and Experience (Tour & Activities) plugin are officially releases, both are brand new plugins and they require Solidres v1.2.0. Change log are below:
Solidres v1.2.0
Add option to show hide the number of remaining rooms in front end
Add ability to remember the selected tab in editing screen
Add option to show or not show the unavailable room types in front end
Add ability to delete partial credit card info (created by Offline payment plugin) while amending reservation.
Change the font field in Solidres Options – Invoice to select box instead of input box
Channel Manager plugin v0.2.0:
Channel Manager plugin is developed to reduce the hassle of managing your online booking businesses between multiple channels (think about Booking.com, Agoda.com, Airbnb.com or Expedia.com etc ). This plugin integrates with MyAllocator.com to manage and sync rates/bookings/availability between Solidres and your booking channels automatically. You will not worry about overbooking or having to adjust rates/bookings/availability manually like before. We are working on the online documentation for this feature therefore in the mean time, if you want to use this feature, just create a new support ticket, we will register your website address and provide configuration instruction to you.
About the pricing of Channel Manager: this new feature is free to all active subscribers, that means in order to use Solidres Channel Manager feature, you need an active subscription. Each active SINGLE, BUNDLE and HUB subscriber is entitled to 01 domain to be used with Channel Manager, this domain is also the same with the supported domain (01 support domain), for DEVELOPER subscribers, you can use Channel Manager with unlimited domains. For each domain, we don’t limit your number of assets (properties).
Please note that you will need to register an account at MyAllocator.com, they provide 14 days free trial (no credit card required) and then $25/asset (property)/month.
Experience plugin v0.1.0 (for Tour & Activities)
Experience plugin adds ability to booking Tour & Activities to Solidres. This plugin is available for all active SINGLE, BUNDLE, HUB and DEVELOPER subscribers. This plugin also comes with 02 modules: Experience Search (available for all subscription levels) and Experience List (available for BUNDLE+ subscribers).
Emerald template v2.0.0:
This release adds support for Experience plugin. We also update the quickstart package to include Solidres v1.2.0 and Experience plugin v0.1.0.
Multilingual support has been added to Solidres for WordPress v0.4.0, the initial plan was to introduce this feature into Solidres for WP v0.3.0 but due to some technical issues we had to delay it a little bit and now it is finally ready for public release. In addition to that, we are happy to include L’amour into our WordPress themes family as well as new updates for Complex Tariff plugin v0.2.0, Coupons plugin v0.2.0, Extras plugin v0.2.0, Invoice plugin v0.2.0, Limit Booking v0.2.0, Room Types v0.2.0, Statistics plugin v0.2.0, User plugin v0.3.0.
We are happy to announce the availability of Solidres for WordPress v0.3.0 and Solidres for Joomla v1.1.0, change log can be found below:
Solidres for WordPress v0.3.0
Add better support for apartment/villas booking when there is only 01 quantity, now you can replace the quantity dropdown with a single button, you can also hide the room form so that guest can book directly too.
Add support for front end log in box (for User plugin)
Add live unread reservation count
Add inline change state for reservation listing view
Add option to show/hide the front end asset’s custom fields (Facilities, Policies)
Add calendar icon for front end date picker fields
Add check to see whether your server has full support for Paypal new requirement
Add check availability form for asset view
Increase the size of map modal in front end
Fix reservation start over link
Fix issue that break WP post’s feature image functionality
Fix reservation ordering in backend
Fix default values for date format
Fix issue when unpublished country still showed in front end
Fix issue when date picker does not handle min/max night constraint properly
Fix min people and max people constraint in room type form
Fix issue with currency exchange
Fix loading tariffs according to customer group (for Complex Tariff plugin)
Solidres for Joomla v1.1.0
Fix simple gallery does not display photo in modal
Fix map modal compatibility with some template providers
Fix state list that does not take country_id into consideration
Fix unpublished states are still showed
Fix incorrect model state values for Discount list view
For Joomla users, we also release Custom Field plugin v1.1.0 and User plugin v1.1.0 which fix several issue from previous version, detailed change log for these plugins is available in the download page.
Solidres v1.0.0, the next major release of Solidres for Joomla is planned to be released in April 2016. This is an interesting release because we’ve refactored a lot of code in the background to increase the modularity and flexibility of our product while adding many new features in the top. Some of the highlights are:
A brand new template
Complex Tariff plugin: now user can add tariff per date in addition to per week. This will simplify the process of creating tariff in some scenarios a lot.
Custom Field plugin: many Solidres users request to have a feature where they can add/remove the current form fields, especially in reservation step 2. With this new plugin, you will have a dedicated UI to do that without having to make a template override like before.
SMS plugin: hotel’s owner can configure to receive SMS whenever a new reservation is made with this new plugin.
ACL plugin: as an administrator or hotel owner, you want to restrict your hotel’s staffs to specific features in the backend, for example you only want to allow your receptionist to access the backend reservation menu only and you don’t want them to access other sections like assets/room types? This plugin is what you need for these kind of tasks.
And the good news is … this is not the completed list, there are still many interesting new features that we will disclose when it is released officially, so please stay tuned.
