Yesterday we released a new feature – Automatic login URL – that will save a lot of time for all users who access VELUMrent regularly (visit VELUMrent’s change log to se what else is new).

The idea behind it was to have a single link (web address) that will automatically log you into VELUMrent so you can immediately start using it and manage reservations.

How to activate and start using automatic login link?

To use this link you’ll have to:

1. Copy the following link to your web browser: http://www.velumrent.com/Login.aspx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD

2. Replace the part of this link saying YOUR_USERNAME with the username of your VELUMrent account, and the part saying YOUR_PASSWORD with the password for that account.

3. Save this link to your bookmarks so you won’t have to modify it every time and so it isn’t more than a click away.

From now on you’ll only have to click this bookmark to immediately get logged into VELUMrent and stop wasting time on manual logging.

Automatic entering of username

If you don’t want to get automatically logged into VELUMrent you can still use the old URL that will take you the the Login page, or start using a modified automatic logging URL that will just fill the username field for you and leave the password field empty.

To fill just the username field use this URL:

http://www.velumrent.com/Login.aspx?username=YOUR_USERNAME

Security

Logging to VELUMrent using automatic login URL is no less safe than logging using the standard Log in page. The only thing all VELUMrent users should make sure is that nobody gets unauthorized access to their computer bookmarks and through them to you VELUMrent account information.

We hope that this new feature will help you evan more to speed up and make you daily work in VELUMrent easier and more enjoyable.

One of the main reasons most accommodation owners are using/are interested in using VELUMrent is because of its mobility. Unlike other booking software out there which ties you to one or several computers, VELUMrent is a web application and can be accessed from any web enabled device, anytime and anywhere. Today such devices are widely available  (desktop computers, laptops and all the way to your smart phones).

I will share a little hint for all users who access VELUMrent from devices running iPhone OS (like iPod touch, iPhone or iPad).

The hint

If you have more than 8 accommodation units on your calendar, VELUMrent adds a horizontal scroll on the bottom so you can add more units without further squeezing unit columns and its data.

The problem – it isn’t possible to scroll VELUMrent’s reservations calendar sideways with one finger on iPhone OS devices as it is done on other “fixed” websites. The reason for this is that the reservations calendar is handled in a separate frame inside the existing web page (so that all settings are accessible to users at all times), and when you scroll the page this frame scrolls with it as a fixed object (as it should) which causes this problem.

However not all know that Apple addressed this issue sometime last year and that they implemented a way to scroll such embedded elements on every site with two fingers swipe.

So all you need to do is place two fingers on reservations calendar and move them left/right to scroll through all available units.

I hope you’ll enjoy this tip. And if you have some tips you want to share with us please let us know through comments bellow.