Advanced Booking Calendar features

Advanced booking calendar options

Controlling what products/units are shown

In addition to colors and fonts, you can also control what product (or room/tour/unit) should be shown and selected as the default product in the list.

Here's an example of a regular availability calendar URL:

http://www.webreserv.com/services/bookonline.do?businessid=DCSA

To filter the products in the product list, add productfilter=[productid]. You can include multiple productid's, separated by comma. Example:

This availability calendar shows only the standard single:

http://www.webreserv.com/services/bookonline.do?businessid=DCSA&productfilter=5

And here we show the standard single and standard double:

http://www.webreserv.com/services/bookonline.do?businessid=DCSA&productfilter=5,6

To make a specific product the default, include the parameter ptid=[productid]. In the URL below, we include all products, but default to the suite (productid 7):

http://www.webreserv.com/services/bookonline.do?businessid=DCSA&ptid=7

Finding the product ID

You can find the productid for any product by logging on to the Administration module, and select Setup - Product & reservation rules. The productid (ptid) is shown in the website address bar when a product is selected.

Finding the product ID (ptid)

Using the booking calendar with multiple properties/locations

For businesses with two or more business locations (or properties) it is often desired to use the booking calendar for all locations (or properties). This can easily be accomplished with WebReserv.com.

If each location is shown on a different webpage, simply add the booking calendar to each webpage with the businessid parameter for that particular location.

If there isn't a separate webpage for each location, as it typically happens when the locations are similar and offer similar products (or units), simply add each businessid to the businessid parameter. For example:

http://www.webreserv.com/services/bookonline.do?businessid=DCSA,DCSB,DCSC

Adding multiple businessid's to the URL will cause the booking calendar to show a drop-down list with each location next to the product selection list. (Note: activation of the drop-down list may be required. Please contact WebReserv.com support for more information).

Booking Calendar Parameters

Attribute

Description

Example

agent

Instructs to use store the agent code specified in the parameter as the agent code for the reservation.

agent=supertravel

background-color

Controls the background-color. Use this parameter to change the background color. The default background color is white.

background-color=orange

businessid

The business ID of your business

businessid=dcsa

border-color

Controls the border-color. Use this parameter to change the default border color. The default border-color is light-blue.

border-color=4e4e66

color

Controls the text color. Use this parameter to change the text color. The default text color is black.

color=green

css

Rather than controlling each attribute, you can specify a stylesheet with all the attributes. Using this attribute requires more extensive knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and website design.

css=[URL]

dateformat

Instructs the calendar to use a specific date/number format rather than the date format returned by the browser.

dateformat=en_GB

displayonly

Causes the booking calendar to be show as displayonly, i.e. a customer is not able to actually complete a reservation.

displayonly=y

embedded

Instructs the booking calendar not to show the company name and picture at the top of the screen. This option is intended for embedded booking calendars.

embedded=y

embedded=n

language

Controls what language will be shown.

This parameter is only valid on the WebReserv.eu site.

language=es

list

Controls if the product list should be shown. Default is y.

list=y

list=n

productfilter

Controls what products to include in the product selection list. By default all products for the specified businessid is shown.

productfilter=7,8

ptid

Controls what product is shown as the default product.

ptid=1032

Controls if the search dates should be shown. Default is y.

search=y

search=n

showcategory

Controls if a category selector should be shown. Valid values are:

1: Don't show category selector

2: Show category selector before product list page

4: Show category selector on product list page

8: Show category selector on product page

showcategory=2

showrates

Controls how many rate columns to display in the product list. Valid values are 0 - 10. Set to zero to remove the rate columns from the product list.

Note that removing the rate columns also removes the availability status from the product list (availability will still be shown in the availability calendar).

showrates=0

style

Controls various presentation aspects of the booking calendar. Valid values are:

•	auto (default). Displays a regular booking calendar. Switches to narrow mode if multiple date/time and persons fields are used.

•	custom. Instructs the system to use a custom developed booking calendar.

•	narrow. Rearranges product, date, time and number of persons to span multiple lines. Recommended when the width of the booking calendar is 700 pixels or less.

•	original. Original booking calendar setting. Does not re-arrange items.

style=narrow

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