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Hostel PRO Conversion Tracking with Google AdWords

While this guide will show you how to implement conversion tracking with Google AdWords, the same principle can be applied for any other conversion tracking code.

From version 1.7.2 the hostel / BnB plugin Hostel PRO supports handling an “onclick” conversion  tracking  code in the Settings page.

OnClick Tracking Code?

Because HostelPRO works explicitly with Ajax, you need to use conversion tracking code that gets executed on button click, rather than code which automatically get executed on page load. The code that you set up in the Hostel PRO Settings page will be executed when the booking form is submitted successfully by the user.

Note that if your hostel requires partial payment on booking, the conversion gets tracked at the time when the payment buttons are shown. It will not wait for the payment to be made or validated.

So to complete conversion tracking  with Google AdWords you need just two steps:

Step 1: Add Google AdWords Tracking Code To Your Pages

If you are using conversion tracking  you have probably done this already. You need to get the AdWords scripts and insert them as shown here in section “Tracking clicks on links or buttons as conversions”.

Step 2: Add The OnClick Handler In Your Hostel PRO Settings Page

The code that you need to add is just “goog_report_conversion()”. No need to add URL in the function:

conversion-tracking

That’s it.

You can use this field to add any other javascript code that you want to be executed upon completing your form. It is your responsibility to add only valid javascript code.

Please also note that any JS code added here will be eval’d. Don’t give access to your WP administration to people you don’t trust.

Using Arigato PRO With Contact Forms

Many customers do not realize that having Arigato PRO is enough for handling newsletters, marketing campaigns AND contact forms. There might be reasons for you to want to use a contact form plugin. And because of this we have built-in integration for Contact Form 7 and JetPack Contact Form.

But in most cases you can use Arigato PRO signup forms as contact forms on your site. Here is how:

Designate a mailing list

You may or may not want to have users who contact you in your mailing lists. If you don’t want the data stored at all, you’d better use a regular contact form plugin. But if you do (and why not?), designate a mailing list for users who contacted you through your site, or use some of your existing Arigato PRO mailing lists.

Create The Contact Form

When using Arigato PRO your contact form will actually be the subscribe form for your mailing list. Create any custom fields that you may want to collect additional user details. Don’t forget probably the most important one: the message text box. Subscribe forms don’t have one by default.

Configure Email Notification

Here is the key point. What you expect from a contact form is to receive the inquiry on your email. So you need to go to the Edit Mailing List page and under “Registration settings” select “Notify me when a new subscriber registers”:

notify-adminArigato PRO will send you the full user’s data along with all custom fields. On top of this you’ll have the information in the mailing  list along with the date when the customer has contacted you. You can even add fields for admin notes to record important notes about this contact.

Optionally Configure Auto-response

In case you want to send automatic response to the users who contact you you can assign the mailing list to an autoresponder campaign. In the autoresponder create a “0 days” message. It will be sent as auto-reply.

Note that in this case the user will get the auto-reply only the first time they contact you. If the same email contacts you again, they won’t receive the auto-response.

Anti-Spam Configuration

You’ll usually need some kind of captcha protection on your contact form to protect from bots. Fortunately Arigato PRO has two: Google’s reCaptcha integrated and its own simple quesiton-based captcha. So you are all set.

WatuPRO Integration for qTranslate X

The following integration will allow you to use WatuPRO in multi-lingual site supported bythe qTranslate X plugin.

The integration requires min. WatuPRO 4.9.7.

Update: from WatuPRO 4.9.8.6 you no longer need to install the additional plugin. The integration is built-in.

Because the integration is now built-in consider the below plugin obsolete.

Download the integration here: watupro-qtranslate-x (version  0.4)

Or at Github: https://github.com/pimteam/Watupro-qTranslate-X

Note that this is work in progress. We can’t guarantee that all fields and text you may want to have multi-lingual are done. But if you use the integration and notice a problem or missing important field, just let us know and we’ll probably add it.