View Configure Extra Stops on the Web
Category:Web Reservation System
How to Configure Extra Stops on the Web
This functionality was added to web software versioin 2.92 (Apr 2011). The following setup instructions are an overview and designed for use by Hudson TechSupport or for the clients web reservation site manager, who have a familiarity with setup and configuration of the Hudson web reservation manager system.
Extra Stops Form
Add support for extra stop information form. The form is launched as an overlay from the pickup information page. It is enabled per direction in General Configuration.
Each service can be configured to be enabled or disabled when extra stops are present in Service Configuration, “Enable with extra stops”.
Tokens
SECT_EXTRASTOPS
Section header on the pickup information page
EXTRASTOPS_CAPTIONS
The token contains the captions for the form items. The captions are comma separated.
Note: the first field of the string must be empty.
Sample string:
,,Passengers,Name,Address,City,Postal Code,Comments
EXTRASTOPS_DBNAMES
This token contains the database field names for the data collected from the form. The field names are comma separated. The order must correspond with the EXTRASTOPS_CAPTIONS token. If the field does not have a corresponding caption it is not displayed on the form.
Note: the first field of the string must be empty.
Sample string:
,ExtraStop,Passengers,Name,PickupAddr,PickupCity,PickupZip,PUDDirections
EXTRASTOPS_TERM
This token specifies the word to be used for “stop”. It appears in the header of the form, the add button and various warnings and error messages when referring to a “stop”. For example it is a “via” in Europe.
EXTRASTOPS_JS
This token contains Javascript for launching the extra stop overlay form.
EXTRASTOPS_LINK
Sample string:
Click here to enter extra stops.
EXTRASTOPS_LINK2
Sample string:
Click here to enter extra stops.
EXTRASTOPS_NODATA
This token contains the default text to be displayed before any form data is returned for the first leg of a one way reservation.
Sample text:
No extra stops have been entered.
EXTRASTOPS_NODATA2
This token contains the default text to be displayed before any form data is returned for the second leg of a round trip reservation.
Sample text:
No extra stops have been entered.
PICKUPINFO_LOCCAPTIONS
This token contains a comma separated list of address fields to display. Supported fields are Address,City,State,ZipCode. Field names are not case sensitive.
If the token is not present then the defaults are as follows for the address lookup services:
Map point: Address,City,State,ZipCode
AFD Post Code: ZipCode
TRANSFER_FORMDATA
This token contains hidden html objects used to transfer data from an overlay form.
This feature requires html version 1.09+