Useful snippets and dynamic attributes

Things you must know before starting

You will find a good and complete documentation about Liquid for Designers here.

The variable names should consist of alphanumeric characters and underscores, should always start with a letter, and do not have any kind of leading sigil (that is, they look like, var_name not $var_name).

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Expected check-in time instead of default check-in time

{% if booking.expected_checkin_time == blank %}
{{booking.start_at | date: "%l.%M %p" }}
{% else %}
{{booking.expected_checkin_time | date: "%l.%M %p"}}
{% endif %}

The date format can be adapted. Please check this source for other variations of time usage.

Example:

<p>We are pleased to welcome you at
{% if booking.expected_checkin_time == blank %}
{{booking.start_at | date: "%l.%M %p" }}
{% else %}
{{booking.expected_checkin_time | date: "%l.%M %p"}
{% endif %}
 on {{booking.start_at | date: "%A %e of %B" }}. </p>

the output message will be:

We are pleased to welcome you at 12.00 PM on Monday 23 of January.

where 12.00 PM is the expected check-in time if there is any or the default one.

First name of the guest instead of the full name

If you want to use the first name of the guest instead of the full name, provided in BookingSync, you can copy and paste this snippet to your notifications and then use {{first_name}}

{% assign names = guest.fullname | split:" " %}
{% assign first_name = names.first %}
<p>Dear {{first_name}},</p>

the following name will be displayed, if "Zenon Martyniuk" is the full name in BookingSync

Dear Zenon

First name + last name(s) of the guest

If you want to split the first and the last name of the guest and be sure to get the full name (i.e. if the guest has 2 last names like John Taylor Smith), you can copy and paste this snippet to your notifications and then use {{first_name}} and {{last_name}}.

{% assign names = guest.fullname | split:" " %}
{% assign first_name = names.first %}
{% assign last_name =  guest.fullname | remove: first_name%}
<p>Guest name: {{last_name}} {{first_name}}</p>

if "Zenon Martyniuk" is the full name in BookingSync the following line will be displayed:

Guest name: Zenon Martyniuk

Add or subtract time to a date/time

If you want to add or subtract time to a dynamic date, you can convert the date in seconds, add (plus:) or subtract (minus:) the amount of time in seconds and convert back in time or date.

Code:

{{booking.expected_checkin_time | date: "%s" | minus: 7200 | date: format: "time"}}

The output number will be: 10:00 if the check-in time is 12:00

Manage the discounts

In BookingSync, you can either set a discount in percentage or amount. The following code will output the discount amount.

{% assign discount_amount = 0 %}
{% if booking.discount.last == "%" %}
{% assign discount_percentage = booking.discount | remove: "%" %}
{% assign discount_amount = booking.initial_price | times: discount_percentage | divided_by: 100 %}
{% else %}<br>{% assign discount_amount = booking.initial_price | times: booking.discount | divided_by: 100 %}
{% endif %}

Then, use the variable {{ discount_amount }} to display the correct amount.