Category:Widgets

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This page is about the menu SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS

1 Generate a widget using the widget designer

  • Choose the widget you want to generate.
  • Customise the settings you want to adjust.
  • Click on "Refresh" to see a preview.
  • Click on "Get Code" and copy the provided code snippet.
  • Go go the page on your web site where you want to add the widget and paste it into the HTML. If you do not know how to do this check the help for the CMS or sitebuilder you are using how to add HTML to your site or ask your web designer to do this for you.
Note: If you want to display multiple widgets on one page make sure you to remove the first part of the code for the second widget.  Paste the code for the second widget in from this line:
<!-- Place this div on your page where you want the widget to show -->

Note: The widgets require your page to have UTF-8 language encoding.

1.1 If you do not have JQuery

If you do not have jQuery and jQueryUI installed on your web page add the following to the <head> section of your page. 

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

2 Wordpress

If you use the Wordpress Plugin please use these instructions.

3 Advanced functions for developers and web designers

Required skills: HTML, CSS

You can manually set parameters and apply your own CSS. If you want to apply your own CSS use developer tools to identify the classes in the widget.

Parameters are:

Parameter Values Description
alignment left right center alignment of the widget content
backgroundColor hex code/any valid CSS widget background color
borderColor hex code/any valid CSS widget border color
boxShadow true false shadow around the widget
buttonBackgroundColor hex code/any valid CSS button background color
buttonColor hex code/any valid CSS button text color
buttonTitle text button text
color hex code/any valid CSS text color
dateFormat refer to http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker formate of displayed dates
dateSelection 0 = check-in only 1= check in and check out 2 = check in and number of nights 3 = check in and check out and number of nights type of date selection
dayNamesMin ["SO", "MO", "DI", "MI", "DO", "FR", "SA"] headings for the days of week
defaultNightsAdvance number 0 = today how many days in advance are shown
defaultNumNight number 0 = today preselection for the number ob booked nights
excludeGroup text group of properties not to include
fontSize px percentage text size
formAction text text for the action parameter of the form
formTarget valid HTML text for the target parameter of the form
includeGroup text group of properties to include
defaultNumChild number default number of children
defaultNumAdult default number of adults
ownerid id number of owner. The page will open showing all properties and rooms for this owner
peopleSelection 0 = none 1 = guests 2= adults and children selection number of guests
propid id number of property. The page will open showing this property
referer text this text will be recorded with any bookings originating from this widget allowing tracking of booking sources
roomid id number of room The page will open showing this room
showLabels true false display of labels
weekFirstDay 0 = Sunday 1 = Monday 2 = Tuesday 3 = Wednesday 4 = Thursday 5 = Friday 6 = Saturday first day of the week
widgetLang language parameter as shown here: [[Developers] languages
widgetTitle text title of the widget
widgetType BookingBox BookingBoxMini BookingStrip AvailabilityCalendar type of widget
width px percentage width of the widget


Availability Calendar only

Parameter Values Description
availableBackgroundColor hex code/any valid CSS background color of available dates
availableColor hex code/any valid CSS text color of available dates
numMonth number number of calendars
pastBackbroundColor hex code/any valid CSS background color of past dates
pastColor hex code/any valid CSS text color of past dates
requestBackgroundColor hex code/any valid CSS background color of request dates
requestColor hex code/any valid CSS text color of request dates
unavailableBackgroundColor hex code/any valid CSS background color of unavailable dates
unavailableColor hex code/any valid CSS text color of unavailable dates


Multiple property search only

Parameter Values Description
searchShow hide, show Seach criteria open with link or are always visible
searchLinkText text Text of the link which opens the search criteria

4 Other widgets

  • Code to embed your booking page as an Iframe into your web site can be generated under SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS->EMBEDDED IFRAME
  • A link to your booking page can be generated under SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS->LINKS
  • An URL linking to your booking page can be generated under SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS->QUICK URL
  • A button can be generated under SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS->BOOKING BUTTON
  • Code for an enquiry form generated under SETTINGS -> BOOKING PAGE->BOOKING WIDGETS->ENQUIRY FORM


Previous versions of the widgets are not supported any longer. If you want to use old versions you can access the menu pages via these links:

5 Troubleshooting

Booking page does not open the dates and or number of guests selected in the widget
You are defining these parameters in the URL in the embedded Iframe. Remove these parameters from the Iframe URL: &numnight=2&numadult=2&advancedays=2

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