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<div class="heading">Pictures</div> | |||
This page is about the menu {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > PICTURES and explains how to add pictures for the booking page and how to send pictures to OTAs which support this function. | |||
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= Add Pictures = | |||
== Upload Pictures == | == Upload Pictures == | ||
The picture must be a .png file type and uploaded in the control panel. | The picture must be a .png file type and uploaded in the control panel. | ||
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[[Media:pic_upload.png|view large]] | [[Media:pic_upload.png|view large]] | ||
The number of pictures that can be uploaded is limited to | The number of pictures that can be uploaded is limited to 99 per property. If you need more you can use external pictures as explained below. | ||
<span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 250%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> Pictures for the booking page should be used in the smallest possible size. You can adjust the picture size for the booking page in the "Manage picture" menu to be small as possible but still has adequate quality. If you send pictures to channels they will send in the original size regardless to what you have resized them to for the booking page. | |||
If you want complete control over the images you can also host them yourself, see the PICTURES > EXTERNAL PICTURES. | |||
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[[Image:pic_manage.png|300px|link=]] | [[Image:pic_manage.png|300px|link=]] | ||
[[Media:pic_manage.png|view large]] | [[Media:pic_manage.png|view large]] | ||
Adjust picture size for the booking page: | |||
[[Image:pic_manage1.png|300px|link=]] | [[Image:pic_manage1.png|300px|link=]] | ||
[[Media:pic_manage1.png|view large]] | [[Media:pic_manage1.png|view large]] | ||
To change slider settings go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > BOOKING PAGE > LAYOUT (responsive version only), | |||
== Use External Pictures == | |||
Alternatively or additionally you can use up to 20 externally hosted pictures per room. | |||
All you need to do is enter the picture URL in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > PICTURES > EXTERNAL. | |||
*External pictures have to be hosted securely (https NOT http). | *External pictures have to be hosted securely (https NOT http). | ||
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<span style=color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> If your files are .jpg or .gif then you can use external file hosting | <span style=color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> If your files are .jpg or .gif then you can use external file hosting | ||
== Assign Pictures for the Booking page | <span style=color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> The URLs must be 250 characters or less. | ||
==Update Pictures == | |||
For performance reasons (speed up your booking page so you get more bookings) pictures are cached for 24 hours. You will need to wait 1 hour to see the changes visible in your control panel on your booking page. | |||
= Assign Pictures for the Booking page= | |||
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXFa0MPO8TU</embedvideo> | <embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXFa0MPO8TU</embedvideo> | ||
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[[Media:pic_room.png|view large]] | [[Media:pic_room.png|view large]] | ||
<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> These will only display if your layout has a "room pictures" activated. Many layouts only use "offers" and "offer pictures". Room pictures are not used on the adaptive version. | |||
'''Offer pictures''': Set the selector to the property you want to assign pictures to. Then select the room and then the offer number. Offer 1 is the default which will always display. If you | '''Offer pictures''': Set the selector to the property you want to assign pictures to. Then select the room and then the offer number. Offer 1 is the default which will always display. If you use a slider you can also set the order of the pictures. Sliders are only available in the responsive version. | ||
[[Image:pic_offer.png|300px|link=]] | [[Image:pic_offer.png|300px|link=]] | ||
[[Media:pic_offer.png|view large]] | [[Media:pic_offer.png|view large]] | ||
<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> If have activated modules but not assigned pictures to the modules the system will try to use a picture from a higher module. | |||
'''Adaptive Version only''' | |||
= | Once it is uploaded you can resize it to suit the position it will be displayed. To change the picture settings go to {#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > BOOKING PAGE > CONTENT. | ||
For | |||
= Send pictures to OTAs = | |||
For some channels we can send pictures. See the dedicated help pages for each channel for further details on how pictures will send. | |||
==Add Captions== | |||
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/5wfIYXmC5J0</embedvideo> | |||