It's very easy to integrate a Bookeo booking widget into your Wix web site.
In this article:
- Step 1 - Set up the integration in Bookeo
- Step 2 - Set up the integration in Wix
- Step 3 - Set up the URL of your booking page in Bookeo
- Mobile bookings
Step 1 - Set up the integration in Bookeo
1. in your Bookeo account, click on Settings>Web site integration
2. From the Page location [1] scroll down menu, select the option embed a widget in my web site
3. Copy the widget code shown in the Widget section at point #1 [2]
4. In the Options section from the Second screen [4] dropdown menu, select:
- remain inside the widget, or
- open a separate full-screen page
Click here to learn more about these options.
5. In the Options section from the Mobile [5] dropdown menu, select:
- use the widget embedded in the web site
- enlarge the widget to full screen
Click here for more information on the options offered by Bookeo for the mobile widget.
Recommended: enlarge the mobile widget to full screen
Due to Wix limitations, Bookeo cannot scroll back to the top of the booking widget when you go to the next page, or when you click on a category. This could be cumbersome for your customers. Therefore we strongly recommend enlarging the mobile widget to full screen in a new browser tab (not embedded in your website). You may want to leave only the first booking page embedded on your Wix website.
Also, if you integrate the widget into your Wix website, the widget will be placed into an iframe with vertical and/or horizontal scrollbars on mobile devices and possibly on desktop computers.
Step 2 - Set up the integration in Wix
1. Login to your Wix.com account, and create a new page or edit an existing page
2. Select the Add [1] icon from the toolbar
3. Select More [2]
4. Select HTML Code [3]
5. A new grey rectangle will be added in your page. Use your mouse to place it in the page, and adjust its dimension.
Make sure to manually resize the HTML element (rectangle)
Due to Wix.com limitations, the Bookeo widget cannot auto-resize automatically to adjust to the content of the booking area - as it on non-Wix web sites.Therefore, please make sure to manually resize the rectangle so that its height can contain your booking interface at every step of the booking process. If not enough height is set for the rectangle, then inner scrollbars will appear in the page during the booking process.
6. Click on the grey rectangle, and settings buttons will pop up. Click on Enter Code
7. Select that you want to add a Code, and paste the widget code copied at step 3 below the text Add your code here (HTTPS only) [4]. The Bookeo widget is always https and this is why it will be displayed on your live Wix site.
8. Click on Update in the settings window
9. click on Publish to publish your updated web site
10. Copy the address of your Wix.com page where you've put the widget
Step 3 - Set up the URL of your booking page in Bookeo
1. In your Bookeo account, click on Settings>Web site integration.
2. In the Widget section #2, paste the URL of the webpage where you put the widget [3] (the booking page in your website)
3. Save
Mobile Bookings
For mobile bookings, you can opt to use the widget embedded in the website on mobile devices (default option) or to enlarge the widget to full screen on mobile devices.
Use the widget embedded in the website on mobile devices
If you use the widget embedded in the website on mobile devices you should make sure to resize the height and width of the HTML element for mobile devices in Wix:
1. In your Wix dashboard, click on your booking page
2. Click on the Mobile icon [5] in the top menu to edit the page on mobile
3. Click on the HTML widget element [6], then in the Size[7] section, set a width of 320px and a height of 550px.
4. Click on the Publish button
.wixsite.com address
When you have not published your web site in Wix, your site will typically be served out of a *.wixsite.com address. When you use wixsite.com, Wix adds additional security restrictions in the page, which prevents the widget to work on mobile devices (desktop browsers will work fine). As soon as you publish the site using your own domain name, the problem no longer occurs.
Enlarge the widget to full screen on mobile devices
If in Settings>Website integration, in the Options section, you set to enlarge the widget to full screen on mobile devices, when customers visit your booking page using a mobile device, Bookeo will automatically display a Book Now button that website visitors have to click to see the Bookeo booking page. The Book Now button can be customized. Click here for more information.