Settings
You can use the Settings page to configure various aspects of the system.
Bookings
Booking in advance
Limit the number of days ahead that teacher user accounts can make bookings, based on the current day when making the booking.
Example: Setting is 3 days. If today is Monday, teachers can book rooms between now and Thursday (+ 3 days).
Maximum active bookings
This option can be uesd to limit the number of active bookings a user can have at one time. An 'Active' booking is any single booking for a user that where the date and period date start time is 'now' or in the future.
Example: Setting value is 5. If a teacher has 4 active bookings, they can only make one more. After they have made booking #5, they can't create any more. Once their earliest active booking occurs, they can create another one.
Display Type
This option changes the focus and layout of the bookings page.
- One day at a time: The booking page shows bookings for a single day, for all rooms and all periods. Users navigate by date.
- One room at a time: The booking page shows bookings for a single room, for all days of the selected week and all periods. Users navigate by week and room.
Columns
This determines which data is displayed across which axis of the bookings grid. The available options change depending on which Display Type is selected.
Date formats
These options control how the date and time is displayed to users on the Bookings page in different areas.
The values should be PHP date/time format strings - view referenceopen in new window.
Common formats
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
l jS F Y | Thursday 16th April 2020 |
d/m/Y | 16/04/2020 |
jS M | 16th Apr |
g:i | 8:30 |
H:i | 16:45 |
Maintenance Mode
When Maintenance Mode is enabled, Teacher users are prevented from viewing and making bookings, and the message will be displayed at the top of very page.
This is useful if you want to temporarily prevent changes from being made by most users.