IOS Reservations 2.5

[datahell]

This is the same question, so the answer is the same:
This has already been discussed but no decision yet is taken. I will see if it is possible.

Please do not ask me for something that is still under development. Everything new will be announced on time.

[aiden11]

I was wondering if it can be set that hotel owners have to choose a package when they list their hotels.
Like for example, if they want to list for 3 month , 6 months or 1 year, and each of this package will have a different price.
I know that this isn't a shopping cart but with some modification this can be done.

I would not mind to pay extra to have this future, it will be very useful as it will be easy to manage subscribers.

[datahell]

You can create a subscription system with an external php file that will be executed via cron job. You can make it simple, and advanced. A very simple script would be like this:

You have somewhere the information on the users expiration date (database, flat file, etc). Let's say we have them in a php file inside an array.

Code: (php) [Select]

<?php 
$subscriptions = array(
    &#39;jack&#39; => &#39;2009-06-12 00:10:00&#39;,
    &#39;mary&#39; => &#39;2009-07-10 10:51:00&#39;,
    &#39;johhny&#39; => &#39;2009-07-25 14:22:50&#39;,
    //etc....
);

$current_date = date(&#39;Y-m-d H:i:s&#39;);
foreach ($subscriptions as $user => $date) {
    if ($current_date > $date) { //subscription expired, suppose we have already open a connection to the Elxis db
        $database->setQuery("UPDATE #__users SET blocked=&#39;1&#39; WHERE username=&#39;".$user."&#39;");
        $database->query();
        //you could also send a notification e-mail to the user or to admin
        unset($subscriptions[$user]); //remove subscriber from active subscribers list
    }
}
//you should now save the updated subscribers list (the method depends on where you have save them, db, flat file, etc).
?>

Now just set the above script to be executed once every 3-4 hours via cron job and your simple subscription system is ready.

[andre747]

Hi would it possible to make an option to select between hotel, guest house, holiday resort etc.
so its not limited to hotels only? It would be a great advantage for IOS Reservations to have

[datahell]

I have this on schedule already.

[aiden11]

Is any way of making the "featured hotels" not just 1 but more than that.
what does it need to be changed on the module to be able to make this possible?

[datahell]

You can create unlimited copies of the module each one displaying a different hotel

[mgrc]

Hi, I think google maps should get "street view" option in the next versions, if possible.
 

[de-active]

not a bad idea but that would just be too resource consuming besides it's available for every country I know you can get it here in the UK but those exoctic countries where the sun shines every day, maybe not.

[datahell]

And most of the hotel are not inside large cities. They are near beaches or at the mountains. So, it wont work for the majority of people. Besides this I will check if it can be added as an extra option. I am also checking an option of adding a user uploaded image as a replacement of the google map.

[aiden11]

What about an internal affiliate option? this will boost traffic for the hotel portals !?

[de-active]

hey, let's not muddle the two threads up, this thread is not about features, we have a separate one, but i think what you guys have mentioned here are really workable and I will comment on them on the other thread 

[datahell]

Just a note: Image map support added to IOS Reservations 3.0 as an alternative map solution to Google maps. You can upload any image you like and use it as a map of a hotel.

[msti]

After adding the option to set prices for specific dates I think it would be easy to add the option to set a room as unavailable for any specific date. This could be done by setting the price to a negative number.

Example
Date: 2009-09-22, Price: -1
The above means that the room is not available for September 22, 2009.
I will see if it is easy to be implemented this feature and notify you.

My customer asked for something like this. Specifically, he requested that he would be able to set one or more date ranges instead of specific dates for which the room is unavailable.
What I am going to do until this feature is fulfilled is to create a form by which he will be able to create fake reservations.

How will we be informed when the new version is out?

[datahell]

It will be announced on isopensource.com and also on elxis-downloads.com.