Title: Refresh booking manager
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Refresh booking manager

 *  Resolved [drrob67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drrob67/)
 * (@drrob67)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/)
 * Hi, is there a way to auto refresh the booking manager page. This page is open
   on a tablet but if new reservations come in you still need to refresh it. If 
   you don’t you can miss one. The most magical thing woul be some kind of pop up
   or so…
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/restaurant-reservations/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restaurant-reservations/)

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 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/#post-6871157)
 * Hi drrob67,
 * No, there isn’t really a way to do this at the moment. Are you a coder by any
   chance? WordPress has a heartbeat API that pings the server at a regular interval.
   It could be used to implement something like this. But it’s not available in 
   the plugin for now.
 * My recommendation otherwise would be to ensure that the tablet is plugged into
   the notification emails. You can include a link from the emails to the bookings
   page, so every time a new email comes in they can confirm or reject it directly
   from the email.
 *  Thread Starter [drrob67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drrob67/)
 * (@drrob67)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/#post-6871161)
 * Hi thanks, for your answer. So the API is something that I definitely will look
   in to. But I’m a little lost what you mean by including a link from mail to the
   bookingspage. Can you maybe be some more specific?
    And my idea of something 
   like a pop up, isn’t that something to think about? I mean it would surprise 
   me if i’m the only one with this question.
 *  Thread Starter [drrob67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drrob67/)
 * (@drrob67)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/#post-6871169)
 * Ok well I’ve managed to set a header refresh for 20 seconds in the php page. 
   So for now it’s ok. not the neatest way but it works.
 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/#post-6871187)
 * Hi drrob67,
 * Here are a couple good introductions to the Heartbeat API: [1](http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-heartbeat-api-getting-started--wp-32446)
   and [2](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_heartbeat_settings).
 * Beware with the header refresh every 20 seconds. It might make it difficult for
   you to perform actions on the page, as the header refresh might fire off right
   when you’re in the middle of confirming a booking.
 * An alert is a good idea and something I plan to look at in the future. I hope
   to release an addon in the future which would allow more comprehensive table 
   management, particularly from tablets and such, to make things easier for these
   situations.
 * Regarding the email, the email templates can include any of the following template
   tags:
 * **{bookings_link}** A link to the admin panel showing pending bookings
 * **{confirm_link}** A link to confirm this booking. Only include this in admin
   notifications
 * **{close_link}** A link to reject this booking. Only include this in admin notifications
 * In this way you can confirm or reject a booking directly from the email. So if
   your tablet is logged into the website and gets an email, they can click on the
   link from there to confirm/reject the booking.
 * If you have a dedicated email address for bookings, this is probably the easiest
   way to get notifications on the tablet.
 *  Thread Starter [drrob67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drrob67/)
 * (@drrob67)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/refresh-booking-manager/#post-6871255)
 * Thanks for the info Nate! I indeed encountered a refresh problem on the booking
   page itself. So that wasn’t a success. But i’m digging into the API.
    Also I 
   have to say that i’m glad that you’re so committed to your development. Not all
   of them are like that. Thanks for your effort and happy holidays!

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