CabGrid now includes dedicated Gutenberg editor blocks that allow the basic taxi price calculator, the CabGrid Pro calculator and booking form, and the CabGrid Pro Price Table to be positioned as block items within any WordPress post or page.
Whilst NOT RECOMMENDED, it is possible to disable Cab Grid’s built-in booking form fields. This article describes how to use advanced settings (Defaults add-on or _settings.php) and CSS to hide built-in fields that are mandatory by default.
This article explores ways taxi fare prices provided by Cab Grid may be adjusted based on the number of passengers, for example, when applying a surcharge for extra passengers or a discount for large groups.
Cab Grid passes Google Lighthouse performance audits with a perfect score of 100…. Google places significance on page speed and customers have limited patience loading websites. WordPress plugins and themes can slow load times if they’re not built with speed in mind. However, Cab Grid is built for speed….
Cab Grid Stripe Integration version 3.0 has been released.
This update provides integration with Stripe’s newest API (as of May 2019) and provides compatibility with Strong Customer Authentication. Crucially, however, it changes the way the main checkout process works. This article discusses the changes between version 2 and version 3…
Stripe provides a means for users to process online payments using credit cards (e.g. Visa or MasterCard or American Express), debit cards, or bank transfers (via iDEAL, GiroPay or SoFort).
Version 3.0 of the Cab Grid Pro Stripe Integration Add-on updates Stripe functionality to provide support for Strong Customer Authentication. This includes Stipe’s new checkout process that replaces the previous “pop-up” interface and allows for processing of other payment types such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. This article describes each of the options available under the STRIPE tab in Cab Grid Pro.
Force mobile devices to use the searchable destination select box offered with the Cab Grid Pro desktop experience…
Populate the destination list based on the selected pick-up location…
Cab Grid Pro v5.2 now supports the option to disable destinations where no price has been configured. Customers select a pick-up location (origin) and the destination list will adjust dynamically to only show journeys that have a price set.
How to configure a dedicated Cab Grid Pro email address distinct from the main WordPress Admin email address. Useful for auto-responders or dedicated booking processing.
Cab Grid can process online payments via Paypal (built-in) or other payment gateways (via add-ons). But what if your local currency is not supported by any of the payment gateways we offer?….
One solution is to use the deposit/surcharge field to convert the local currency price to a currency supported by the chosen payment gateway…
Cab Grid generates error or warning messages when it encounters a misconfiguration. Detailed error/warning messages are usually only displayed to WordPress admin users. They are not displayed to regular users or customers. This article details some common error messages or warnings and what possible solutions might be…
Need to offer customers direct access to popular routes or journeys? Build a custom link that pre-populates the Cab Grid Pro price calculator…
Tool-tips can be enabled to provide customers with further assistance when calculating a journey price and completing the booking form…
This article provides guidance for setting up our WSPay add-on plugin. WSPay is a payment gateway (like Paypal or Stripe) that processes payments for businesses in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
WS Pay provide credit card and debit card processing for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Our add-on plugin integrates Cab Grid booking payment with WS Pay.
Personalise the Cab Grid experience for registered users by pre-populating their primary address and offering a discount unique to them….
CabGrid sends notifications to both customers and administrators via email (and text). Use Send Grid and WP Mail SMTP to improve email deliverability. This article discusses steps to configure.
Cab Grid Pro version 5 allows a dedicated discount formula to be defined for individual users logged in to your website. When a logged-in user calculates a journey fare price, their dedicated discount is automatically applied.
Discount formulas are defined in the user’s profile page. This article describes how to set up dedicated user discounts.
Cab Grid Pro version 5.1 introduces the ability to offer a “Join our mailing list” checkbox on the taxi booking form. When checked, a customer’s name and email are added to the designated list.
MailPoet is a free WordPress plugin that provides mailing list management and scheduling from within the WordPress admin.
Cab Grid Pro offers the option to have customers select their international dialling code when entering their phone number on the booking form. This can be disabled by setting it to off in the Twilio SMS text message section of the OPTIONS tab on the Cab Grid Pro WordPress admin page.
The currency symbol is set under the OPTIONS tab in Cab Grid. It is displayed along side any price that is calculated. The currency symbol field can accept individual symbols or HTML codes.
The new version of Cab Grid Pro automatically applies a drop shadow to the taxi price calculator box. This can be disabled by adding a simple line of CSS code to the STYLING CSS box under the OPTIONS tab on the Cab Grid Pro WordPress admin page: .cabGridPro:after {display:none;}
When Cab Grid’s own logic does not meet requirements a special (hidden) feature allows the order of places in origin or destination drop-down lists, and the priority of vehicles to be defined.
Cab Grid Pro v5 provides a template that allows the taxi price calculator or taxi price table to be embedded in another website or application such as Facebook. This article describes the steps to generate the Cab Grid Pro embed page.
Cab Grid Pro 5 introduces the ability to combine calculation modes. This is useful where the choice of vehicle should be offered (rather than determined by the system).
Modes are combined by adding comma-separated values to the layout attribute of the Cab Grid Pro shortcode as follows. At this time, the only possible combinations are Vehicle and Time layout, and Vehicle and Ticket layout.
