SMS Text Messaging with Twilio in Cab Grid Pro v5+
How to configure Cab Grid Pro version 5 (or higher) and Twilio to send SMS text messages in various circumstances, including booking requests, confirmation or cancellation messages, and more.
Schedule Reminder Messages in Booking Management
Automatically remind customers about upcoming bookings via SMS text message or email with the Booking Management Add-on v2.2. Schedule up to two reminders to be sent ahead of both pick-up and return journeys.
Cab Grid and the WordPress Gutenberg Editor
This article examines Gutenberg’s impact on the Cab Grid price calculator plugin for WordPress. At this time, it appears that Cab Grid functionality remains unaffected…
What’s New in Cab Grid Pro Version 5.0?
Cab Grid Pro version 5 is out!
List of key new features in version 5.0 of the Cab Grid Pro taxi price calculator plugin for WordPress websites.
– Individual discounts can be applied to WordPress user accounts.
– Customer advised of booking availability.
– Grant access to Cab Grid Pro admin for other roles and users.
– Multiple discount codes.
– Date picker for blocked out dates.
Discount Mechanisms
Prices calculated by Cab Grid Pro can be discounted (or modified) by providing promotional coupon or discount codes, or by implementing price variation formulas. This article lists the various methods available (or coming soon).
Handling Deposit (part) Payments and Surcharges
How to manipulate the online payment amount to serve either as a deposit (part) payment (pending confirmation), or to add a surcharge (card handling fee), and how the Booking Management add-on processes subsequent post-booking payments.
Date Picker Formatting – How the date and time are displayed in the booking form
How to manipulate date and time formatting displayed to the customer on the CabGrid Pro taxi booking form.
Multiple Calculation Modes on a Single Page
Let’s consider a business that offers multiple passenger transportation models – Airport Transfers, City Tours, Chauffeur Service and Taxi. We illustrate how these models can be implemented on a single page with Cab Grid Pro.
Accepting iDEAL, Sofort & Giropay payments with the Stripe Add-on for Cab Grid Pro
Version 2.0 of the Stripe Add-on allows customers to make payments using various funding sources in addition to credit cards or debit cards. These include iDEAL, Sofort & Giropay, popular in some European countries. These are known as ‘sources’ by Stripe.
Cab Grid Pro Stripe Payment Processing Add-on v2 Configuration
This article describes each of the options available under the STRIPE tab in Cab Grid Pro. The Stripe tab is available when the Cab Grid Pro Stripe Integration add-on is installed and activated. 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).
Is Cab Grid GDPR Compliant?
Cab Grid does not store any customer data. All booking data is sent to administrators via email for offline processing. If the Booking Management Add-on is installed & active, booking data is stored on the server and customer consent may be required. This article provides details.
Cab Grid Auto-Updater
Cab Grid Pro (version 4 and later), the Cab Grid Booking Management Add-on, and the Cab Grid Pro Stripe Integration Add-on include automatic updating. Updates will be available via WordPress’s built-in update mechanism and administrators should be notified in...
Cab Grid Compatibility Test
Cab Grid has a built in compatibility test. This test can show incompatibility between the hosting environment and Cab Grid Pro. It accessible from the BASIC edition of Cab Grid and from Cab Grid Pro v4 or higher.
Advanced Settings for CabGrid Pro – Defaults add-on plugin
Download the free Defaults add-on plugin for WordPress to configure advanced Cab Grid Pro taxi price calculator settings independently of the main plugin. Update button and form field labels, set min & max passenger or time periods, set price decimals & formatting, and more…
What’s New in v2 of the Taxi Booking Management Add-on for the Cab Grid WordPress Plugin
Version 2 of our taxi booking management system provides a calendar view with daily itinerary, functionality to add, edit & duplicate bookings from the admin, checking for timing conflicts with other bookings, and customisable messaging for actions such as accept, decline, cancel or paid.
Migrating Cab Grid to another web site
It may be that you need to move Cab Grid to another website – say from a development site to a live site – and, in doing so, preserve the settings, prices, messages, and other configurations. There is [currently] no built in process to manage this process. This article discusses techniques for copying Cab Grid data from one web site to another.
Google Analytics Event Tracking in Cab Grid Pro
Cab Grid Pro offers the ability to track interactions with users through Google Analytics. This means usage of the plugin is reported alongside other statistics in Google Analytics.
Changing the Return/One-Way Icon in Cab Grid Pro version 4
s Note The CSS code on this page is geared primarily to Cab Grid Pro version 4 or earlier and may require some further adjustments to be applied to Cab Grid Pro version 5 or later. However, the basic principles remain the same so only minor updates should be...
Taking online card payments for taxi journeys with Paypal
CabGrid Pro can process debit or credit card payments out of the box via Paypal: Select the OPTIONS tab on the CabGrid Pro admin page in the WordPress admin Section Enter your Paypal ID (usually your email address) in the ‘Paypal ID & Currency:’ field....
Style Builder
Currently in beta, the Cab Grid style builder utility helps preview and test out custom CSS styling for the taxi fare price calculator interface. It provides a visual interface for adjusting styles for the Cab Grid calculator.
Troubleshooting CabGrid WordPress Plugin Not Working?
You might find that you install the CabGrid free or CabGrid Pro plugin and it does not function correctly. There are many reasons this may happen, but most likely it is a compatibility issue with your theme or other plugins. This article describes how to troubleshoot problems with the Cab Grid taxi calculator plugin for WordPress.
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) with Cab Grid
Cab Grid Pro v4.5.2 and Cab Grid (basic edition) 1.2.10 will introduce basic Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) support. AMP will be enabled on your website through a third-party plugin, such as AMP By Automattic. Currently, if a post is rendered by AMP, any Cab Grid...
CabGrid Pro Calculation Modes
As a taxi price calculator, CabGrid Pro supports several different calculation models – that is the method used to look-up and calculate the price. This article describes each of those. The calculation mode can be set globally under the OPTIONS tab on the...
Text substitution syntax for messages shown to visitors
[NOTE: This feature requires Cab Grid Pro v4.4.1] Cab Grid Pro displays messages to visitors at various points in the calculation/booking process. These messages are largely configurable through the Cab Grid Pro admin page, under the OPTIONS tab. They include:...
Receive booking data CSV
All the information about a taxi booking request can be compiled to a single (CSV) file and sent as an attachment along with the cab booking notification email. This file can then be imported to a third-party application or booking system. CSV attachments are sent to the administrator only, and only if enabled in the Cab Grid Pro admin.
