{"id":5560,"date":"2022-11-03T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lodgix.com\/blog\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2022-11-03T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:47:30","slug":"work-continues-and-some-new-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lodgix.com\/blog\/work-continues-and-some-new-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Work continues&#8230;and some new things!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5560\" class=\"elementor elementor-5560\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e86528 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e86528\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc4533e\" data-id=\"bc4533e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd46709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd46709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Life has been pretty busy since our last post.\u00a0 \u00a0So much of our work has been on our journey to get the app completely mobile friendly.\u00a0 Let me tell you, it&#8217;s a journey!<\/p><p>Concurrently we are working on the relaunch of the triggers functionality and the guest control panel.\u00a0 Both are very significant endeavors and will relaunch with new interfaces and new functionality, all mobile friendly.\u00a0 Very excited about that.<\/p><p>One project that recently launched was our new booking page:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d2d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89d2d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lodgix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-11-03_13-24-22.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5562\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a0b1d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a0b1d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This update accomplished a few things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reduced load times by over 50%.&nbsp; A faster booking experience means more bookings!<\/li>\n<li>Added a customizable image gallery.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Improved the desktop experience by allowing the booking window to anchor.<\/li>\n<li>Added options to put the rental agreement in a scrollable window.<\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>While it wasn&#8217;t a huge update, it was necessary to recode it from scratch to improve the load times and tweak the interfaces.<br><br><\/div>\n<div><b>New Plugin Booking Calendars<\/b><\/div>\n<p>Our previous calendar provider had a good product, but essentially stopped development on it in recent years.&nbsp; &nbsp;Booking calendars can be tricky.&nbsp; &nbsp;There is a lot of necessary code to offer up the options and flexibility needed for a great booking calendar.&nbsp; And of course, it must be completely mobile friendly.<\/p>\n<p>So we were lucky enough to find a replacement and have really enjoyed all of the new features that this calendar brings to the table.&nbsp; &nbsp;Let&#8217;s review:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Beautiful rendering on mobile<\/li>\n<li>Interactive multi-month calendaring display<\/li>\n<li>Option to include nightly rates on calendar<\/li>\n<li>Improved field elements<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated team for customer support \/ bug fixes \/ updates<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>The net result is that calendar works better on more devices, while also providing more functionality and speed.&nbsp; That means = MORE BOOKINGS!<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbc40d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bbc40d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lodgix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-11-03_13-43-02.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5564\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5fc1af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5fc1af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lodgix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-11-03_13-45-32.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5565\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life has been pretty busy since our last post.\u00a0 \u00a0So much of our work has been on our journey to get the app completely mobile friendly.\u00a0 Let me tell you, it&#8217;s a journey! 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