How to create a matching homepage using WordPress [HivePress] Reservation calendar settings

We will explain what you can do by using Booking, an additional paid add-on for HivePress, a plugin that allows you to build a matching site with WordPress!

Introducing the reservation matching flow in a video

Add the Booking add-on

This is a one-time purchase plugin called Booking, which costs $39. I will explain how to add the plugin and get the license and set it up.

Reservation setting location

• HivePress
• setting
• reservation

Set it in the area.

All OFF

Let's take a look at what it looks like in the default setting.

Booking Calendar

The calendar where users make reservations works like this, allowing them to select a start and end date.

Seller My Page

We will now introduce the seller settings screen.

• Reservation Deadline - Example: If you want to close reservations 2 days before, enter "2"
• Number of reservation days - Example: If you want to receive reservations up to 30 days in advance, enter "30"
• Minimum reservation period – e.g. if a reservation must be made for at least 2 days, enter “2”
• Maximum reservation period - e.g. if you want the maximum number of days to be 7, enter "7"
• Booking request – Check this box if you want to manually approve bookings instead of approving them immediately after booking.

Check Available

Administrator Management Screen Settings

I translated it like this,

• When OFF - Reservation reception times can be set for each service
• If ON - Set available hours etc. in the settings on the user's My Page

User My Page

This can be set collectively for each user in the user's My Page settings as shown below.

Place settings

I had a hard time understanding what "Place" meant, but I interpreted it as the number of reservations.

Administrator Management Screen Settings

For example, if you make a reservation for two people, the price will also be for two people.

Seller service settings screen

You can set the minimum and maximum number of reservations.

In this case, minimum = 2/maximum = 10

Booking Calendar

You can choose between 2 and 10.

The number you set here will be reflected in your payment, so it depends on how you use it and the service you provide. This is a place where you can make various arrangements in the way you translate!

Allow multiple appointment slots per hour

In conjunction with the previous explanation, if you allow multiple reservation slots per hour,

Administrator Management Screen Settings

Allow 1 day bookings

As the name suggests, this setting allows you to select only one date, rather than selecting two or more dates.

Administrator Management Screen Settings

• If OFF - the first and last days must be different
• If ON - You can only select one day

Booking Calendar

Add time setting

The above process allows you to make reservations on a daily basis, but if you set a time interval, you will be able to accept reservations on an hourly basis.

Operation management screen settings

Seller My Page

For each service, as follows:

• Available days for reservation
• Reservation start time
• Reservation end time
• Booking duration - the time period during which the customer will receive the booked service
• Booking interval - the buffer time between bookings

You will then be able to set:

Reservation screen

You can now make a reservation by selecting the day and time you have set.

Allow multiple time bookings

Check the box to allow multiple bookings.

Operation management screen settings

Calendar reservation screen

You can now make multiple reservations with one booking.

Allow price changes

I'll allow the price to change.

Operation management screen settings

Check the box labeled Price.

Seller settings screen

I had a hard time finding it. I set it up in the calendar on my page.

When you select the date and time for which you want to change the price, a tag icon will appear.

This allows you to set different prices for specific dates and times.

Booking Calendar

In particular, you won't know until the end that the price is different. If you use this system, you need to include a warning in the listing description.

This service normally costs 500 yen, but when I proceeded to payment, the calculation showed that the 2,000 yen I had set was charged for two items.

date of expiry

This is set on the management screen.

• Expiration Date - Set the number of days before pending or unpaid reservations are automatically cancelled
• Retention period - You can set the number of days before a cancelled booking is deleted.

How to manually block a reservation

Sellers can adjust reservation slots from their My Page.

Select the date and time you want to block and click the lock icon.

• The door is locked - Reservation closed
• The door is unlocked - Now accepting reservations

can be set to.

Confirmation of reservation

You can check the reservation status for each service on the calendar on your user page.

How to express time

This is tied to the time display settings in WordPress. There is no setting in HivePress.

1. setting
2. General
3. Time format

If you change it, the reservation screen will also change.

Here is an example of changing to the 24-hour format.

others

• You can also use the reservation function for specific categories only.
• You can also set up certain categories to only accept time reservations.