Customizing your widget link
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      Widget customisation

      Customise how the Aleno widget works by passing extra parameters to the widget URL

       

       Parameter Description Use Case Example
       shifts

      Use this parameter to display specific shifts in the widget. Online reservations will be allowed for the displayed shifts only. 

      		 You have several shifts, but you want to accept online reservations for certain shifts only.

       

      &shifts=LUNCH,DINNER
      &shifts=Garden%20View

      (online reservations only for times and days of the shifts 'LUNCH' and 'DINNER' or only for times and days of the shift 'Garden View')

       
       date Use this parameter to display a specific day in the widget.  You want to promote an event on a specific day.

       

      &date=yyyy-mm-dd
      &date=2020-09-24
      (Display and accept online reservations for 24.09.2020 only)

       
       alenoWidget=
      open      		 Use this parameter to open the widget on your website via JavaScript. Only works in combination with alenoWidgetKey You want to refer from another website like GoogleKnowledgeGraph  {Link} to your website for online reservations. If customers click the link, the reservation widged on your website opens automatically.  &alenoWidget=open
       key

      Desired Widget is loaded directly with opening the page. Only works together with alenoWidget=open

      		 You own multiple restaurants and want to open different widgets with alenoWidget=open f.e. via Google My Business

       &alenoWidget=open&alenoWidgetKey=

       

      Additional parameters:

      Parameter Description Use Case Example
       direct

      This parameter will skip the first step and immediately displays the suggestions

      		 You promote a certain day or shift and don't want your guests having to select the date or time first  &direct
       paxDef
      paxMin
      paxMax
      paxLimit

      These parameters define the default, min. and max. number of people that are intended for the guest in the number of persons selection

      		 You would like to change the default settings for the person selection.

       &paxDef=10
       &paxMin=10
       &paxMax=39
      &paxLimit=true

       The widget is automatically set for 10 persons and the  guest can reserve min. for 10 or max. for 39 persons.
      The widget only shows a selection of 10 up to 39 guests.
       alenoCampaign

      This parameter defines the name of the advertising campaign

       You're planning an advertising campaign on Facebook, Instagram or Google and you would like to track which campaign the reservation was made through.

       &alenoCampaign=name*

      *enter here any internal, but unique name for the campaign. e.g. Facebook01 or GoogleDec19
      utm_source
      utm_medium
      utm_campaign
      utm_term
      utm_content

      With this parameter you define the location of your widget link

      You want to track where the reservation was made, e.g. googleMyBusiness, Facebook, own website. The information is available in the API and in the reportIn.

       &utm_source=source*

      *e.g. Google, newsletter, website

      Use this URL builder to ensure an internationally standardized notation:

      https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/campaign-url-builder/
       locale

       Language displayed on the widget

      You would like to open the widget dynamically depending on the website with a specific language preselection

      		  &locale=de
       firstName
       lastName

       Guest's first / last name

       You already would like to fill in the first / last name field of the contact data in the widget 

      		  &firstName=Mark 
       &lastName=Miller 

       

      street
      city
      postalCode
      country

       

      		 Guest's address field  You already would like to fill in the address information of the contact data in the widget 

      &street=Memorylane
      &city=Zurich
      &postalCode=8000
      &country=Switzerland
        email  Guest's e-mail

        You already would like to fill in the e-mail contact of the contact data in the widget 

      		  &email=info@aleno.me
       phone  Guest's phone number  You already would like to fill in the phone number of the contact data in the widget 

       &phone=4914444422233 
       comment  Guest's commentary  You already would like to fill in the commentary field of the contact data in the widget

       

       &comment=Room 442, Vegetarian

       

      All parameters can be combined with &, e.g. https://mytools.aleno.me/reservations/v2.0/key?&shifts=LUNCH,DINNER&date=2018-12-31