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Rate Export Wizard

The Rate Export Wizard allows you to create customizable web pages of your room types and rates to be uploaded to your properties website.

Prior to using this feature:

  • Know which rate types and room types you wish to include in the export.

  • Know the date range for your exported data.

  • Have an active Internet connection.

  • Know the connection parameters for your webserver (address, username, password)

Dates and Rates to Export

In Date Selection enter the Lower and Higher Dates to be included in the export. Clicking the drop down box gives programmed time frames from 3 months to 3 years. The time frame will begin with the lower date entered.

In Rate Selection enter the Rate Code you wish to display on your website. You may want to display a special internet rate for guests that review your website. Check the boxes for the One Person or Two Person Rate. Checking both will display both on the web page. Checking the Show Rate even if Sold Out will show the rates selected even if the property is sold out for those dates. Unchecked, Sold Out will display for any dates the property is at 100% or higher occupancy.

Select the room types to be included in the exported HTML files. The Select All and Unselect All buttons are useful shortcuts to adding or removing room types without extensive clicking.

HTML Literals Translation Table

You can export your rate calendar in multiple languages. Click on the HTML Literals (Language Table) button to create translations or enter settings for the different HTML options, such as Table Width, Frame Height, Frame Background Color, etc.

Table Width : The width of the webpage

Frame Height : The height of the top 'pull-down' frame. Be sure to make this large enough for all web browsers.

Frame Background Color : The color of the top 'pull-down' frames background in Hexadecimal HTML format. Example: #FF0000 is red.

Frame Title Background Color : The color of the top 'pull-down' title "Rate Calendar" in Hexadecimal HTML format. Example: #FF0000 is red.

There are many free color picker programs available on the internet to define a colors Hexadecimal code. Also, you can use   as a literal if you wish to force a space instead of using the roomMaster default text such as "Dbl" or "Sgl" persons.

Special HTML Embeds (advanced users only)

This feature is for those users who have thorough understanding of HTML code. With this knowledge, advanced users can insert HTML codes in specific places to customize the final appearance and formatting of the HTML pages generated by the Rate Export Wizard. If you do not know HTML code, you should not use this section. InnQuest Software can not help you with special coding in this section. It is recommended that your web designer use this section of the program or that you purchase an HTML coding book from your local bookstore.

Viewing/uploading your HTML files

After the HTML is generated, the Rate Export Wizard will show the list of files generated. Double-click on any of the files to preview them in your web browser.

If you are not going to upload the files directly from roomMaster, deselect the Upload Generated Files to Server checkbox and click on the Next button. You are finished with the Rate Export Wizard at this point and you can find the HTML files in your roomMaster directory.

If you are going to upload the files directly from roomMaster, click on Next and then enter the FTP information for your web server.

Please note that this step requires you are connected to the Internet.

Connecting the files to your website

You must have a link or some way on your current website so the user can access these files. It is recommended that you have a link, icon or graphic on your current website/webpage with something to the effect of "Show Rates". This link will then point to the main frame file that this Rate Export Wizard created. The file is called "IQ_rates_frame.htm" (NOTE: If you are using a UNIX server, these file names may be case-sensitive and you must make sure the IQ are capitalized when making a link, otherwise "Page Not Found" may appear)

It is recommended that additionally, your web design use the "Display in another window" HTML tag when opening this window, and may also turn off control and menu options using some JAVA code as well.

Apache Unix servers (Verio for example) would use a directory path of: /www/htdocs/

FreeBSD Unix servers (Pair for example) would use a directory path of: public_html

Windows FTP servers (local for example) would use a directory path of: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\

If the directory change does not work, try using a trailing slash or backslash.