Configuring basic options for the Drupal plugin

Learn how to configure basic options for the Drupal integration, including enabling the search bar, selecting inventory to display, using discounts, choosing font colour and family, and setting the calendar date.

Are you new to Drupal? Please read the first article in this series for an introduction to our Drupal integration.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Manage > Integrations > Website Integration > Drupal
 

What more do I need to use this feature?

• Admin permissions to manage integrations.
• A hosted website with free Drupal software.
• Ability to copy and paste into your website code or have some helpful person do this for you!
   

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

• This feature is available in both our classic version using classic items (Inventory > Items) and our classic version using classic products (Inventory > Products).  → Learn more about products

Your first configuration option is to choose whether to display categories of items/products as a Dropdown menu or Tabs.

The item/product categories you create in your account are displayed in a dropdown menu by default.

Your Customers can refine the list of items/products displayed by selecting a specific category. This is a space-saver if you have lots of categories to list!

Alternatively, you can select Category Display: Tabs.

If you select this option, categories display in the booking portal as individual tabs. Click on each tab to view the related content.  

The search field and calendar are useful for finding the right item/product to book.

Sometimes, you may wish to display a more basic booking form on your website. In this case, you can hide the search box and calendar from view.

Hiding the search and calendar from view means only the date picker appears, allowing Customers to filter for items/products based on the Start Date they specify.

If your Booking Page is configured to use the Detail Page layout (Manage > Layout > Booking Page > Booking Page Layout), this setting also controls whether the calendar displays on the page or not.

With the Hide search & calendar option selected, both the search field and calendar are no longer visible. Magic!

If you place the shortcode onto a web page aimed at a specific item/product, you can use the Display option to select which ones should be included.

Uncheck the box labelled All Items and Categories for items or All Products and Categories for products to reveal the individual selections. Select the ones you like by checking each one in turn.

All other items/products are filtered from the booking portal you are creating, providing an uncluttered view of the select offerings!

If you have a Discount Code you want to include in the plugin automatically, you can select it from this dropdown list.

All prices shown to the Customer now reflect the discount you chose, with the discount code's name displayed in brackets to illustrate that the discount has been applied.

Font Color is a pretty self-explanatory option! If you wish the text on the Booking Page to be a different colour, choose one from the colour picker or specify the colour by entering the matching hexadecimal code.

Most text areas on the Booking Page reflect a font colour change, including the date field label, the product name/item title, and the product/item details.

See the above screenshot for an example of which text changes if the font colour changes to red.

Does your website use a specific standard font family like Arial or Tahoma? Then, you can enter the font family name here.

Once published, the Drupal plugin takes on this font. If left blank, the Drupal plugin uses the same font (and font back-ups) as the Booking Page: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, and sans-serif.

Different browsers support different fonts. All major browsers support web-safe fonts, so are more likely to work than others!

Do you need a specific start date selected by default? Then, pick a default calendar Date in the future. Click on the field to open the calendar and select your date. You use the small black arrows to advance the months back and forth.

This fast-forwards the Drupal plugin so that a specific start date is selected by default instead of the current date. This option enables the Customer to land on a set date at some point in the future. The Customer can still select another available date to book.

Learn more about configuration For a detailed look at configuring the default calendar booking length that's applied to the Booking Widget, check out the following article: Setting up your account configuration

That's it for the basic options! You can click the Generate Code button and copy and paste the results into your webpage. Before you do that, though, you may wish to Preview your changes.

Next, check out advanced options for configuring Checkfront! 

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