Joomla Plugin: Working with the Shortcode

 

Copy/Pasting the Shortcode

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That's it now! You should have selected all the options from above that make the most sense in terms of your requirements. It's now time to generate the shortcode for your website. Click on the Generate Code button and copy the resulting shortcode to your clipboard.  

 

 

 

 

Once you've pasted the shortcode into your web page, publish it and check out your results.  

With the shortcode pasted to your clipboard, head back over to Joomla and locate/create the page/post in which you wish to embed the booking portal. Place the shortcode wherever you would like the portal to appear. This may be before, after or somewhere within your page content.

Adding some of the arguments from the list lower down this page will control how the booking portal appears and the information it contains. Below is an example of what this shortcode might look like:  

Once you've pasted the shortcode into your web page, publish it and check out your results.

Following is a list of arguments that can be added to the basic [checkfront] shortcode to change the look and behaviour of your booking portal.  

Show specific items: item_id="3,8,37"

Show specific categories: category_id="2,3"

Added to basic shortcode, they would look like this: [checkfront item_id="3,8,37" category_id="2,3"]

Limit upcoming events to specific category: filter_category_id="3"  

Tabs as categories: options=tabs

Hide search and calendar: options=hidesearch

Together they would look like this: options=tabs,hidesearch  

Include an automatic discount code: discount_code="insert_code"  

Font colour: style="color: #000000"

Font family: style="font-family: arial"

Background colour: style="background-color: #873333"

Together they would look like this: [checkfront style="color: #000000; background-color: #873333; font-family: arial"]

Fast forward to specific date: date="20131224"

Add an end date: end_date="20140131"  

Tracking ID: tid="fall-email"  

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