Reservations Calander "Off Topic"

whacker · Post by **whacker** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:52 pm

Hi
Seasons Greetings I thought I'd bring this up just to see what others are using..
Sorry Marco I know a little of topic!!
We create a nearly Calendar, at this time each year, to manually enter all our bookings for the upcoming year

A copy of each month is created using MS Word and horizontal rows are used to indicate our rooms. cabins.. As we receive booking the names are entered in the respective dates.
These 12 sheets are placed in a 3 inch binder
This is what we refer to as the 'Bible"...

We also enter all the reservations in PHP Residence so that our Online Booking function will work and be accurate regarding available rooms/cabins....
When we we receive a telephone or fax inquiry for a Room we refer to this Bible for an availability check...
I was wondering

What are others using to do this? I am a little hesitant to use the computer only, as the data is kept at a remote site, and a book seems a little more convenient!
Can PHP residence be adapted to create blank monthly pages....with the Units indicated and large enough to be legible ie full 8-1/2 x 11 (A4 i believe) ?
Is there software, that others are using, which I am not aware of, to create similar Calendars as the sample? MS Word is very awkward to use

Any other comments. suggestions or discussion would be appreciated
Walter

Post by **marco** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:54 pm

Hello Walter,
at our residence we have used only the computer for years and there have been no problems until now, before with paper we had a bouble reservations a couple of times. The only drawback is that you have to switch on the computer for telephone enquires, anyway almost all enquires are by emails now. Then we print arrivals and departures for cleaning, checkin, etc.
To create your table with php-residence you could use the calendar internet template, set the rows heigth with css in table style or page header.

Marco

whacker · Post by **whacker** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:59 pm

Hi
Thanks Marco I will give that a try, and see what I can come up with...
Walter

whacker · Post by **whacker** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:54 pm

Hi
I just created a calendar Internet template, have a look at it ere, http://www.foresthaveninn.com/myvacatio ... mplate.php it appears I'm not able to advance to the next months..
It dos however show promise as a printable Calendar for use in our binder...
any suggestions regarding Calendar advance with the arrows above the calendar??
Walter

Post by **marco** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:23 am

Hello Walter,
it seems that the page can't be accessed with get method (without the part after ? in the URL it opens fine). Maybe some strange configuration in the web server?

Marco

whacker · Post by **whacker** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:45 am

Hi
Can you point me to a file and something I can change to give something else a try?
Walter

Post by **marco** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:38 pm

I don't know, that should be an apache configuration issue, maybe you have a .htaccess with a white-list of files that can be accessed in dati folder? Try asking in an apache support fourm.

Marco

whacker · Post by **whacker** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:57 am

Hi
Got the problem fixed, asked the server support people and they fixed it, they caused a couple other problems, however they've all been rectified.....
Hopefully there's nothing else messed up....
Well, in the process, I've got Version .7.2 Up and running, nice change of color on the button backgrouns!
I appreciate the buttons at the top of the various menus, saves from having to scroll down, for those of us that don't enter all the information.

On another note regarding Default Phrases, you have on the Main Menu top right ""Apartments"", is this a Default Phrase , that I could change ie Rooms/ Chalets in my case..?
I had a look and didn't see that in the list....
Thanks Walter

Post by **marco** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:14 am

The menu translation phrases are in includes/lang/en/head.php , but it's better replacing the word from "configure and customize".
As a note, to get the most out of the new theme (months and other drop-down menus, rows highlight) you should use firefox or ie7, not sure about safari.

Marco