The following article reviews what is able to be customized on the eRes Booking Engine. Please note, charges apply for eRes Customizations.
Overall eRes Changes
Can do:
- Background colors
- Adding in background images
- Text colors / font changes / font styles
- Google fonts
- Button styles
- Adding text/images/links to header and footer area (the area above/below the basic template)
Cannot do:
- Using fonts that are not Google Fonts
- Changing element positions (ex: moving the navigation bar to the bottom of the page or moving the “# of nights” drop-down above the “check in” drop-down)
- Adding in hyperlinks (unless it is in the header/footer)
- Adding in new functionality such as forms, drop-downs, or buttons (ex: adding a
- “Teenagers” drop-down between the adults and children buttons on the search page)
Search Page Changes
1) Can do:
- Modify/Cancel, Groups, and Travel Agent links can be hidden
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Remove underline
Cannot do:
- Change text
- Change placement of links on page (ex: move links below book online search bar)
2) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Background color change
Cannot do:
- Change text
3) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Text change (no character limit but can’t add in more than 1 line break/paragraph break)
4) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Text change for labels (16 character limit to fit on one line)
- Add in text under label
- Remove the children drop-down
- Cannot do:
- Cannot change text/numbers within drop-down buttons
5) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Remove coupon, group, or promo code link
Cannot do:
- Change text
- Have coupon field active/open upon page load
6) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Background color change
- Background image change
- Round or square border
- Background shadow
- All caps text
- Cannot do:
- Change text
7) Can do:
- Change the border color
- Remove the box-shadow
- Images should be in a 400 by 300 ratio
Cannot do:
- Vertical images
Rates Page Changes
1) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Text change (no character limit but can’t add in more than 1 line break/paragraph break)
2) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Hide coupon, group, promo codes
- Add text to labels (13 – 16 character limit to fit on one line)
Cannot do:
- Change text within drop-down buttons
3) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Background color change
Cannot do:
- Text change
4) Can do:
- Button style changes for “show details” button
- Change background color of transparent bar behind button
- Change background color of text field
- Change the room types’ heading font, color, and style
Cannot do:
- Text change
Rates Page – Unavailability Changes
1) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Remove box-shadow
- Remove bullet points
- Change the text in the bullet points (but cannot add in new bullet points)
- Add text after “Please contact the hotel directly to confirm availability.”
Guests Page Changes
1) Can do:
- Font / color change
- Bold / italic change
- Add text before/after “Fill out your contact and credit card information below”
- Hide certain text fields
- Add text after labels for Contact Details, Credit Card Details, and Additional Comments
Cannot do:
- Add in new form fields or buttons
2) Can do:
- Remove Login Options section
Done Page Changes
1) Can do:
- Hide print confirmation button
2) Can do:
- Hide facebook button
- Hide twitter button
- Change font size of quote text
- Hide entire “Share your reservation” section
Cannot do:
- Change button styles of facebook/twitter buttons
- Change quote text
Header/Footer Changes
The header is content that sits above the eRes template on all pages except for Modify/Cancel.
The footer is content that sits below the eRes template on all pages except for Modify/Cancel.
It is fairly customizable as JavaScript and html code can directly be placed into this area.
Can do:
- Add in banner images
- Add in logos
- Add in navigation links
- Add in phone number and address
- Add in custom text
Cannot do:
- Drop-down menus
- Video content
- Vertical menus