Course Booking System

Description

There are many booking systems on the market. The booking systems often have many advantages. However, one disadvantage that should not be underestimated is that many booking systems are so general that they do not address special features and individual needs of you. At ComMotion we have developed an individual course and online booking system that takes into account the special features of your company.

Our individual course and online booking system already comes with a lot of things, such as the online purchase of single tickets or 10-tickets with different payment methods, the display of a timetable and the offer of a video library. We will be happy to implement any further requests together with you, so that in the end you will receive exactly THE booking system that you need. The following features are included in our course and online booking system:

Integration

The system fully supports WooCommerce. Part of the booking system is a powerful online shop that leaves nothing to be desired. You can sell everything from single cards to mixed cards of 10 to subscriptions.

Attendance indicator

Every course or appointment has a current utilization indicator. This gives you full control over all appointments.

Customer account

Each customer receives individual access. This means that he has an overview of all appointments and bookings and can make purchases in the online shop.

Permanent appointments and subscriptions

You can enter permanent appointments (subscription or permanent place) for certain customers and thus reward your regular customers.

Opening times and timetable

The system fully supports WooCommerce. Part of the booking system is a powerful online shop that leaves nothing to be desired. You can sell everything from single cards to mixed cards of 10 to subscriptions.

Evaluations

You will receive a detailed evaluation and statistics about your sales and all dates for a period of time that you have defined.

Advantages of the individual course and online booking system from ComMotion

The advantages are apparent. With a booking system that is perfectly tailored to you, you and your entire team not only save more time because the administrative effort is lower, but you also give your customers an extremely professional impression. Our booking system can be fully integrated into your existing page on a website with the well-known CMS WordPress. Through the online shop, which we can integrate into your website in addition to the booking system, you will sell your products, cards and offers online in the future – 24 hours a day.

A nice side effect: thanks to the optional status display, customers can see whether places are still available and can register for appointments at short notice. This ensures that your courses and appointments are fully utilized.

Who is the course and online booking system for?

Our booking system is for everyone who needs an individual booking system. Whether doctor, studio, practice, hairdresser, service provider or retail: Our booking system is for everyone!

  • Doctor
  • Studio
  • Office
  • Hair stylist
  • Club
  • Association
  • Educational institution
  • Restaurant
  • Vacation rental
  • Service provider
  • Rental

Contributors & Developers

“Course Booking System” is currently available in English and German. A French and Spanish version is planned.

Credits

Plugin bundles the following third-party resources:

  • slick, Copyright 2017, Ken Wheeler, Licensed under the MIT license.

Screenshots

  • Frontend: Booking view of a course for different dates
  • Frontend: Account view of a customer
  • Backend: View a course in the backend with setting options
  • Backend: Many different plugin settings possible
  • Backend: User overview
  • Backend: View of individual users with the possibility to manage the card status and subscriptions

Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

  • Course Booking System
  • Course Booking System

Installation

Minimum Requirements

  • PHP 7.0
  • MySQL 5.6 or MariaDB 10.3

Recommended Requirements

  • PHP 8.2 or greater is recommended
  • MySQL 5.7 or greater is recommended
  • MariaDB 10.4 or greater is recommended

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option — WordPress will handles the file transfer, and you won’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WooCommerce, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu, and click “Add New.”

In the search field type ”Course Booking System” then click “Search Plugins.” Once you’ve found us, you can view details about it such as the point release, rating, and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by! Click “Install” and WordPress will take it from there.

Manual installation

Manual installation method requires downloading the plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.

Updating

Automatic updates should work smoothly, but we still recommend you back up your site.

If you encounter issues with the course pages after an update, flush the permalinks by going to WordPress > Settings > Permalinks and hitting “Save”. That should return things to normal.

FAQ

Where can I find the documentation and help?

Often you are not alone with a problem or a question. We regularly publish help and expand the documentation with new functions. Go to help

Where can I get support?

We support you with your project on request. We offer you both to set up the plugin and to carry out individual change requests. Just contact us without obligation. Go to contact.

Reviews

June 30, 2022 1 reply
Ich habe nicht lange gezögert und die Premium-Version des Plugins gekauft, da die kostenlose Version bereits super funktioniert hat. Der Support für mich als Premium-Nutzer ist super und hat mir Tipps gegeben, die mit dem eigentlichen Plugin eigentlich nichts zu tun hatten. Ein toller Deutscher Entwickler Ich bedanke mich sehr!
December 21, 2021 1 reply
I purchased the premium version to customize my course products better. I already liked the free version a lot. With my premium account the support team helped me out immediately when I encountered a bug. They fixed it very quickly. Really helpful.
September 29, 2021 7 replies
Schön währe noch wenn Teilnehmer von der Warteliste direkt angemeldet werden und nicht per Mail informiert. Ansonsten super sache
August 29, 2021 1 reply
Don't bother with this plugin, nothing works and there's no documentation.
April 15, 2021
Wir haben das Plugin für eine Kundenseite eingesetzt. Die Implementation war einfach und der Kunde kommt mit dem Tool gut zurecht. Bei Fragen hat mir der Entwickler stets weitergeholfen.
March 15, 2021 3 replies
Da ist leider gar nichts great & easy. Die Dokumentation ist so unfassbar schlecht, dass man damit so gut wie gar nichts anfangen kann. Wenn ein Plugin nur mit Hilfe des Supports zum Laufen gebracht werden kann, ist das nicht gut. So ist es nicht empfehlenswert.
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Contributors & Developers

“Course Booking System” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Course Booking System” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Course Booking System” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

5.1.1

5.1

  • New gutenberg block to implement timetable easily without any shortcode.
  • New widget for Elementor to implement timetable easily without any shortcode.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

5.0.4

  • New option to show cancelled courses in the timetable.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

5.0.3

  • If booking in advance is only 1 week the pagination is not displayed in the timetable shortcode and a full week in dates is always visible.
  • Fixes a bug where waitlist members are not getting booked automatically for free courses.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

5.0.2

  • Cancelled courses are not displayed in the timetable anymore.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.

5.0.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

5.0

  • New custom post type for courses: You can now find your courses in the Backend under “Courses”.
  • New easier handling of courses.
  • New designs available in plugin settings (default, divided and list).
  • Optimized performance for better User Experience.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.

4.2.5

  • Comparison in the statistics in the backend.

4.2.4

  • New feature to see course statistics in the Backend under Settings > Course Booking System > Statistics.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.

4.2.3

  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.2.2

  • Users with the role contributor cannot see booked names of courses with other trainers. If you want to allow your contributors to see all bookings of other trainers please use another role.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.2.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.2

  • New feature to move to past or future dates in the timetable.
  • New feature for customers to delete account within dashboard.
  • Link to add new customer if you search for a customer on the course page and no results were found.
  • From now on it is mandatory to activate plugin for the whole network if you are using a multisite.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.1.5

  • New responsive email template (same as in WooCommerce)
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.

4.1.4

  • The customer has to confirm if a course gets cancelled.
  • Reset button for selected video options in Backend.

4.1.3

  • The video library supports now YouTube playlists.
  • New actions cbs_single_course_after_availability, cbs_single_course_before_booking_options and cbs_single_course_after_booking_options.
  • Any user can now added to the waitlist manually by logged in administrators as soon as a course reached the maximum number of participants.
  • New function to write an email to all members of a waitlist.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.1.2

  • New action cbs_single_course_before_availability added.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.1.1

  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.1

  • New function to reverse a booking in goodwill with adding a credit to a card within the set time frame.
  • New function to add video products to a redemption product additionally. The videos will be showed in the video library automatically after a successful purchase.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.0.5

  • Links to our english translated documentation on our website added.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.0.4

  • If the auto cancel feature is set, courses with no participants will be cancelled automatically about 12 hours in advance before the course starts.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.0.3

  • On a new subscription redemption by the customer the date for normal cards gets now extended to allow the customer to book courses throughout the end of the subscription.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.

4.0.2

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.0.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

4.0

  • New function to sell subscription courses. You can choose between fixed start dates or a subscription start immedietly for a specific amount of months.
  • New function to sell specific products only once per customer.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.12

  • New function to log all future course cancellations and show them under the bookings table in every course, if available.

3.6.11

  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.10

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.9

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.8

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.7

  • Fixed a bug with customers on the waitlist.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.6

  • Better compatibility for PHP 8.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.5

  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.4

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.3

  • Multisite functionality.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.2

  • New holidays settings for Easter Sunday and Whit Sunday.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6.1

  • If a customer clicks on the download link in the order email the customer gets redirected to the account without redemption. So the customer gets the error message on the account page.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.6

  • New option to offer a free credit on a price level of your choice to referrer and new customers.
  • New courses are getting marked with a label in the timetable.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.

3.5.9

  • New option to toggle email on expiry.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.5.8

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.5.7

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.5.6

  • When a order gets cancelled redeemed cards are getting withdrawn.
  • If you use a custom order status named wc-paid (as slug) in your WooCommerce Store all completed orders are getting marked as padi automatically except these payment methods: bacs, cheque, cod, invoice.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.5.5

  • Toggle logs in the backend on the profile edit page of any user for debug issues.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.5.4

  • The import function works now with titles instead of ids, too.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.

3.5.3

  • Bookings can now be reversed and cancelled from the backend.

3.5.2

  • Filters products automatically by price level when a customer needs a new card.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.

3.5.1

  • New import function to import bookings via the backend.
  • The upcoming and most recent bookings and wait lists are now visible in the backend on each user’s page.

3.5

  • Cards can now have fixed durations with a start and end date.

3.4.2

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.4.1

  • Setting to book waitlist participants automatically if a place is getting free.
  • Settings rarranged. All email settings are now visible in the tab “E-Mails”.
  • Bug fixed where under circumstances some waitlists have not been visible.

3.4

  • 5 price levels instead of 3.

3.3.3

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.3.2

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.3.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.3

  • New redemption system for the newest WooCommerce version. Attention: Please update all redemption and video products to have a proper experience.

3.2.9

  • Bugfix for newest WooCommerce version.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.2.8

  • Readme updated.

3.2.7

  • New customers are getting flagged in the bookings table for 7 days after registration.

3.2.6

  • In the event of cancellation, the e-mail will be also sent to the trainer of the course (CC).
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.2.5

  • If a course reached the maximum number of participants an administrator or employee is now able to add any customer to the waiting list.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.2.4

  • Smoother hover effects in timetable.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.2.3

  • As logged in administrator, shop_manager, editor, author or contributor you are now able to slide to past dates on the single course page.

3.2.2

  • An valid expiry date gets set on card change if date is empty or in the past
  • Individual events are displayed in the list to choose whether no course ID is selected.

3.2.1

  • Set the attendance individually per course and date.
  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.

3.2

  • New design options. Choose between the default and a new modern design.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.1

  • Important WooCommerce settings are set automatically on plugin activation.
  • You get more detailed informations if WooCommerce settings are not set as recommended.
  • The settings page is now displayed in tabs for a better handling.
  • Fallback if php has been compiled without –enable-calendar.

3.0.4

  • More detailed statistics for courses per trainer.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.0.3

  • Show post thumbnails in the background of the events in the time schedule.

3.0.2

  • New feature added to show a required password for videos.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

3.0.1

  • New payment method “card redemption” for videos.

3.0

  • New feature added to sell videos and stream them through the account page.
  • All bookings and cancellations are now logged in a database for debugging issues.
  • You can now access the settings page via the plugin page.

2.8.3

  • Hot Fix: No auto cancellation for Personal Trainings.

2.8.2

  • New option added to set courses automatically to „Course is cancelled if attendance is below a certain amount.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.8.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.8

  • New option added to send an email to the customer if an admin cancels a course.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.7

  • New option added to send an email if a customer books a course.
  • New option added for the Reformation Day (German Holiday).
  • The custom templates directory gets deleted now after deactivation of the plugin.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.6.2

  • New option to add an alternate email address for the course cancellation email.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.6.1

  • Hot Fix: Abo cancellation.

2.6

  • New option added to send an email if a customer cancels a course.

2.5

  • New support for indication of unpaid orders. Simply add a custom order status named wc-paid (as slug) to your WooCommerce Store. All orders not marked with this new custom order status will be marked as unpaid in the booking overview in the frontend.
  • Hot Fix: Attendance in timetable.

2.4.9

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4.8

  • New feature added to show “more than 5 availability”

2.4.7

  • New feature added to see attendance in timetable.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4.6

  • New feature added to set an opening date.
  • New and optimized statistics within the statistics shortcode.

2.4.5

  • Hot Fix: Daily statistics.

2.4.4

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4.3

  • New feature added to see the date registered of all users and sort them by this value (ASC and DESC).
  • New feature added where a customer gets asked to book a course again if he booked this course already.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4.2

  • New feature added for automatic card redeems from the backend if an order is created by an admin or shop manager.
  • Flats are now getting extended if the expiry date is in the future.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4.1

  • New feature added for notices on every course date.
  • Option added to set an offset for info boxes and messages.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.4

  • New powerful feature added to manage all emails of the plugin.
  • Optimized responsive design of the timetable list.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.3.2

  • Option added to allow customers to book courses with cards with a higher price levels.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.3.1

  • New features and optimized design on column pages (weekdays).
  • Optimized redirection to the last visited course after a successful purchase.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.3

  • New feature added to get to the last visited course after a successful purchase.
  • Better and more Cron Jobs and email reminder to customers if card or flat expires soon.
  • WordPress 5.4 is required now.

2.2

  • New feature added for flatrates.
  • New feature added to buy a product to upgrade a card.
  • New feature added to send a required password for an inviation link.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.1.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.1

  • New feature added for mixed cards as WooCommerce products.
  • New feature added to purchase and redeem multiple cards of one type at once.
  • Option added to hide availability of courses.
  • Option added for birthdays with automatic email to customers.
  • Course are now linked in the user account dashboard for a better user experience.
  • The course invitation links now will not be send via email any more. The user gets an email with the link to his account where the invitation link is be shown.

2.0.2

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.0.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

2.0

  • Added full language support.
  • New options added on the settings page.
  • Even better WooCommerce integration.

1.8

  • Option added for free courses.
  • Option added for variable expiry dates of cards.
  • New design options.

1.7

  • Option added for variable price level names.
  • Option added to send invitation links to all booked users automatically for online courses (15 minutes before the course starts).

1.6

  • Option added to complete an order automatically.
  • Option added to set an individual value for deletions in advance.

1.5.2

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

1.5.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

1.5

  • Automatic redirect for redemption after purchase of a ticket.
  • Added button support for bootstrap.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

1.4.1

  • Compatibility for latest WordPress version.
  • Compatibility for latest WooCommerce version.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.

1.4

  • Added support for pro features with license available in the ComMotion Online-Shop.

1.3

  • Added special event support.
  • Fixed a bug with holidays.

1.2

  • Added uninstall support.

1.1

  • Added holiday support.

0.1

  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.