What’s new in CabGrid Pro version 5.8
CabGrid Pro version 5.8 introduces new one-way return switching, greater control of price table layouts, more informative labels for full addresses on booking forms, and more improvements.
Changing the Return/One-Way Icon Button with CSS Styling
CSS code snippets for Cab Grid Pro version 5 and above that change the appearance of the one-way/return button icon shown in the plugin calculator interface. These snippets can be added to the Custom CSS box under the OPTIONS tab in the Cab Grid Pro WordPress admin page.
WHAT’S NEW IN CABGRID PRO VERSION 5.7
CabGrid Pro version 5.7 introduces options to set number inputs via drop-down menus, adds validation to price formula fields, and provides a more secure rewritten link system.
Disable Floating Price Bar with CSS
How to disable the floating price banner displayed in the footer using CSS
WHAT’S NEW IN CABGRID PRO VERSION 5.6
CabGrid Pro version 5.6 introduces the following new features and changes. CabGrid Pro version 5.6 is a free update available to all CabGrid Pro version 5 and later users.The update is available via your WordPress admin either under UPDATES or PLUGINS. Subscribe to be...
Make Built-in Cab Grid Pro Booking Form Fields Optional
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.
Cab Grid Stripe Integration Upgrading from v2 to v3
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…
Advanced Destination Selector on Mobile
Force mobile devices to use the searchable destination select box offered with the Cab Grid Pro desktop experience…
Hide Unsupported Destinations
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.
Direct journey link syntax
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 to help customers complete booking form
Tool-tips can be enabled to provide customers with further assistance when calculating a journey price and completing the booking form…
Dedicated User Profile
Personalise the Cab Grid experience for registered users by pre-populating their primary address and offering a discount unique to them….
Individual WordPress User Discounts in Cab Grid Pro
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.
Mailpoet Integration
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.
Require International Dialling Code in Taxi Booking Form
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.
How to remove the shadow from the new Cab Grid Pro v5 styling
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;}
Set the priority/order of places and vehicles
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.
Embed Cab Grid in External Web Sites or Services (e.g. Facebook)
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.
Combine Calculation Modes in Cab Grid Pro v5
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.
Import & Export Fare Price and Destination Data to Cab Grid Pro
Location and price data can be imported to Cab Grid Pro from an external source (CSV file). This can be especially useful if there are large number of places and prices.
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Display a fare price table using [cabGridProTable] shortcode
The cabGridProTable shortcode displays a price table as opposed to the regular CabGrid Pro price calculator. Prices and table attributes can be controlled through attributes defined as part of the shortcode (or in the Gutenburg block). These include captions, vehicles, groups, links, destinations and more.
Using Pre-defined Styles in CabGrid Pro
CabGrid Pro version 5.0 provides the ability to select the main stylesheet loaded with the front-end calculator plugin. There are a variety of pre-defined style-sheets available that provide a starting point for any custom CSS.
Assigning Access to Cab Grid Admin in v5+
A WordPress website provides the ability for individual users to log in and perform actions on the site, such as commenting on posts or editing pages. Most websites will have only one user – the administrator – but others can be added (or registered). Any...URL Rewrite Redirects in Cab Grid Pro v5
CabGrid Pro v5.6 and above is transitioning away from the URL rewrite technique previously in use. In general, for versions higher than this, it is recommended to turn friendly URLs off. Cab Grid Pro v5 makes use of URL rewrite functionality to present more...
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.
