Meg Phillips

As with most all plugins, please run the following check:

1) fresh install of WP
2) the supported version is up to 5.5 at the moment
3) install WooCommerce and Charter Boat Bookings and uninstall any other plugins.

When I run that check, we are having no problems. I am marking this ticket as closed.

Thank you for using Charter Boat Bookings.

@impactfulmedia I had to dig into the code to remember what I was thinking;) . I put it in there twice because I figured some people like tabs, others really hate the Woo Tabs.

I commented out the “book Now” tab on your install. So, with that said, if you want it back again,
– src/public/woo-single-product-booking-display.php
– line 85 should be uncommented out to show that book now tab again.
– I did that for you within the plugin editor for this install.

If you are going to leave it with that tab hidden, then you definitely want to add a little padding or margin above that product calendar on the single product page in desktop view. I did that for you within the customizer really quick…you are gonna want to sure up that css to make sure it is working for you the way you want and not affecting mobile and tablet in an unexpected way.

Listen, I’ve started offering the CBB Pro as a SAAS only so I can do the other things that fisherman and captains really need to manage business like sms magic login links and other features which have a variable cost to me.

Here is an example of a recently launched CBB Pro site using the CBB Pro partner theme Kinnakeet Yacht Club (KYC). I built this theme built for blocks and goes together really quick with CBB Pro. Honestly, we highly recommend that and it comes with CBB Pro for no additional cost. We maintain the theme and the plugin both, and I use them everyday for our local sailing club and charter business here on Hatteras.
https://pamlicosailing.com/

• This reply was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by Meg Phillips.

Pat,

I would love to discuss the options with you further if you could reach out to me directly via email or phone. I am the author of this plugin, and I have premium options which make it a snap to create beautiful charter guide websites in around 1hr.

meg.phillips91 at gmail dot com

thank you,
Meg

Pat, @n5sli

This is a surfaced bug (sort of) definitely an improvement and I shall work on this as soon as possible as a priority.

…you really should be using your post name and page titles in your URLs for best SEO results.

and…my code really should support either choice you make in permalinks.

So the best solution I can reccomend is for me to improve my code and for you to choose to change your permalink settings.
To change your permalink settings:
1. in your WordPress dashboard, navigate to settings -> permalinks
2. then choose the option postname
3. Go to your pages and ensure that the permalink for your WooCommerce cart page is https://tightlines.fishing/cart/

From my side, I will get into this improvement straight away to support whichever permalink structure chosen, but I do have a few other tickets going and I cannot guarantee this will be today as it is a holiday in US also.

Note that sometimes you have to save this setting twice just to “flush” permalinks and make sure the effect takes fully place.

If you have any other problems, please do reach out to me here or on Slack or at msp-media.org

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Meg Phillips.

Elliot,

Charter boat bookings for Marinas, Charter Agents, and other travel agencies is offered through MSP-Media as a subscription. The service plans are based on the number of boats in the fleet and there is no limit of boats, locations, schedules, types of charters, per-person or private, etc. The features are quite flexible and designed to help the travel agency or marina keep a clear financial position as the booking agent with good reporting and affiliate fees that are charged up front. Most of our multiple boat customers pass on some of that to the boat owner, or do well enough on commissions to absorb any cost for the subscription. Charter boat bookings is designed to scale in performance as the fleet grows.

In addition, Charter Boat Bookings Pro has a marketing and conversion suite which comes with the package and which includes transactional email, sms, and other features which have a variable cost to MSP-Media. The features include a community building social-style fishing report feed which is easy for the captains to publish right from the boat – even when internet connections are not favorable.

I would love to meet so I can better understand the budget of your client’s business and the goals of the site. Charter boat bookings is designed specifically?for this market and our team has many many years in nearly every aspect of the charter industry. If you are interested to see a demo, Please reach out to me via msp-media.org. We can spin up a demo for your client demonstrating the features if you are interested.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Meg Phillips.

There is an error thrown at includes/mail line 135 – which I guess is just the wp_mail(…, …, …, ) call. Here is the error that I have from debugging:

Triggered from:/home/hyperlocalnews/public_html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/mail.php
On line: 135
Errors:
Could not instantiate mail function.

The error is not all that specific which is why it took me a few hours to track down exactly how to solve the problem. My solution works across sites but is of course not a proposed permanent solution to this problem.

I could not track down any other errors from my server logs.

I’ve been seeing the same problem across many sites that I manage. I have learned that the error is occurring with google served mail and not with other email servers.

For example, if I submit the contact form from a person with an email [email protected] it works with no error.

if I submit the contact form with [email protected] or even [email protected] then wp_mail cannot properly instantiate. line 135 of wpcf7/includes/mail just fails.

I think that it must be something with the replyto header that is automatically set to the [your-email] who has submitted the form. It is possible that this can cause an error.

I’ve been seeing the same problem across many sites that I manage. I have learned that the error is occurring with google served mail and not with other email servers.

For example, if I submit the contact form from a person with an email [email protected] it works with no error.

if I submit the contact form with [email protected] or even [email protected] then wp_mail cannot properly instantiate. line 135 of wpcf7/includes/mail just fails.

I think that it must be something with the ‘fake’ replyto header that is automatically set to the person who has submitted the form.

I gave your plugin a shout out on twitter, but I couldn’t tag you because your handle is not in your WP Bio. Maybe add it so people can thank you on social also ??

Thank you again,
Meg

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Meg Phillips.

Cheers. Thank you. Works like a charm.

Ah, I am so pleased to hear I helped. Also, do not forget to pop over here in Avon if you ever need anything else ?? We are at the Pirate Ship playground or sailing behind Froggy Dog most afternoons.

Michael,

I am a contributor of plugins and I also contribute to the making WordPress marketing team. The WordPress community is kind, warm, and welcoming. I think you will find that others, like myself are also sailors.

If you search and do not find what you are looking for, be sure to join the Making WordPress slack community. I’d bet someone there can help – especially me. As this is an area of personal interest for me, if you ping me I’d be happy to lift a hand and help you find a good fit. I may even have something that could help.

Also look at reaching out to Dawn Riley at Oakcliff Sailing – her team has some really innovative things going in preparation for the new Olympic Offshore Doubles event and there is some cross over in use case from what they are innovating to what you need on your solo trip across the ‘pond’ ??

Hi Hatteras Island friend…you could just ring me ?? look for a block that offers to set custom query attributes and set it to always look for this week last year…. that is one way…

Hit me up on FB or text me and I will give you a beta-release copy of Boatworks. This will include a custom block for that anyway.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Meg Phillips.

I think you could probably use Charter Boat Bookings plugin and The Woocommerce Barcode together to achieve what you are after. The members could have a coupon code which makes fishing free.

Here are two links to research:
– https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-order-barcodes-2/
– https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/charter-boat-bookings/

This is a really cool idea and I’d love an update on how it goes. We could maybe implement something similar for the optimists for the kiddos at the sailing club…

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Meg Phillips.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Meg Phillips.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Meg Phillips.

Maybe you could just put this plugin on github and turn it over to concerned community members like myself so we could contribute and keep it up to date…