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Add a Review Widget to your website
Freetobook have created a widget specifically for highlighting your great reviews on your website! Log in to freetobook and navigate to DIRECT BOOKINGS tab and then BOOKING BUTTONS. You will see the option for RESPONSIVE REVIEWS and will find the javascript code which should be pasted to your website in the normal way.…
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Add a simple online booking link to your website
Adding a booking link to a menu or "book now" button on your website is very easy. Log in to freetobook and navigate to DIRECT BOOKINGS tab then BOOKING BUTTONS subtab. In the "Simple Link" option you will find the straightforward URL that you should copy and then paste in your desired location.
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Adding a booking button if your website uses iframes
Many websites are built using templates and these creator tools use iframes to insert content created by another source, such as your freetobook widget, and whilst we don’t recommend the use of iframes we understand that these creator tools give you no other option. When you are using an iframe to display the widget it is…
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Adding a booking button to your website
There are a few booking button widgets available in freetobook although some are legacy and are no longer recommended. When you, or your client, logs in to freetobook they will find the DIRECT BOOKINGS tab along to the top of the screen and will see BOOKING BUTTONS as an option there. The landing page of that subtab has…
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Booking button plugin for WordPress
You can easily add a booking button (widget) to your WordPress site with our dedicated plugin. To find our recommended plugin search for freetobook in Plugins search (see below). Select the “Freetobook Responsive Widget” for the most up to date and responsive version. Note: we don’t recommend the 2 legacy widgets as…
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Create your own widget
*The vast majority will not need to create their own widget, this section is for a few who can manipulate code to make their own widgets.* To create a custom widget you need to have widget id(w_id) and widget token(w_tkn) from freetobook. This is required to allow your custom widget to connect with freetobook. You can get…
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Tracking booking source via widget ID
Your freetobook booking button (widget) can be added almost anywhere, enabling you to track which sites bring in the most business. With freetobook it is possible to create one widget and use it in many different places, but we recommend you create a unique widget for each new location. Give your unique widget an ID to…
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Tracking conversion from Google Ads using gtag
If you are using Google Ads and wish to add conversion tracking to your bookings with Google's global site tag (gtag.js), then you just need to paste your conversion ID and label in to freetobook - you can create them by following this process. You’ll find the information you need in the event snippet for your conversion…
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Tracking conversion with Facebook Pixel
When you, or your client, log in to freetobook navigate to the HOME tab and then to ANALYTICS. At the bottom of that page you will see a section for the Facebook Pixel and in there you need to add Pixel ID Domain Verification Meta Tag Content There are a few different types of event which will be recorded: PageView: the…
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Tracking customer flow using Google Analytics
If you use Google Analytics, freetobook can provide statistics about customer searches and bookings. All new Google Analytics accounts made after August 2017 will likely use Google Analytics 4. Google Analytics accounts made before August 2017 will likely use Universal Analytics. The much older Traditional/Classic…