Q4VR: Search Suggestion Feature

New Feature Alert! Version 2.10.00 of the plugin includes a new search suggestion feature. Now, if a guest submits a search that results in 0 units being returned, they will see up to 9 suggested units below the error message. This feature will start working as soon as you update your plugin version. This article … Continued

Speed up hero slider

// Speed up the home hero carousel – updated: 20160913 – Rich (function($) { “use strict”; if ( $(‘#carousel-header’).length ) { // if #carousel-header exists $(‘#carousel-header’).attr(‘data-interval’, ‘4000’); // data-interval controls speed } })

Q4VR: Settings & Setup Guide

There are 4 sections of the plugin settings that need to be set up (some with multiple tabs). We will go through each one below: Access Settings Q4 VR General Settings API Settings API Preferences Download Property Images Custom Messaging Search Page Property Page Booking Page Search Form Settings Basic Search Advanced Search Choose Amenities … Continued

Google Ads 103: Upselling

Effective strategies and tips for evaluating if a customer would benefit from an AdWords campaign and, if so, presenting your case to the customer. Upselling – how to explain, how to identify if it’s a good idea for a customer Counts toward your revenue managed Helps customer generate more money by being more competitive How … Continued

Q4VR: Custom Terms & Conditions Text for GDPR Compliance

In light of the new GDPR Compliance requirements, we have updated the VR Plugin options to allow you to customize the Terms and Conditions section of the Booking Page. Under the Q4VR Settings in your WordPress dashboard, there is an area for Custom Messaging. You will now see options for the Booking Terms Title (the … Continued

Home Hero Booking Widget

Q4FW Release: 2.4.0 – Stormy Woodpecker Add a Booking Widget to the homepage hero area with multiple background slide images. Please note that when enabling this featured on sites created before this release you will need the dev team. Adjustments will need to be made to the original theme or none of your changes will … Continued

Q4VR: Analytics Landing Page Tracking – Session Timeout

Problem If you are seeing odd “landing pages” in Google Analytics – with URLs that look like search results – chances are good that your Session Timeout is set too short. For example: Google defines a “session” as: A group of user interactions with your website that take place within a given time frame. For … Continued

Lazy Loading

Q4FW Release: 2.3.2 Our goal of lazy loading index pages is to reduce clicks (remove pagination), improve the UX, and defer loading images until they enter the viewport. While this improves the user experience, this will not likely improve page speed (scores) since we’re now loading all data (All posts vs only 9 posts) on … Continued

Email: Form Spam

If your customer is receiving spam emails from a Contact Form 7 form we created, follow these steps: Verify the spam email came from a form (you should be able to tell by looking at the email) Verify from which form if possible. You should have some type of “sent from URL” in the form … Continued

Google Ads 102: Core Settings and Best Practices

For new accounts, and when first reviewing existing customer account you’re taking over. (Link: Process for Creating a New Adwords Account) Covers: linking to Analytics, importing goals, setting bid type, other account settings, Keyword, ad, and extension best practices. Note: Google AdWords is now called Google Ads. If you see either name in this document, it is … Continued