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Integration of WEB reservation system Evo-W into hotel websites

А. Introduction

Evo-W reservation system has been designed for fast and efficient integration into hotel websites. For seamless blending into any site, its user-friendly editor allows customizing the colour scheme.

The WEB reservation system is hosted entirely on a ClockBS server and does not require any additional resources or equipment.

To use the WEB reservation system you need hotel system version Evolution. It is incompatile with older versions (Clock 2008, 3.7, 3.5, ...).

В. Integration

The integration of the reservation system in a website requires several steps:

1. Prepare a template page, where the reservation system will be located.

Your site needs a page, where the reservation system will be located. For the purposes of this document, we shall call this page wbe_integration.html. Its design should be similar to that of the website (navigation, headers, footers, etc.). Leave a blank space of at least 600px or 44 em width for the reservation system. The system itself is integrated into wbe_integration.html with a single-line script, which creates an iframe at the same location. Please consider that the height of the reservation system frame is auto defined by the script. Multihotel organizations need a separate page for each hotel (e.g. ReservationsHotel1.html, ReservationsHotel2.html, etc.).

2. Insert the integration script in the wbe_integration.html page.

For tests, use the demo scripts on the test page http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html. The actual script for your hotel can be generated in the hotel system itself: ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Script generator. Multihotel organizations need a separate script for each hotel, which is then inserted in the respective page.

3. Set the colour scheme of the reservation system
The colour scheme of the reservation system is set in the hotel system:

ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Colors.

4. Set different types of links to your wbe_integration.html page.
Beside the standard links to the new page, you can also use the two types of widgets developed by ClockBS.

4.1.
Standard link. Beside the standard link to wbe_integration.html, you can also insert a link defining the language of the reservation system. For this purpose add parameter 'lang' in the link to wbe_integration.html. You can generate a link with a language parameter in the hotel system: ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Script generator. You can find samples here: http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.

4.2. Widget – Availability calendar. You can use this widget to insert, on the home page or on any other page, a calendar showing 1, 2, 3 or more (up to 12) months, where days with and days without available rooms are marked in green and red respectively. Clicking on a day in the calendar could direct the user to the reservation system page wbe_integration.html.

This widget is integrated with a script. Each months needs a blank space of at least 200px or 115 em width.

If a month does not fit in a horizontal line, it is transferred onto the next line.

To display 3 months horizontally, set the width of the integration script element at 600px.

To display 3 months vertically, set the width of the integration script element at 200px, so the months are transferred vertically.

The widget script contains several defining parameters:

months=M – number of months to be visualized,

rfr=<url на wbe_integration.html> - URL of the reservation system webpage,

lang=<lang code> - language (bg, en, ...).

The script can be generated in the hotel system: ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Script generator. You can find samples here: http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.

4.3. Widget – Arrival-Stay-Book. Use this widget to insert a ready-made form containing 'Arrival date', 'Stay', and 'Available rooms and prices' button in the home page or any other page. After filling in the fields and clicking the button, the user is directed to wbe_integration.htm, which displays the available rooms and prices for the defined date.

This widget requires a blank space of at least 400px / 30em width. Find samples at: http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.

4.4. Customized Arrival-Stay-Book form for opening the reservation page wbe_integration.html. If the design of the ready-made form does not match the overall design of the site, you can design your own form directing to the reservation page. The parameters used to call wbe_integration.html are as follows:

wcbs_from[=yyyy-mm-dd] - Arrival,

wcbs_to[=yyyy-mm-dd] - Departure or wcbs_days[=X] - Stay, lang - Language (bg, en, ...).

Here is what the final URL should look like:
http://HotelSite.com/wbe_integration.html?wcbs_from=2009-03-17&wcbs_days=2&lang=bg
Find samples at:
http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.