David Fiske Affiliate Marketing & Web Development

So the last post walked you through what the widgets look like and the content side of things. This post will walk you through the SunPress side of things.

Here’s the process of booking a holiday using SunPress right out of the box:
 
Step 1) Flights



Step 2) Hotels



Step 3) Transfers



The customer then sees a summary and goes off to pay for their holiday.

My version is more or less the same, just a little fancier:

Step 1) Flights



I've tweaked a few things. Firstly, I've added airline logos as I feel that brand logos speak louder than plain text. Also, I've changed the summary above the prices table to read better. So, for example, "2009-06-01 > 14 nts > Ads:2 Ch:0 > MAN - SFB" has become:

"You searched for:

• A flight between MAN and SFB


• An outbound flight departing on Monday 1st June 2009


• A return flight on Monday 15th June 2009


• A flight for 2 adults and 0 children"

I've also jazzed up the table and emphasised both the price and the "Book" buttons.

Step 2) Hotels



Again, I've dressed the page up and added a more detailed summary at the top. I've tried to separate the hotels more and drawn focus towards the prices. Big, bold and friendly.

Step 3) Transfers



The transfers page is again more colourful. The prices stand out more I feel. The summary page that follows then shows the prices in large print with a nice big "book" button to complete the buying process.

So what’s the point? Well, to be honest, the point is that if you put the time in, you can tailor SunPress to meet your requirements. I wanted a more user-friendly interface matched to the style of my blog.

Some people have asked what can be done with SunPress and what I've done is present one solution. SunPress is a versatile widget that can be customised immensely to suit a whole host of needs and thus there are millions of solutions to how it can be used.

Now it’s your turn. Have you played around with SunPress? If so, leave a comment here so that other people can see what you’ve done with it.