Creating and managing lesson types

What is a lesson type?

A lesson type is a kind of lesson that clients can book with you, with a fixed duration and price. Think of a 30 or 60 minute lesson, a course lesson or a duo lesson. You manage them under Admin → Lessons, Lesson types tab. Only active lesson types appear on your booking page, in the order of your list.

How do you create a lesson type?

1. Go to Admin → Lessons, Lesson types tab, and click New lesson type.
2. Fill in Name (NL), Price (€) and Duration (min). You cannot create one without a name, a price above 0 and a duration.
3. Optionally fill in a Description (NL).
4. The Slug (the part of the web address for this lesson type) is made from the name as you type. You can adjust it.
5. Choose a Calendar colour. Bookings of this lesson type get that colour in your calendar.
6. Click Create. The Active switch is on by default, and the lesson type is added at the bottom of your list.

You only set the number of people, the Popular marker and the locations once the lesson type exists. Expand it in the list to do so.

How do you edit a lesson type?

1. Click the arrow to the right of the lesson type to expand it.
2. Change the fields.
3. Click Save.

In the edit screen, besides name, description, slug, price and duration, there are these fields:

• Number of people, from 1 to 10. At 1 it is an ordinary solo lesson. At 2 or more, players book together, the person booking pays for everyone and you receive all the names.
• Active, the switch that determines whether the lesson type can be booked.
• Popular, see below.
• Calendar colour.
• Applies to locations. You only see this field if you have two or more active locations. Empty means: applies at all locations. If you choose locations, the lesson type is only shown on the pages of those locations. See Working with multiple locations.

How do you switch a lesson type off temporarily?

1. Click the dot to the left of the name. Green is active, grey is inactive. One click toggles it and saves straight away.
2. Or expand the lesson type, switch Active off and click Save.

An inactive lesson type disappears from your booking page. Existing bookings and history stay.

How do you set the order?

The order in your list is the order on your booking page.

1. Go to Admin → Lessons, Lesson types tab.
2. Use the up and down arrows to the left of a lesson type.
3. The new order is saved straight away.

How do you mark a lesson type as popular?

1. Expand the lesson type.
2. Switch Popular on.
3. Click Save.

This lesson type is preselected on your booking page and gets a 'Popular' badge there. Only one can be popular. If you switch it on for another lesson type, it switches off automatically for the previous one.

English name and description

For a new lesson type and in the edit screen there is an English tab. That only works if the English-language site has been activated for your account. If not, there is a card there to activate it (one-off €299).

With the English site on, you fill in Name (EN) and Description (EN) yourself, or you click Translate from NL. The translation is a suggestion: check it and click Save. If you leave the English fields empty, an English-speaking client sees the Dutch text. See Bilingual content with the AI translate button.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between switching off and deleting?

Switching off keeps everything. You delete with the Delete button at the bottom of the edit screen, followed by Yes at "Are you sure?". If there are bookings with this lesson type, Golfly refuses with the message "Cannot delete, there are bookings with this lesson type. Set it to inactive."

Can I change the price later?

Yes. Existing bookings keep the amount recorded at the time of booking. New bookings use the new price.

Does the quiet-hours discount apply automatically to new lesson types?

Yes. A new lesson type is set to Gets discount. You make an exception not here, but under Admin → Lessons, Quiet hours tab, at the lesson type in the list under quiet hours. See Setting quiet-hours rates.

What if the translation is not right?

Simply overwrite the English fields and save.

Related

• Setting quiet-hours rates
• Setting up availability
• Working with multiple locations
• Bilingual content with the AI translate button