At a Glance • Key Takeaways
- Automated Efficiency: Streamline online bookings, live availability scheduling, and customer communication without manual intervention.
- Live Capacity & Conflict Prevention: Prevent double-booking across staff, rooms, activity sessions, or rental fleet assets in real time.
- 0% Platform Booking Fees: SmartBookings does not charge transaction fees or take percentage cuts of your ticket sales or customer payments.
Overview: Ghost CMS Integration
Ghost is a ultra-fast publishing platform favoured by lifestyle blogs, farm attractions, and media destinations. Integrating SmartBookings enables you to turn blog readers and newsletter subscribers into booking customers.
Method 1: Adding a Booking Link to Ghost Navigation (Recommended)
Step A: Copy Your Booking Link
1 In SmartBookings, navigate to Settings > Add to website (Settings_Embed.aspx).
2 Copy your unique booking URL (e.g. https://yourvenue.smartbookings.net/).
Step B: Set Up Ghost Navigation
3 In your Ghost Admin (/ghost), click Settings (Gear icon) > Navigation.
4 Under Primary Navigation, add a new row:
- Label: "Book Online" or "Tickets"
- URL:
https://yourvenue.smartbookings.net/
5 Click Save.
Method 2: Ghost HTML Card (iFrame Embed)
To embed the live calendar inside a Ghost page or post:
1 In the Ghost editor, create or edit a page (e.g. /tickets).
2 Type /html or click the + (Add Card) button and select HTML.
3 Paste the snippet:
<div style="position: relative; width: 100%; min-height: 850px; overflow: hidden;">
<iframe src="https://yourvenue.smartbookings.net/bookevent?embed=1" style="width: 100%; min-height: 850px; border: 0;" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
4 Click Update / Publish.
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