Surroundings, FAQ and News
What it is
Three extra sections you can add to the website. Each has its own item in the left menu and each appears both on the home page and on its own subpage.
All three are part of the Standard plan and above. On the Basic plan you see them with a padlock.
Why you need them
- Surroundings sells the stay. A guest is not buying just a room, they are buying what they will do.
- FAQ saves you phone calls. You answer once and the guest reads it themselves.
- News draws attention to seasonal offers and improves the website's position in search engines.
Surroundings
How to add a tip
- In the left menu open Surroundings.
- Click Add point.
- Fill in the name, the category and the distance in km.
- Optionally add a description and a link to that place's website.
- Optionally fill in the latitude and longitude - then the point appears on the map. You will find the coordinates in Google Maps by right-clicking the spot.
- Click Save point.
In the section settings block you can change the section heading and add a short introduction.
The map
As soon as at least one point has a latitude and a longitude, a map with all such points appears on your website automatically. The map comes from OpenStreetMap - you do not need any key or account. Points without coordinates stay as cards below the map.
FAQ
How to add a question
- In the left menu open FAQ.
- Click Add question.
- Fill in the question and the answer.
- Optionally fill in the group - for example "Booking" or "Your stay". Questions with the same group appear together on the website under one heading. An empty field means no group.
- Click Save question.
What is worth putting here
The things guests ring you about: arrival time, parking, breakfast, pets, cancellation terms, wifi.
News
How to write an article
- In the left menu open News.
- Click Add article.
- Fill in the title and the category.
- The URL address (slug) is generated automatically from the title. Change it only if you know why.
- Optionally upload a cover photo - by clicking, by dragging the file into the field, or with Ctrl+V while the mouse is over the field. The photo is saved together with the article and counts towards your photo storage; the Remove photo button removes it.
- Write the intro - a short lead-in that appears on the article card.
- Write the article text.
- In the publishing block choose one of three options:
| Option | What happens |
|---|---|
| Draft (not public) | The article is saved, nobody sees it on the website |
| Publish now | It appears on the website as soon as you save |
| Schedule for a date | It appears by itself on the day and time you set |
- Click Save article.
Scheduled publishing is useful for seasonal promotions - you write them in advance and they publish themselves.
When a section is empty
This applies to all three. In Content & design → Homepage sections you can switch a section on even while it is still empty - guests then see a short sentence, for example "No news here yet". Such a section says what is missing, with a link that takes you there. For News note that a draft does not count - the article has to be published.
Common problems
The menu items have a padlock. They are part of the Standard plan. You change
your plan on the ubytora.com portal.
I added tips but the section is not on the website. Check in Content & design → Homepage sections that the section is switched on.
The map does not appear. No point has both the latitude and the longitude filled in. Without both values a point cannot get onto the map.
A scheduled article was not published. Check the publication date and time, and that the article is not saved as a draft.
I deleted an article by mistake. Deletion cannot be undone, the article has to be written again.