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Written by Vince Wooll.

Jomres 9.15.0 - Security release + new features

9.15.0 resolves security vulnerabilities found in the Blueimp Query File Upload library that is used by Jomres.

This version also brings new functionality that allows property managers to upload custom frontend room type images, a new layout for frontend room types, and display of price ranges of individual room types in the view property page.

Changelog is here with more information about changes (duh).

Enjoy folks, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Created on 05 December 2018.

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Price adjustments 2020

Prices for Jomres one-off and subscription licenses to go up in March 2020

03/02/2020

Creating properties with the CMF REST API

New page in the manual : Creating properties with the CMF REST API

30/01/2020

Channel Management Framework - API Guide

CMF REST API updated to v0.2 Adds scores of new endpoints

23/01/2020

Channel Management Framework - Alpha and Beta testing

New manual page regarding Alpha and Beta testing.

22/01/2020

Channel Management Framework -Introduction

A more complete article that provides more information about the Channel Management Framework, the reasons for it's development and the vision for the future.

20/01/2020

Channel Management Framework - First look

Followers of the Jomres project will have noticed over the last few months a rise of mentions in changelogs and commits referring to the Channel Management Framework. See the article for more information on this major new feature for Jomres.

13/01/2020

Jomres 9.21.3 released

Jomres 9.21.3 mostly bugfixes and tweaks

08/01/2020

New manual page

New Manual page showing how to access the REST API through your own code on the same server.

22/11/2019

Jomres 9.21.0 released

Jomres 9.21.0 released with No Show handling, massive microdata schema update and more.

18/11/2019

New functionality : No Shows

The Nightly has been updated with new functionality that allows you to view a guest or potential guest's basic booking history across the Syndicate Network. In short, when a booking is created and if it is marked as No Show (another new flag for bookings) on ANY server in the network then the App server keeps an anonymised record of that. When you view the View Reservation details page, if this guest has booked within the JSN previously then a record of the number of bookings and the number of times their bookings have been flagged as No Shows will appear. This helps you to make informed decisions as to whether or not the guest is a No Show risk. To prevent abuse this particular feature is only available to installations with valid licenses, I'm afraid, however any installation can report a guest as a No Show. The guest's personal information is not stored on the App server, instead their email address is encrypted using one-way encryption.

04/11/2019

Jomres 9.20.0 released

9.20.0 has been released with new Guest Profile functionality plus some fixes for Wordpress that came to my attention today. Have a spooky night!

31/10/2019

User profiles

New user profile functionality has been released onto the Nightly server. See this blog post for information about the changes and how to test these features.

30/10/2019

Discussing the new Jomres Syndicate Network

A conversation on the forum has started, discussing the potential futures of the Jomres Syndicate Network that has been released in the newest versions of Jomres. Please come along and add your thoughts to the subject.

28/10/2019

The Jomres Syndication Network is alive

See this article online to have a better understanding of the purposes behind the JSN.

28/10/2019

Jomres 9.19.2 released

This version of Jomres includes performance improvements for Cron tasks that handle property import from the Jomres Syndication Network, and new functionalility that allows filtering of nearest properties first.

28/10/2019

Jomres 9.19.0 released

This version of Jomres introduces new Jomres Syndication Network code to improve connectivity and property sharing between Jomres based sites.

18/10/2019

Core Stripe gateway updated

The Core Stripe gateway has been updated, uses new Payment Intents technology from Stripe and is Strong Customer Authentication ready. Note, I found that the Lastpass Firefox extension was causing Content Security Policy issues during testing and dev. If you notice problems when entering the creditcard number (e.g. you don't get an additional authentication popup) and you use that plugin, please disable it for the duration of testing.

12/09/2019

Jomres 9.18.0 released

This new version primarily introduces package handling for Jomres which makes the Core system smaller, plus big updates to the French language files (thanks Stephane). As always, please ensure that you have created a full site backup before updating any plugins, including Jomres.

02/09/2019

Jomres iCal plugin updated

Modified how the event UIDs are generated to ensure that they follow recommended standards. This may impact how you are using the UID value if you are using this particular field in 3rd party software/your own code. See the notes added to jomres_ical.class.php L91 for more info.

30/04/2019

9.17.1 has been released

This version is mainly a maintenance release with a number of bugs resolved.

24/04/2019

9.17.0 has been released

PDFs have arrived. Additionally, Terms and conditions are attached to booking emails sent to managers and guests when bookings are make. A security release for Bootstrap 3 has been included and there are a few other tweaks and bug fixes.

27/02/2019

9.16.1 has been released

9.16.1 has been released. This fixes an important bug that was causing invoices to fail to be created and therefore bookings not taken. It also adds some room surcharge output to various templates including in the booking form.

18/01/2019

9.16.0 has been released

9.16.0 has been released. This brings several new features 1. Popups in the booking form to make the form status messages easier to read. 2. Auto login guests who have had new accounts created for them when booking. This allows them to more seamlessly make a subsequent booking without needing to login after making the first booking. 3. Property managers can create custom invoice numbers, meaning that consequtive invoice numbers can exist for properties, and have their own format. 4. Surcharges for individual rooms. This allows property managers to say that a specific room costs X extra because, for example, it's a penthouse suite or it has a particular amenity. Feature can be configured in the Edit Room page (Micromanage and Advanced tariff editing modes). This prevents the need for site managers to need to create new room types for edge-case properties.

15/01/2019

Jintour plugin updated

Added image uploading for tour profiles, and modernised how tours are displayed in the booking form, adjusting output so that it is constructed from a template file. Images can only be uploaded for tour profiles that have tours generated after this update due to a table change.

12/12/2018

Jomres 9.15.0 released

This is a security release that resolves an issue with the included Blu-imp jquery upload library. It also includes improved image handling for frontend created room types, and improved descriptions of same in the view property page and the booking form.

04/12/2018

New property notes plugin

There's a new plugin available through the Jomres Plugin Manager called Property Notes. This allows you to create a set of notes that are specific to individual properties, for example keyholder details etc. It also offers a widget for displaying those notes in the frontend Control Panel. Menu option is called Private Notes and can be viewed under the Dashboard menu dropdown.

14/11/2018

New manual article

There is a new article in the manual, aimed at developers who want to use the Jomres framework. It details both including the Jomres framework, so that you can make use of existing functionality, and also how to decrypt and encrypt guest and manager data.

07/11/2018

Discounted Properties List

New plugin Discounted Properties List. Displays a list of properties that have enabled either the WisePrice or Lastminute Property Configuration settings, thereby offering last minute or under-occupation discounts. Includes a new shortcode to use the script if required.

12/10/2018

JSitemap and Jomres

Just had a bit of good news from one of my clients, JSitemap now supports Jomres properties names in multilanguage sites.

13/09/2018

Jomres 9.13.0

This is mainly a maintenance release which fixes a handful of bugs and allows guests to login via the booking form if they are using an email address which has already been used by a guest. Now that the summer season is over I am actively looking at the feature requests on github to be worked on in the autumn. If there are any features you would particularly like to see please make your voices heared on the Github Issues page.

12/09/2018

Dogs trust fundraiser

For my birthday I am asking people to get involved with my Dogs trust fundraiser on FB. Go on folks, show that you care about our four legged friends!

24/07/2018

Massive summer discount code

For a limited time, to celebrate Vince's birthday, we are offering Jomres licenses at a massive 50% off the normal price.

09/07/2018

Jomres 9.12.0 released

Adds support for frontend room type editing and the DeepL machine translation plugin.

02/07/2018

Jomres 9.11.2 released

Various bug fixes, tweaks and new functionality to have a master api key for Beds24 interactions (only recommended for new installations, sites already integrated with Beds24 should not use it)

13/06/2018

Jomres 9.11.1 released

Includes tweaks for users who are having problems with mod_security & beds24 deferred messages, lat/long settings being mangled by csv hijacking hardening, and a slightly less intrusive GDPR consent process.

30/05/2018

Jomres 9.11.0 released

As this version contains significant changes to how manager and guest details are stored, I strongly advise you to make sure that you have a backup of your site, and ideally that you test the update on a staging/development server before applying it to your life site(s).

21/05/2018

License numbers for old licenses changed

I have been doing some maintenance on the license server. As a result, those of you with older license keys might be getting license incorrect messages in the admin area of your Jomres installations. If you do see that, please log into your account on Jomres.net and use the key that you can find on your licenses page, it may have changed slightly and you'll need to use the new key. This only affects licenses that are older than about 5 years old.

12/05/2018

GDPR features development completed

I would like to let everybody know that the current featureset for GDPR compliance is complete and would encourage everybody to get involved with testing the new functionality.

08/05/2018

Blog updated

A new blog post is available on jomres.net

08/05/2018

Sensitive data encryption in Jomres

Community testers needed, please see this blog post

18/04/2018

Template Override Packages

New video tutorial about Template Override Packages

06/04/2018

9.10.2 released

Fixes and improvements, including fixes for calendars not showing colours.

27/03/2018

9.10.0 released

Jomres 9.10.0 released with a complete new installation process plus a couple of new features.

14/03/2018

New API Feature Tariffs

A new API Feature : Tariffs has been released, however it requires Jomres 9.9.20 which is still under development. The new API plugin allows mangers to update those properties that use Micromanage tariff editing mode, through the API.

05/03/2018

Next version : Completely new installation functionality

In the next version there will be completely new installation functionality. The old installation process has lasted us well but we have been itching to update it to be more modern, and I am glad to say that that's on it's way now.

03/03/2018

Next version, new feature : Hide Street address for none-guests

In the next version individual property managers will be able to hide the specific street address of the property from non-guests. Only those guests who have booked a property will be able to see it's street address. This comes as feedback from users who have properties in high crime areas.

02/02/2018

Jomres 9.9.19 released.

New feature copy emails to admin + fix a couple of late appearing bugs.

24/01/2018

Jomres 9.9.18 released.

New stuff : Fallback price, templates in templates, template package override updates, property features hidden from search modules, J4/BS4 updates, npm, review nag and more.

23/01/2018

New Year updates summary

The 2018 New Year summary has been posted on Jomres.net.

18/01/2018

New Year updates summary

The 2018 New Year summary has been posted on Jomres.net.

18/01/2018

Manual updated : Template Overrides

The Template Overrides manual page has been updated to highlight a few changes for the upcoming v9.9.18 of Jomres

10/01/2018

New manual article : Customisation tips

New manual article. In this article I show you how to include one Jomres script's output in another Jomres template file without needing to make any changes to the core Jomres code.

10/01/2018

New plugin : Upcoming Tours.

New plugin : Upcoming Tours. Lists properties that have tours coming up in the near future. As usual, it can be installed through the Jomres Plugin Manager.

08/01/2018

Jomres 9.9.17

Jomres 9.9.17 has been released. It is a minor-ish release, specifically to address an issue with new redirect url functionality that is currently only used by the Beds24 plugin where tariffs could not be updated through the List Micromanage tariffs page. Also has a handful of small bug fixes and changes.

12/12/2017

Quickstarts updated

The quickstarts on the license server have been updated with the current version of Jomres, Joomla and Wordpress.

23/11/2017

Jomres 9.9.16 released

A variety of tweaks and bug fixes. This version will email anybody marked as an admin if it detects that a new version of Jomres has been released.

21/11/2017

Jomres 9.9.15 released

A variety of tweaks and bug fixes. Also updated the uninstallation process. To uninstall you must set the 'Delete all Jomres data when uninstalling?' setting in Site Config -> Misc tab to Yes first. Once that is done then you can use the host CMSs uninstall feature to remove the database tables and files.

06/11/2017

Jomres 9.9.14 released

Adds new code for creating trial licenses through the administrator area. There are a couple of small bugfixes too.

10/10/2017

Jomres 9.9.13 released

Fixed an issue when creating new Joomla users in J! 3.8 Thanks Rod.

29/09/2017

Jomres 9.9.12 released

Various tweaks and fixes

27/09/2017

Jomres 9.9.11 released

Includes an urgent fix for a Joomla change in 3.8.0 and it's version class, and other more minor tweaks and fixes.

19/09/2017

Exciting new service for existing and new users coming soon.

In this article we are introducing our new Online Booking Network service which is designed to provide google food and clicks for old and new users alike.

06/09/2017

Jomres 9.9.10 released

This version adds Property Categories, and offsite image storage with Amazon

31/08/2017

Jomres 9.9.9 released

This version adds Property Categories, and offsite image storage with Amazon

21/08/2017

Jomres 9.9.8 released.

This version adds Property Completion highlighting and video tutorials for both admins and property managers.

31/07/2017

Jomres 9.9.7 released.

The version incudes a change to help a handful of users who had trouble installing the plugin manager, a new option to limit the number of reviews shown on a page, and I've added the API Core and Webhooks Core plugins to the core of Jomres. This frees us up to do some things that we otherwise wouldn't be able to do (future stuff being considered)

21/07/2017

Beds24V2 plugin manual page available

The Beds24V2 plugin manual page has been added to the manual folks.

12/07/2017

Jomres 9.9.6 released. You MUST install the Plugin Manager plugin

In this version, to continue to use your Jomres installation you *must* install the Plugin Manager when prompted to in the Jomres Control Panel. The purpose of this change is to make the Jomres Plugin Manager itself a plugin, which in turn enables us to encode just 3 files for Trial and Subscription licenses, instead of all files. This results in a significant performance boost for these classes of licenses.

12/07/2017

Jomres 9.9.5 released

This version includes a fix for those users who had problems after updating to 9.9.4. Some older installations sometimes had older language files that contain a call to a function that has been obsoleted, which could cause a fatal error. Restoration of that function to the codebase resolves the issue.

19/06/2017

Jomres 9.9.4 released

This version includes a variety of tweaks, including a fix for Jintour properties property types not being saved properly.

13/06/2017

New Manual article

A new article on how to write Template Override Packages is available on the Jomres Manual. This is useful to anybody who finds themselves constantly modifying Jomres template files.

07/06/2017

Jomres 9.9.3 released

A change in 9.9.1 yesterday created an issue where users could not save existing properties. 9.9.3 fixes this issue.

31/05/2017

Jomres 9.9.2 released

Contains a fix for a new feature where if a manager profile has not been created, then the dashboard widgets aren't saved.

31/05/2017

Jomres 9.9.1 released

This brings our new Dynamic Dashboard where managers can add, remove and drag and drop dashboard widgets.

30/05/2017

Template Override new plugin.

A new Template Package has been released which shows the Room selection for Classic rooms list in columns, and makes the Totals section sticky. There is also a new article in the Manual that describes how to use Template Override Packages.

25/05/2017

Jomres 9.9.0 released.

This is a huge update, folks, so please remember to backup your site before upgrading and preferably test the upgrades on a development server first. Plugins MUST be updated on every release.

16/05/2017

Jomres Zero is back

Jomres Zero is back. Need to upgrade but don't want to pay for support that you no longer need? No problem, get yourself a Jomres Zero license key!

19/04/2017

General news update

A new version of the Jomres Leohtian template for Joomla has been released, which offers frontend module editing. There is also a new REST API plugin called Site Structure, which offers information about countries, regions, property types etc that is configured in the Site Structure area of the website. Check out our blog page for news of an exciting new partnership.

05/04/2017

9.8.29 released

Jomres 9.8.29 has been released. This version is required to be released so that we can begin alpha testing on the new Beds24 v2 plugin as it contains our new deferred tasks functionality. Also adds an option in the administrator area so that site managers can send users to completely different booking engines if required.

29/03/2017

9.8.28 released

Jomres 9.8.28 has been released. This version is primarily intended to fix a handful of bugs that will be blockers for a small subset of users.

16/03/2017

9.8.27 released

Jomres 9.8.27 has been released. This version includes refactored gateway handling, and support to create jomres joomla menus that point to property details page. This will allow us not to have duplicate urls when a joomla menu item is created for a property details page. In this case, the joomla url will be used, not the jomres default one. Also, allows us to have specific joomla modules assigned only to this property details page.

08/03/2017

API update

API Core updated & new API features added. Added functionality to automatically generate the API methods list based on the currently installed API features, ensuring that the site's method list is always accurate. The available number of API features has been extended with help from John ( many thanks John ) however be aware that they're still being tested and should be considered BETA functionality.

17/02/2017

9.8.26 released.

v9.8.26 released. Valentine's day, hugs to our users. Plenty of changes under the hood, cumulative tweaks and improvements and a handful of bug fixes.

14/02/2017

9.8.25 released.

v9.8.25 released. This is a fairly minor release, unless you're using the REST API in which case you will need it as is resolves a bug in user validation ( nobody could be validated ). Addresses a few other small issues and some modification of webhooks for naming consistency.

09/01/2017

9.8.24 released.

PHPMailer library updated again for the second vulnerability. Took opportunity to add two new webhooks for booking creation and modification, documentation for the webhooks feature is pending.

28/12/2016

9.8.23 released.

Jomres 9.8.23 has been released. Previous version had a bug in the installer, which .23 fixes.

28/12/2016

9.8.22 released.

Jomres 9.8.22 has been released. Updates the PHPMailer library due to a critical vulnerability in the previous version. Adds webhook handling functionality. A number of plugins will be released soon that also support this new feature.

28/12/2016

Webhooks in Jomres

Jomres Webhook functionality is currently under development and experimental versions will be released on the plugin manager soon. Developers : Feel free to install and provide feedback on the forums.

17/12/2016

9.8.21 released.

Jomres 9.8.21 has been released. Fixes a couple of bugs that we wanted to resolve going into the winter period. 9.8.20 skipped due to problems with building versions in git.

01/12/2016

9.8.19 released.

Jomres 9.8.19 has been released. Adds Markdown for property managers, media centre improvements, user role updates and a bunch of other improvements.

28/11/2016

9.8.18 released.

Jomres 9.8.18 has been released. Adds tweaks to ensure that registry rebuild on upgrade also clears javascript cache files.

14/11/2016

9.8.18 release.

Jomres 9.8.18 will be formally released on Monday, 14th November. This version is designed to remove some issues that users were having with upgrading and older javascript files not being rebuilt. It also fixes a problem with some cron jobs not being added to the database. This version marks the first release since we moved Jomres over to it's new repository on Github. There is a version of 9.8.18 available now to download via the web installer, choose the Beta option to install it when you're offered the web installer. This version is purely for testing that after the repo move our existing processes are functioning as expected. The usual Beta warnings apply. Over the weekend we will also make the Jomres Github repo public. See you there!

11/11/2016

9.8.17 released.

Jomres 9.8.17 has been released. Adds map markers to gmaps plus other enhancements.

04/11/2016

News update

A new plugin ASAModule Latest has been added. This shows the most recently added properties. It is documented in Jomres > Developer tools > Shortcodes once installed. A few plugins have been updated, mostly with minor improvements. A new plugin called Marker Uploader is in the plugin manager, but requires v9.8.17, so you won't be able to install that yet.

03/11/2016

9.8.16 released.

Jomres 9.8.16 has been released and fixes a problem with Leohtian templates frontpages not showing modules.

25/10/2016

Joomla 3.6.3 warning

Joomla 3.6.3 has been released, and some of our users are reporting problems on Leohtian based templates. Joomla have made some changes to how modules are handled and this seems to be impacting some installations. If you have a pre-Joomla 3.6.3 installation that you'd like to upgrade we would recommend that you first test a copy of that site on a development server and see if upgrading works for you before upgrading the live server. Given that Joomla 3.6.4 will be released Tuesday 25th October, and it will be a security release, we'd strongly advise your to test you upgrades as soon as possible.

24/10/2016

9.8.15 released.

Jomres 9.8.15 has been released. This version continues our drive for improved performance, including a fix for a recent slowdown caused by an upstream service throttling connections.

18/10/2016

9.8.14 released.

Jomres 9.8.14 has been released. This version has just one changeset, designed to resolve issues some of our users have been experiencing with performance.

04/10/2016

9.8.13 released.

Jomres 9.8.13 has been released. This version adds updated code for shortcodes. This is the first step in improving code for adding modules and widgets to Joomla & Wordpress.

03/10/2016

Nightly commits feed

Recent Commits to jomres:nightly

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Added a space to prevent stray 400 errors when using api and setting the token in the headers.

Type cast an object to array in case we've been handed an object.

Type cast an object to array in case we've been handed an object.

ABOUT US

vince pic Developed and maintained by Vince Wooll, Jomres was initially conceived in early 2005 as a Mambo based solution to a client’s hotel management needs. While it wasn't originally expected to be an online booking system it quickly morphed into one as users requested more and more features.

As the number of feature requests grew Vince knew that he would need to dedicate more time to the project and in July 2005 Jomres was formally released as a commercial project. Since then, Jomres has become one of Mambo’s, and now Joomla’s, longest running projects. It has survived various versions of Mambo, then Joomla 1.0, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5 and 3.

Aladar joined the project in 2010 after using Jomres for his own projects. He was active on the forum, helping other members of the community and eventually Vince invited him to join the team. Between 2010 and 2018 he was an integral part of the project and made many significant contributions.

Whilst not formally part of the Jomres project, Rodrigo Rocco and Vince have become firm friends. Rod is a freelancer who specialises in doing custom work for Jomres users and developing custom plugins for the system that take advantage of it's modular design. He has built many useful extensions including his fabulous Valentina Template Override Package.

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