ibookfishing - Frequently Asked Questions
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Login, accounts and user roles
Paying for the ibookfishing account, terms of service and privacy
Site and resource configuration
Q100: How can I create my own ibookfishing site?
Q117: I don't yet have a website. Can I still use ibookfishing?
Q124: How can I add images to my listings?
Q134: What are additional products?
Q135: What is resource sharing?
Q136: How to set up a ibookfishing site for many resources of the same kind?
Q142: I need each reservation to contain additional information (answers to specific questions). How can this be done?
Q145: Can I modify the way the availability search results are displayed?
Q147: Can I add a rental agreement (contract) with terms and conditions of a rental?
Q154: How can I add searchable properties to resources (e.g. number of beds or whether animals are allowed)?
Q174: What's the difference between additional products and additional fields defined in 'reservation form layout'?
Q175: What is OpenID?
Q176: How does integration with Google Calendar and Google Docs work?
Q202: What are special fields in the reservation form?
Q208: I want to add a new resource / ibookfishing site. Do I have to set it up all over again?
Q209: Will ibookfishing let clients reserve two kinds of resources at the same time (e.g. room and staff member)?
Q308: I need to keep track of the number of persons (or adults and children separately)
Q117: I don't yet have a website. Can I still use ibookfishing?
Q124: How can I add images to my listings?
Q134: What are additional products?
Q135: What is resource sharing?
Q136: How to set up a ibookfishing site for many resources of the same kind?
Q142: I need each reservation to contain additional information (answers to specific questions). How can this be done?
Q145: Can I modify the way the availability search results are displayed?
Q147: Can I add a rental agreement (contract) with terms and conditions of a rental?
Q154: How can I add searchable properties to resources (e.g. number of beds or whether animals are allowed)?
Q174: What's the difference between additional products and additional fields defined in 'reservation form layout'?
Q175: What is OpenID?
Q176: How does integration with Google Calendar and Google Docs work?
Q202: What are special fields in the reservation form?
Q208: I want to add a new resource / ibookfishing site. Do I have to set it up all over again?
Q209: Will ibookfishing let clients reserve two kinds of resources at the same time (e.g. room and staff member)?
Q308: I need to keep track of the number of persons (or adults and children separately)
Additional products
Packages and bundles
Accepting payments from customers
Setting up your pricing and invoicing
Emails & SMS notifications
Q118: How do I know when a new reservation is made?
Q123: How can I modify the messages sent to my customers?
Q132: How can I or my customers receive sms notifications before the rental?
Q171: How to switch off email address verification?
Q188: How can I change the emails so that they look like they come from my domain?
Q211: Can ibookfishing send emails to my clients X days before the start date or X days after the end date?
Q316: How can I use QR codes to check permits?
Q123: How can I modify the messages sent to my customers?
Q132: How can I or my customers receive sms notifications before the rental?
Q171: How to switch off email address verification?
Q188: How can I change the emails so that they look like they come from my domain?
Q211: Can ibookfishing send emails to my clients X days before the start date or X days after the end date?
Q316: How can I use QR codes to check permits?
Reservation management
Q114: Do my customers need to create accounts with ibookfishing to make a
booking?
Q115: I forgot my user name and password
Q120: What are conflicts?
Q122: What is the difference between a moderator, site admin and resource admin?
Q125: How can I be sure the bookings are authentic?
Q129: How can I modify or cancel existing reservations?
Q130: How can I move reservations to a different time or a different resource?
Q131: How can I quickly find an existing reservation?
Q144: How does ibookfishing handle trusted customers?
Q153: How can I enter recurring reservations (e.g. every Friday between 9am and 10am) into ibookfishing?
Q163: Can I import my bookings into Google calendar, Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCalendar?
Q169: What is reservation status / what is the process the reservations go through?
Q170: How can I enter a booking in the name of a client?
Q180: Can I decide which administrative functions my resource administrators or moderators can access?
Q182: Can I make a resource temporarily invisible (unpublished) to my clients without deleting it?
Q210: Will ibookfishing work with mobile devices (iPhone, Android)?
Q215: How can I collect client-specific information such as member ID or their birthdate?
Q291: How long do you keep the data in your database?
Q331: Can we use iBookfishing and be GDPR compliant?
Q115: I forgot my user name and password
Q120: What are conflicts?
Q122: What is the difference between a moderator, site admin and resource admin?
Q125: How can I be sure the bookings are authentic?
Q129: How can I modify or cancel existing reservations?
Q130: How can I move reservations to a different time or a different resource?
Q131: How can I quickly find an existing reservation?
Q144: How does ibookfishing handle trusted customers?
Q153: How can I enter recurring reservations (e.g. every Friday between 9am and 10am) into ibookfishing?
Q163: Can I import my bookings into Google calendar, Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCalendar?
Q169: What is reservation status / what is the process the reservations go through?
Q170: How can I enter a booking in the name of a client?
Q180: Can I decide which administrative functions my resource administrators or moderators can access?
Q182: Can I make a resource temporarily invisible (unpublished) to my clients without deleting it?
Q210: Will ibookfishing work with mobile devices (iPhone, Android)?
Q215: How can I collect client-specific information such as member ID or their birthdate?
Q291: How long do you keep the data in your database?
Q331: Can we use iBookfishing and be GDPR compliant?
Determining availability and booking constraints
Q119: What are resource vacations
and how can I use them?
Q168: How do I mark a period as unavailable to prevent any bookings for this time?
Q177: What is the custom unavailability script?
Q185: Can I allow my clients to arrive / leave only on specific week days?
Q186: Can I change the minimum or maximum rental duration based on the season?
Q195: How can I set when a resource is available?
Q168: How do I mark a period as unavailable to prevent any bookings for this time?
Q177: What is the custom unavailability script?
Q185: Can I allow my clients to arrive / leave only on specific week days?
Q186: Can I change the minimum or maximum rental duration based on the season?
Q195: How can I set when a resource is available?
Translations and language
Q155: When will ibookfishing be available in my language?
Q156: Some words, such as resource, displayed to my users don't properly describe my business model. Can I change them?
Q157: How can I translate the texts I entered to describe my resources (description, properties) into other languages?
Q164: How can I allow users to change the language of the reservation form when using advanced integration?
Q287: Which languages are supported in iBookfishing?
Q156: Some words, such as resource, displayed to my users don't properly describe my business model. Can I change them?
Q157: How can I translate the texts I entered to describe my resources (description, properties) into other languages?
Q164: How can I allow users to change the language of the reservation form when using advanced integration?
Q287: Which languages are supported in iBookfishing?
Integration with my website
Q116: How can I integrate ibookfishing with my existing website?
Q158: How can I get links in search results to point to a page on my site with detailed info about a resource?
Q159: I'm trying to use the advanced integration and the ibookfishing page always redirects me to ibookfishing.com.
Q165: I'm using advanced integration. How can I display the availability calendar above the reservation form?
Q166: How can I change the look & feel of the ibookfishing module on my website?
Q167: How do I fill out the ibookfishing module's parameters?
Q172: How can I display only selected resources in calendar preview?
Q173: I need to have more control over the calendar preview.
Q189: I'd like to display the price in the reservation form in a different area.
Q192: Can I use SSL with ibookfishing?
Q194: Can I filter out resources displayed in the resource list page or change their ordering?
Q199: Can I let my clients reserve multiple resources in a single reservation?
Q204: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to reservations?
Q205: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to my resources?
Q206: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to my ibookfishing site?
Q207: How can I have ibookfishing print texts in templates conditionally?
Q221: How do I use manipulate Tags?
Q277: I want to change the way the $(reservation_details) tag works
Q285: How can I import reservations using a CSV file?
Q158: How can I get links in search results to point to a page on my site with detailed info about a resource?
Q159: I'm trying to use the advanced integration and the ibookfishing page always redirects me to ibookfishing.com.
Q165: I'm using advanced integration. How can I display the availability calendar above the reservation form?
Q166: How can I change the look & feel of the ibookfishing module on my website?
Q167: How do I fill out the ibookfishing module's parameters?
Q172: How can I display only selected resources in calendar preview?
Q173: I need to have more control over the calendar preview.
Q189: I'd like to display the price in the reservation form in a different area.
Q192: Can I use SSL with ibookfishing?
Q194: Can I filter out resources displayed in the resource list page or change their ordering?
Q199: Can I let my clients reserve multiple resources in a single reservation?
Q204: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to reservations?
Q205: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to my resources?
Q206: Which tags can I use to represent data specific to my ibookfishing site?
Q207: How can I have ibookfishing print texts in templates conditionally?
Q221: How do I use manipulate Tags?
Q277: I want to change the way the $(reservation_details) tag works
Q285: How can I import reservations using a CSV file?
Reservation form
Search functionality
Availability calendar
Templates, tags and CSS styles
Integrations with other apps and data import/export
Integrations with specific payment gateways
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