I have a virtual tour for each room on my website. Can Reservation Nexus (ResNexus) link to that?

Yes. Log into Reservation Nexus (ResNexus) and go to Settings -> Rooms -> [Select the room] and scroll to the bottom to Use the Internet link below to share more about the room:. Copy and paste the web url of your virtual tour into this box. Click "Save". This feature links the Thumbnail picture on your Online Reservation System to the Internet link. When a guest clicks on the Thumbnail picture a new page will open up to your virtual tour.

However, if you would like your link to appear in the room description of your Online Reservation System this will require some fairly basic html coding. If html coding is new for you, continue reading on to learn more about it. Otherwise copy and paste the example below into the room description replacing the given sample internet link with your own. Please call your assigned Red Carpet Professional if you need any additional assistance.

First, go to your website and open up the room tour. Copy the website url at the top of your screen.

Next let's talk about the format of an html link. The html code to put a link on a website looks like this:

This coding looks complicated at first glance, but once we take a closer look at the structure it will be easy to understand.

First of all the p is a paragraph tag and tells your computer to indent the text that follows after. Without this p the text will appear cramped online next to your room description text. After the p type in text preceding the word or phrase you want to hyperlink to your virtual tour.

Next, the a is called an anchor tag. It tells the computer you are beginning an html code.

Following the a is target="blank". This tells your computer to open the link to your virtual tour in a new page so that when guests are finished viewing your virtual tour and close the web page, they are not directed away from your Online Reservation System. Don't forget a space between the a and the target="blank" as they are two different types of html and perform two different functions.

Now let's look at the href=. The href= tells your computer that it is going to attach a link to a web address.

Next, paste in the web url of the room tour you want Reservation Nexus (ResNexus) to link to. Make sure you copy and paste the entire web url. Reservation Nexus (ResNexus) will not link properly to your website if the entire url is not pasted in.

The next part of the html link has to do with the hyperlink itself. Close the url with > and then type in something like "click here" or "take a tour". A link will be attached to this text and highlighted in blue so that when guests click on it they will be transported to your website to view the room tour. Close the link with an ending anchor /a enclosed with < > and finish the rest of your text.

  The website url given in the above sample is only an example and not an existing web page. Copy and paste the above html code to Room Description and replace the html link with your own for a quick and easy way to add a virtual tour to your Online Reservation System.

Click "Save" and then open up your Online Reservation System to view the newly created link on the guest side. Check for any errors and click on the link to make sure it is working properly.

Like anything new take some time to familiarize yourself with this html code structure. Double-check anything new you put in before clicking "Save". Pay close attention to the sample above and make sure it matches your own coding down to the spacebar. Careful attention to detail given will make html coding smoother and easy to do.

Contact your Red Carpet Professional if you have any additional questions.

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