Your configurable start screen allows you to provide your customers and guests with important information about your company, your services, your travel recommendations while providing the opportunity to up-sell your own services and cross-sell third-party services (rental cars, bike rental, e-Sims, insurances). It can also be used to place advertisements.
You can configure your start screen as Travel Hub or Digital Guest Directory
- choose your own CI
- add as many tiles as you want in multiple languages
- decide what happens if a user clicks on a specific tile (see table below)
- display advertisement
- display useful information like weather
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- How to add your first tile to your startscreen:
- Click <+Add Tile>
- define the size and shape of each tile (you can select square, rectangular)
- you can define the background color of your start screen
- you can define the text (header and subtitle) of each tile in multiple languages
- you can define the background of the text field
- you can define the background of each tile – either color or picture
- define the action which your tile should fulfill (see table below)
- How to add more tiles?
- click on the copy symbol and modify the content of the new tile (you can also use <+add tile> but then you must change the colors manually)
- How can you change the order of the tiles?
- with the arrows on the left side of each tile you can move the tile’s position up and down (each tile has a number)
- How can I add another language?
- you can also provide your starts-screen in multiple languages. If you already have selected other languages (e.g. for your comments) you find them above the first tile.
- add a new language option by hitting the <+> button on the right side of the first tile configuration screen. Changes here will be applied for the whole platform.
- to edit another languages, just click on the language (en, esp, de…) – the screen will display the respective language configuration elements and a preview on the right side. A new language will be blank – you can create a new configuration or copy the content from another language by clicking on. You need to change the text in the right language – but the links and everything should stay.
- How can I save my setting?
- while you enter content you should regularly (you can see the status on the right preview)
- to release the changes to the public hit (you can see the status on the right preview)
| Tile Link Options | Value you can add | Where does it lead |
|---|---|---|
| None | — | .– |
| URL | any URL you want (website, affiliate link..) | URL you added |
| List and Tour | you can choose from your existing list & tours | opens the map with the list/tour selected – user location is selected |
| Map View | you can choose from your existing map views | opens the map with the map view setting selected – lists, filter, location |
| Rich Text | you can add text, tables, links in a text editor | opens the content |
| Map | — | opens the map with no settings selected |
