=== Salon booking system ===
Contributors: Wpchef
Tags: booking, reservations, barber shop, hair salon, beauty center, spas, scheduling, appointment, availability calendar, booking calendar, online reservation, schedule, Paypal appointment, appointment calendar, booking software, reservation plugin, booking engine, booking plugin
Requires at least: 4.1
Tested up to: 4.6.1
Stable tag: 3.8.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
A complete and easy to manage appointments booking system for busy Salons.
== Description ==
Salon Booking is a complete and easy to manage appointments booking system to help your business getting more reservations on your website and saving a lot of time with your agenda management tasks.
Salon booking is the best solution for:
* **HAIR DRESSERS SALON**
* **BARBER SHOP**
* **BEAUTY SALONS**
* **SPAS**
* **CAR SHOPS**
* **THERAPISTS**
* **TUTORS**
It’s the perfect solution to all that kind of business where the ONE TO ONE appointment booking is crucial.
Salon booking is provided with a intuitive back-end bookings calendar where administrator have a quick overview of all the upcoming reservations.
Take a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdZ_-WPBOlc
**LIST OF MAIN FEATURES**
**Salon general settings**
* Email notifications on new reservation
* Email notification to selected assistant
* Email reminder for the customers
* Email followup
* Email notification custom logo
* Custom email message to the customers
* SMS notification on new reservation
* SMS notification to selected assistant
* SMS reminder for the customers
* SMS followup
* SMS verification code against spam
* SMS Aplhanumeric ID supported
* Twilio, Plivo and 1p1sms providers supported
* set you favourite date and time format
* set when your week starts
**Salon booking rules**
* Three bookings methods BASIC / ADVANCED / HIGH END
* Booking time range ( from a minimum of .. to a maximum of in advance )
* Multiple weekly timetable rules
* Time range validty option for the weekly booking rules
* Multiple holidays rules
* Offset between reservation
* Change booking form steps order ( Date&time - Services - Assistants - Checkout - Payment or reverse )
* Manual booking confirmation
* Users booking cancellation
* Pause online booking form
**Salon payments options**
* Enable online payments
* Pay later option
* Enable % deposit
* Automatic cancellation option for unpaid reservations
* Hide prices
* Decimals and thousand separators option
* PayPal
* Stripe
* Custom payment methods supported
* official add-on for "Mollie", "Square" and "Worldpay"
**Salon checkout options**
* Enable guest checkout
* Force guest checkout
* Limit the number of services bookable at the same time
**Google Calendar synchronisation**
* Synchronise reservations on salon administrator's Google Calendar account
**Front-end booking form styling**
* Choose among three different booking form sizes according to your page layout
* Custom colors palette generator
**Assistants settings**
* Multiple weekly timetable rules
* Multiple holidays rules
* Limit reservations to specific services
* Google Calendar synchronisation
* SMS notification when he’s booked
* Email notification when he’s booked
**Services settings**
* Price
* Duration
* Unit per hour
* Category grouping
* Multiple weekly timetable rules
* No assistant required option
* Service break
**Customers archive**
* List of customers
* Details page of each customer with list of his reservations and feedbacks
* Customer's bookings statistics
**Reports**
* Stats on reservations and revenues
* Stats on reservations and revenues by services
* Stats on reservations and revenues by assistant
* Stats on reservations and revenues by customers
**Frontend pages**
* Booking form page [salon/]
* Private customers reservations management page [salon_booking_my_account]
* Assistants bookings calendar [salon_booking_calendar]
**Back-end bookings calendar**
* Montly view
* Weekly view
* Daily view
* Export reservations to a CSV file
**Themes & Plugin compatibility issues*
* Disable Bootstrap Javascript
* Disable Bootstrap CSS
More information at [Salon booking](http://salon.wpchef.it/).
== Installation ==
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
1. Upload `salon-free` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
1. Go to Salon > Settings to complete your salon settings
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= What kind of business this plugins best fits? =
This plugin has been developed thinking about the specific need of Barber Shop, Hairdressing salon, Beauty Centres and Spas.
= Which version of WordPress this plugin requires? =
The plugin has been tested on WordPress 4.0
= Which version of php is supported? =
The plugin supports php 5.3 and above version.
= Is it possible to accept online payments? =
Yes. At the moment you can accept payments from PayPal and Stripe. Furthermore we provide some guidelines for custom payment gateways support.
Do you need a custom payment gateway? Please contact us.
= Is it multi language ready? =
The plugin can be translated in any languages creating a .po file or using WPML plugin translating the strings.
NOTE: Put your own translation files inside wp-content/languages/plugins
Languages available:
*Russian
*Turkish
*French
*Italian
*Spanish
*Danish
*German
*Swedish
If you want to contribuite to plugin translation please visit:
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/salon-booking-system/
= Are there any conflicts with other plugins? =
At the moment we didn’t spot any conflicts with other plugins.
= Is it possible to customise the look and feel of the plugin front-end? =
Yes, go to "Settings > Style > Color combination" options
= What is the limit of the free version? =
You can accept up to 100 reservations. No time limits.
= What happen when plugin free version reach its booking limit? =
You should buy the PRO version here:
http://salon.wordpresschef.it
== Screenshots ==
1. screenshot-1.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Settings > General
2. screenshot-2.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Settings > Bookings rules
3. screenshot-3.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Settings > Payments
4. screenshot-4.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Settings > Google Calendar
5. screenshot-5.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Bookings
6. screenshot-6.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Assistants
7. screenshot-7.gif Back-end > Salon Bookings >Services
8. screenshot-8.gif Front-end > Booking My Account
9. screenshot-9.gif Front-end > Booking My Account > Submit review
== Changelog ==
21.11.2016
* Fixed bug on booking editing
* Fixex bug on "booking" page setting
* Fixed bug on a missing text string translation
* Fixed bug on missing reports
18.11.2016
* Fixed bug on date picker of booking rules
14.11.2016
* Fixed bug with cyrillic alphabet
* Holidays rule issues fixed
* Improved customer search
* Improved bookings search with new filters
* Fixed html markup bug into front-end booking form
* Selective js and css loading of bootstrap files into the back-end
* Dummy content load once fixed
21.10.2016
* Bug with Woocommerce categories fixed
* Bug with "Accept reservation" button fixed
* Bug with "Email address missing" when "Force guest checkout" option is active fixed
* Selection of customers on back-end booking creation for Salon Staff user fixed
* Timezone +9 on back-end calendar fixed
* Booking my account page redesigned
* Settings pages layout improved
25.07/2016
* Bug fixed on timepicker when "change order" option was enabled
* Bug fixed on Adding a reservation from back-end when no new customers option is selected
* Bug fixed with French language
* Compatibility issue with Purpose theme fixed
* Booking process speed optimization
13.07.2016
* SMS bug fix
* Holidays rules bug fix
* Report filter bug fix
06.07.2016
* Ip1sms bug fix
* Google Calendar booking URL fixed
* Removed CDN links
* Pages transition effect and date/time picker fixed
* Resend email notification option fixed
* Back-end calendar daily view fixed
* Holiday rules for assistants not saved fixed
* Checkout as a guest option ADDED
* Booking form color customization settings ADDED
15.06.2015
* Bug fixed on booking rules
* Bug fixed with Google Calendar sync.
* Bug fixed with Holidays rules for assistants
* Restored alert message when select a service that overlaps the closing time
03.06.2015
* Bug fixed on date and time picker for French language
* Bug fixed on add booking from back-end when “Assistant selection” option is not active
* Improvement: date and time picker icons now clickable
* Improvement: added the booking review inside the back-end calendar tool-tip
* Fixed bug on reservation position on calendar daily view
* Fixed bug on booking added from back-end by the Salon staff
18.05.2015
* Bug fixed with SMS and email reminder
* Bug fixed with assistant selection
* Bug fixed with missing translating words
* Bug fixed with service drag&drop sorting
* Bug fixed with reservations added by back-end
* Bug fixed with 120 minutes average session duration
* Bug fixed with time picker of back-end bookings management
12.05.2016
* Bug with Polish language
22.04.2016
* Bug fixed on customer search inside back-end booking details
* Bug fixed on double email notification
* Bug fixed on adding services to a booking from back-end
* Bug fixed on wrong status for booking with "manual confirmation" option enabled
14.04.2016
* Salon staff role bug fix
* Parallel booking bug fix
* Time format inside Booking My Account page
* Resend SMS verification code bug fix
* Wrong time format inside Calendar daily view
* Google Calendar syncronization legal time bug fix
* Improvement back-end calendar weekly view
* Front-end booking form restyling
* Blank page after reservation approval from back-end bug fix
11.03.2016
* Fixed bug on calendar daily view
* Fixed bug on SMS verification code
* Fixed bug on Holidays rules
* Fixed minor CSS bugs
03.03.2016
* Fixed Italian strings inside Assistant and Service detail page
19.02.2016
* Fixed bug with French and Deutsch languages
* Fixed bug when payment on Paypal is cancelled
* Fixed bug with "Not available days" on services
08.02.2016
* Fixed issue with timezone on Google Calendar integration
* Fixed bug with services prices over 2000 as value
05.02.2016
* Fixed bug on booking algorithm
* Fixed issue with timezone on Google Calendar integration
* Fixed issue on front-end date picker
22.01.2016
* Fixed bug on booking algorithm
* Fixed minor Php Warnings and Notices
* Changed the order of Salon booking back-end menù
* Layout improvements to the back-end Calendar
12.01.2016
* Fixed bug on front-end
* Fixed bug on front-end "error alert" on last step
* Fixed bug on automatic updates alert
08.01.2016
* Fixed bug - Screen options
* Fixed bug - Assistant overbooking
* Fixed bug - SMS notifications not sent
* Fixed bug - Managing Services categories
* Fixed bug - Custom message on disabled booking
* Fixed bug - Redirect page with Manual booking confirmation option active
* Fixed bug - Hide price option missing
* Fixed bug - Google Calendar settings error loop
* Changed text strings text-domain
* CSS improvements on front-end and back-end
18.12.2015
* Fixed bug on hour format option
14.12.2015
* Fixed bug on Timezone issues
* Fixed bug on available hours for "tomorrow bookings"
* Fixed bug on services duration calculation
* Fixed bug on slot availability after booking cancellation
* Fixed bug on Plivo SMS notification sending on selected assistant
* Bookings, Services and Assistants back-end columns improvements
* Back-end calendar small improvements ( added the name of the assistant on reservation detail)
* Date and time picker improvements on mobile and tablets
1.3.1 25/11/2015
* Fixed bug on time picker
* Fixed bug on services duration calculation
1.3.0 12/11/2015
* Bug on customer login
* Bug on back-end bookings archive
* Wrong link inside the license activation alert
* Wrong amount on payment step when deposit is disabled
1.2.0 05/10/2015
* minor front-end redesign
* Unit per hour bug fix
* AM/PM time picker fix
* other minor bug fix
1.1.0 15/09/2015
* fixed css bug on time-picker
* fixed bug on custom email inside email notification template
* fixed bug on "Booking allowed from" time range
* minor css and mark-up fixes
1.0.6 27/07/2015
* fixed bug on date picker (first week not bookable)
* fixed css compatibility with twitter bootstrap based theme
1.0.5 07/07/2015
* fixed WPML compatibility issue
* fixed real time availability control on date/time picker
* fixed booking range selection issue
* fixed time-session average duration bug
1.0.4 02/06/2015
* Ajax loading option
* Currency position option
* New Address field
* Time selection fix
* Date picker fixes for Dutch and Norway languages
* Missing translations strings
* Modified many english text strings
1.0.3 22/05/2015
Date-picker multi-languages support fix
1.0.2 19/05/2015
Date-picker multi-languages support fix
1.0.1 13/05/2015
* Added “Assistant selection" option
* Added "SMS Verification" option
* Add "Salon staff" new users role
* Fixed booking system bug
== Upgrade Notice ==
= 3.0 =
Read Carefully before update:
This is a major update of Salon Booking.
We highly suggest you to:
1 - back-up your files ( even Salon Booking 2.3.2 version )
2 - back-up your database
3 - back-up your translations
4 - back-up your CSS customisations
The 2.4 version has changed the front-end booking form layout and some CSS classes has been changed too. Be prepared to update your CSS customisations once the update of Salon Booking has been completed.
The 2.4 version has a new algorithm, more precise, and require a “Database updater” to be launched once the new version has been installed.
In case of doubts you could install this new version on a development website first and check what’s new.
If you feel confident with the new version you can proceed with the plugin update on your production website.
You could also contact us on support@wpchef.it