The required data to create a site is divided into 5 steps. Each step contains questions to be answered by you. After completing each step click at the 'Save & next ->' button at the bottom of the active step.
After you clicked 'Save & next ->' your anwers are saved and you can go Back to the dashboard or Logout.
Select the highest resolution photo you have available.
This photo is the most important part of your website!
A bad photo will degrade your site and people will decline your offer at first sight, and leave your site without reading further.
The photo will be automatically optimized for publishing on the internet. Don´t worry about file size and loading times.
Please note that multiple notation styles are used, the required notation is like: 48.8588897 or 0.69859743
You can find the exact location of your property on this site: https://www.mapcoordinates.net/en
Select the features of your accommodation.
The required data to create a site is divided into 5 steps. Each step contains questions to be answered by you. After completing each step click at the 'Save & next ->' button at the bottom of the active step.
After you clicked 'Save & next ->' your anwers are saved and you can go Back to the dashboard or Logout.
This will be the initial language in which your site will be visible. Mostly English is a good choice, unless you target another language. Your clients can select another language, if you add other languages in the next steps.
This is the language in which the original content is written. Select your mother tongue or the language that you know best.
Enter the name of your property or accommodation.
A short name is better.
If you have a Booka.place Pro account you can choose to add the Booka.place Search bar automatically placed below your site name.
This is common design on multiple well known sites, so your visitors are used to it.
Enter a short introduction of your property, a description of your accommodations and a description of the area.
All text area's are Markdown compatible.
Please see the 2-Cheatsheet
To prevent a writers block or just to give you an idea, you can use Microsoft Copilot artificial intelligence to create an example text for you.
The generated text needs to be checked and adapted!
To do so:
In this text field you can use the following Booka.place shortcodes:
[booka-list] to insert a compact list of all your accommodations. Each accommodation has a short description, a small photo slider and a booking button.
[booka-acc 1] to add availability calendar with booking button (pro) or only an availability calendar (lite). The number corresponds with the number of your accommodation. So use [booka-acc 2] for your second accommodation, etc.
Select the highest resolution photos you have available.
The photos will be automatically optimized for publishing on the internet. Don´t worry about file size and loading times.
The photos are grouped in a so called gallery and each photo can be clicked to be shown at full size.
A contact form can lower the barrier to contact you.
Enter your e-mail address (this will not be publicly visible) and enter the instructions you want to show above the form. For example, what minimal information you need and on what timeframe the questioner will receive an answer.
This information will be publicly visible on your site. (you can use the form to hide your email address)
For publishing the reviews you received from your clients. You can also quote reviews you received on other platforms.
You can also use Markdown to make quotes.
Tick this option if you want to integrate an Open Street Maps based interactive map of your accommodation (and unlike other maps, of your accommodation only)
The exact location of your accommodation is shown with a marker, based on the Lat/Long coordinates you entered in step 1.
Use this field to introduce the rules that apply on your site and in your accommodation(s).
Here you can make links to social media accounts you use.
A link starts with https://facebook.com/ or https://x.com/
At this moment there are 2 lay-outs available.
screenshots
You can switch with 1 click, all content will be automatically adapted to fit the chosen lay-out.
Select the Bootswatch theme for your site.
Here you can decide in which languages your website will be shown.
Fully translated text alternatives of the base text are created to help your site fully use the higher SEO score.
Creating translations is easy with pre-filled links to deepL and Google Translate.
Click the green button.
Select the languages you will use. You can select up to 7 languages.
For each language a set of corresponding fields will be opened below.
Click at one of the languages you want to translate.
The sections you found at the 'Website' tab will fold open.
The translation for each section can be entered in the corresponding text areas.
These fields are Markdown compatible too.
The source language of the corresponding selected section is always used as source for the translation if you use the red 'Get DeepL/Google translation' text buttons.
The languages at the translation services are automatically set right if you use the red 'Get DeepL/Google translation' text buttons.
English - introduce your site
Enter an English translation of the text your entered earlier at 'Site introduction' at step 3 'Website'.
Click 'Save & Next ->' to continue to the last step.
You can publish your site in a sub-directory or own your own hosting account connected to your own domain.
If you have never published before, you can enter your desired name here. Provided it is not already in use. This name can not be changed afterwards.
As this name will be part of the URL address of your site you can only use a-z and 0-9.
After you have published once, the next publications will automatically be published in the once chosen sub-directory.
To maximize the benefits of having your own website, it is recommended to register your own domain name and rent hosting space.
This need not be expensive, e.g. at OVH a domain name costs the first year from €1.99 including 100 Mb hosting space (which is sufficient).
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/domains/
The hosting provider provides the necessary FTP data, which you should copy meticulously into the fields. If you make a mistake here, your site will not be published.
If you need help with this, you should contact the hosting provider.
Probably the domain name is not yet available from your location. It can take up to 24 hours before a newly registered domain name is worldwide available
Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.
Markdown is widely used for blogging and instant messaging, and also used elsewhere in online forums, collaborative software, documentation pages, and readme files.
So you don't waist your time by learning some basic rules ;-)
This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the reference guides for basic syntax and extended syntax.
| Element | Markdown Syntax |
|---|---|
| Heading | # H1 |
| Bold | **bold text** |
| Italic | *italicized text* |
| Blockquote | > blockquote |
| Ordered List |
1. First item |
| Unordered List |
- First item |
| Code | `code` |
| Horizontal Rule | --- |
| Link | [title](https://www.example.com) |
| Image |  |
These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.
| Element | Markdown Syntax |
|---|---|
| Table |
| Syntax | Description | |
| Fenced Code Block | ``` |
| Footnote |
Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1] |
| Heading ID | ### My Great Heading {#custom-id} |
| Definition List |
term |
| Strikethrough | ~~The world is flat.~~ |
| Task List |
- [x] Write the press release |
| Emoji (see also Copying and Pasting Emoji) |
That is so funny! :joy:
|
| Highlight |
I need to highlight these ==very important words==.
|
| Subscript |
H~2~O
|
| Superscript |
X^2^
|
Here you can find some tips and tools to help you solve a problem.
You have made some changes, published them, but on your site nothing seems to have changed.
New images will become visible on your site after publishing, then logging out of the back office and then publishing again.
(These bugs will be solved in the next update)