=== RW Elephant Rental Inventory ===
Contributors: eherman24, markheggan
Tags: rental, inventory, gallery, wishlist, events
Requires at least: 4.4
Tested up to: 5.9
Stable tag: 2.2.18
License: GPLv2 or later

The RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin enables event rental businesses to seamlessly display their collection on their own websites.


== Description ==

The RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin enables rental businesses to seamlessly display their collection on their own websites. Easily show your customers your Rental Items with the images, descriptions, tags, and all of the other important details you’ve included in your RW Elephant account.


== Installation ==

= Important Information =
**Notes:**
* We always recommend creating a restorable backup of your website, theme and all other website resources before installing the RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin. To find out more about creating backups for your WordPress website you can refer to the WordPress documentation at - [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups).
* Please uninstall and delete v1.5.1 prior to installing and activating the new v2.0 plugin. Before you do this, please refer to the previous point on creating a restorable backup of your website. Testing v2.0 of the plugin on a separate Staging or Development environment is highly recommended, and we strongly advise against testing a new plugin on your Live website.
* The "Inventory Gallery" can only be setup to display on a subpage, and unfortunately cannot be used on the homepage/front-page of the WordPress site.
* Users of the BoldGrid Plugin will be unfortunately be unable to use the Customized Templates functionality of the Plugin to make advanced customisations. This is unfortunately due to differences in how both Plugins make use of WordPress page templates. The plugin is however compatible for standard use.

Since this is an improved v2.0 of our original plugin and includes major changes, it is unfortunately incompatible with previous versions.

The plugin has been optimized for use with WordPress themes that include page-templates for displaying "Full-width" pages (pages that use the full width of the screen and generally don't have a sidebar).

The plugin will need to generate two pages within WordPress to function:

1. A page to display the "Inventory Gallery" (must be a WordPress subpage, and cannot be the site homepage/front-page).
1. A page to display the "Wishlist".

You can create both pages manually within the WordPress "Pages" menu before installing the plugin and call them anything of your choice, or allow the plugin to generate them automatically for you during the installation process (automatically generated pages will be named "Gallery" and "Wishlist").

= Installing the Plugin =
**Note:** *You need an RW Elephant ID and API key to use this plugin.*

You can find the new plugin by searching for "RW Elephant" directly from the WordPress Plugin Dashboard. Click on "Install Now" to start the installation process.

Alternatively you can download the plugin directly from the WordPress Plugin directory at [https://wordpress.org/plugins/rw-elephant-rental-inventory/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rw-elephant-rental-inventory/) and follow the WordPress guidance for [manually installing a plugin](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins).

When the plugin has finished installing, you can click on the "Activate" button to begin the setup process.

= Further Documentation =

* [Installation Walkthrough and Basic Configuration Documentation](https://rwelephant.com/support/all-features/article.php?s=wordpress-plugin-installation-configuration).
* [Customising Templates](https://www.rwelephant.com/support/all-features/article.php?s=customizing-templates).

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where can I find the RW Elephant Rental Inventory plugin Walk through and User Documentation?  =

You can find our Installation Walkthrough and Basic Configuration Documentation [here](https://rwelephant.com/support/all-features/article.php?s=wordpress-plugin-installation-configuration).

The RW Elephant Rental Inventory plugin also allows for more advanced customization of the gallery using our Template Engine. For more information and code references, please refer to the Customizing Templates Documentation [here](https://www.rwelephant.com/support/all-features/article.php?s=customizing-templates).

= How can I see the Plugin working, do you have a demo?  =

Yes! We've created the imaginary boutique event rental company [Musical Chairs](https://rentmusicalchairs.com/) to demonstrate how you can connect the RW Elephant application directly to your WordPress website. Explore the Musical Chairs [Gallery](https://rentmusicalchairs.com/collection/), create a [Wishlist](https://rentmusicalchairs.com/wishlist/), and imagine how this plugin can change your rental business for the better.

= Do I need an RW Elephant account in order to use the RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin? =

Yep! The Plugin is an optional feature for our Pachyderm & Herd Leader users. Check out more about our plans and pricing [here](https://rwelephant.com/plans).

= How can I get in touch with you? =

You can reach our friendly Client Success team at [help@rwelephant.com](mailto:help@rwelephant.com).

== Screenshots ==

1. Categories Page
2. Category Items Page
3. Single Item Page
4. Wishlist Page
5. Settings - General
6. Settings - Gallery
7. Settings - Categories
8. Settings - Items
9. Settings - Wishlist
10. Settings - Payments

== Changelog ==

= 2.2.18 =
* Added "Add to Wishlist from Listings Views" Icon feature
* Added "Second Image on Hover" for Listing items

= 2.2.17 =
* Fixed bug with Wishlist cookie quantities

= 2.2.16 =
* Resolved conflicts with Themes/Plugins in Gallery JS

= 2.2.15 =
* Fixed bug with Stripe checkout

= 2.2.14 =
* Fixed bug with Caching Toggle
* Other general bug fixes

= 2.2.13 =
* Brand assets update
* Compatibility testing

= 2.2.12 =
* Removed ability to type date (must use datepicker).
* Updated Brand assets.

= 2.2.11 =
* Improved page title and description text.
* Added "alt" text for gallery images.
* Other general SEO fixes and improvements.

= 2.2.10 =
* Improvements and styling fixes.

= 2.2.9 =
* Added E-Signatures functionality and layout improvements to Payment pages.
* Revisited Bug with Payment page Invoice date.
* Improvements to Pinterest button.
* Styling fixes and updates.

= 2.2.8 =
* Fixed a bug with Payment page Event Date.

= 2.2.7 =
* Fixed a bug with Item Pages throwing silent 404.

= 2.2.6 =
* Re-added missing styles for Pikaday Date selector Input.
* Installation change (exclude site Front Page and Blog Page from Gallery/Wishlist dropdowns).

= 2.2.5 =
* Fixed Bug with Item Titles that contain Numbers.

= 2.2.4 =
* Fixed Bug with Replacement Category Thumbnails.

= 2.2.3 =
* URL structure for Items now include the item name/title for improved SEO compatibility (changed from "/item/180133" to "/item/swift-little-wooden-elephant-180133" format).
* Enhancements to Item & Category thumbnail images.
* Wishlist form "Event Date" input format (DD-MM-YYYY), date selector enhanced.

= 2.2.2 =
* Updating placeholder image for Items that don't have images.

= 2.2.1 =
* Added new filters for better customization of single item-data.
* Updates to Wishlist submission form (form validation improvements, easier to incorporate ReCAPTCHA).
* Improved Wishlist submission form errors.

= 2.2.0 =
* Fixes bugs with caching and templating engine.

= 2.1.0 =
* This is the first stable release of the new v2 RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin.

= 2.0.0 =
* This is the Beta test release of the RW Elephant Rental Inventory Plugin.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 2.2.18 =
* Added "Add to Wishlist from Listings" feature.
* Added "Second Image on Hover" for Listing views feature.

= 2.2.17 =
* Reworked 'rwe_gallery_wishlist_button' helper function, now uses data attributes.

= 2.2.16 =
* Resolved Theme/Plugin conflicts.
* Support added for ShowIt Themes.

= 2.2.15 =
* Resolved issue with Payment feature.

= 2.2.14 =
* Resolved issue with Caching Toggle.
* Bugfixes and Improvements.

= 2.2.13 =
* Bugfixes and Improvements.

= 2.2.12 =
* Bugfixes and Improvements.

= 2.2.11 =
* Search Engine Optimization enhancements.
* Better Page Titles and Descriptions for general Gallery related pages.
* Gallery images now have "alt" attributes (alternate text).

= 2.2.10 =
* Minor improvements and fixes.

= 2.2.9 =
* New E-Signatures functionality for Payment pages.
* Minor bug fixes and general improvements to layout.

= 2.2.8 =
* Fixed Event Date on Payment pages.

= 2.2.7 =
* Fixed silent Error on Item Detail pages.

= 2.2.6 =
* Fixed Event Input styling.

= 2.2.5 =
* Revised URL pattern.

= 2.2.4 =
* General bug fixes.

= 2.2.3 =
* Attention: This release includes SEO compatibility enhancements and will update the URL format for individual inventory Items. URLs will now contain the "Item Name" (e.g. An item named "Swift Little Wooden Elephant" and with an Item ID of "180133", would have the URL "/item/swift-little-wooden-elephant-180133").
* Improved Item & Category thumbnail images.
* Small improvements added to the date input field on the Wishlist form.

= 2.2.2 =
* New placeholder image for Items that don't have images.
* Documentation updates.

= 2.2.1 =
* Fixes bug when displaying multiple item notes.
* Improvements to the template engine.
* Extended filter/action hooks.

= 2.2.0 =
* Fixes an issue with item caching.
* Fixes bug with template loader.
* Documentation links and updates.

= 2.1.0 =
* Stable release.

= 2.0.0 =
* Beta test release.
