ResEngine

We get a lot of questions about how to take reservations online, and here’s our first of many public reservation options. By default, access to all of your calendars is set to “private”, meaning only you and your staff can manage them. Now you can edit any calendar to set it’s access to “public requests” [...]

We’ve expanded the traditional ResEngine “activity log” to be as versatile as the new calendar views. You can now view the Activity List using the same range slider, and easily switch back and forth between calendar and list views by using the two small icons to the left of the range slider.
Calendars are great for [...]

ResEngine calendars are now more powerful than ever, and it’s easier to manage them while working. Calendars now have a revamped edit screen with new features for adding and removing resources, setting display preferences through Profiles (more info here) and setting options for taking reservation requests from the public (more info here).
And working with calendars [...]

All ResEngine accounts now have a Profile. When creating a new account you choose your profile during sign-up. Existing accounts can always change their profile by visiting the “My Settings” section.
Your account profile sets a number of display settings and defaults for your ResEngine account. For instance, if you use the “Vacation Rental” profile, your [...]

A new slider appears above calendars that can be dragged back and forth to adjust the range of dates shown. The traditional ResEngine 7 day view is perfect for managing lots of nightly reservations. The new 30 day view is great for weekly reservations, or to just look further ahead when managing nightly reservations. You [...]

You can now edit guest details directly on the Reservation Detail screen. Just click on any reservation on the calendar and the edit window will open. Below the guest name is a link called “Show Guest Details”. Clicking this link will expand the form to include the guest details along side the reservation details.
Not a [...]

With the latest ResEngine update you can now keep track of all your cancelled reservations instead of just deleting them. Here’s how it works. When viewing the Reservation Details screen, there’s an Edit button along with a “Cancel Reservation” link. Clicking cancel sets the status of the reservation to “Cancelled” and removes it from all [...]

More new stuff hits ResEngine today:
Dormitory Reservation Support
We call it dorm reservations, but it’s probably more properly referred
to as the ability to book multiple reservations into a single
resource. When setting up or editing a resource, just click “Allow
Multiple Reservations” if you’d like to allow multiple overlapping
bookings. ResEngine will then manage to your total occupancy,
regardless of [...]

A new ResEngine screencast has been posted. It’s about six minutes long and it’s a great overview of the application. You can view it at the ResEngine site here. I’ve also embedded it here. Once you click play, you will probably want to expand it to fullscreen to see the text better (the fullscreen toggle [...]

Major User Interface Upgrade
Kudos to Hannah and Liz for some major user interface design work.
They created lots of accounts selling everything from Palapas to Jet
Skis (I SELL BOATS!) and came up with a ton of changes, upgrades and
polish that really help make ResEngine faster and easier to use. And
gosh it’s getting right pretty too!
Multiple Calendars
Admins [...]