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Five Star Restaurant Menu – Adding Options, Simplifying Our Codebase
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Five Star Restaurant Menu – Adding Options, Simplifying Our Codebase

We rolled out a major update to the Five Star Restaurant Menu (formerly Food and Drink Menu) plugin this week which has a tonne of new features that we’re really excited about.  One of the major changes is that the free and premium plugins have had their codebase combined into a single plugin, with a…

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Theme of the Crop Name Change and Partnership
Theme of the Crop Name Change and Partnership

Some of our users might have noticed that the names for a number of our plugins have recently been changed. The name change is part of a change in plugin ownership and a larger rebranding after the dropping of the Theme of the Crop theme collection, to better align the company name with our current… READ POST

Updates for the new editor in WordPress 5.0
Updates for the new editor in WordPress 5.0

Updates are now available for Restaurant Reservations, Food and Drink Menu and Business Profile. These updates provide blocks for the new editor in WordPress 5.0, making shortcodes obsolete and giving you a better preview of your content.

Retiring the theme collection
Retiring the theme collection

Today I am retiring all of my themes and will no longer be selling them. I will continue to provide my plugins and sell all the same addons. If you have previously purchased one of my themes, your theme will continue to work. Your license has been extended indefinitely and you will be able to… READ POST

Restaurant Reservations updated to help you comply with GDPR
Restaurant Reservations updated to help you comply with GDPR

An update to Restaurant Reservations adds a couple of features to help you comply with GDPR, the new European privacy legislation.

Is your site running well enough?
Is your site running well enough?

I see a lot of restaurant websites. I see websites built and managed by the restaurant owners themselves. I see websites built by web developers hired by the restaurant. I see websites that have been custom-built and I see websites that have been cobbled together from whatever tools are available. But there’s one thing that all… READ POST

My newest theme, Augustan, is now available
My newest theme, Augustan, is now available

Today I released Augustan, a theme for restaurants with a traditional elegance. Augustan has a classic color palette, refined typography and simple, bold lines that are great for high-class restaurants.

Introducing a new addon to send beautiful reservation notifications
Introducing a new addon to send beautiful reservation notifications

Today I released Email Templates, an addon for Restaurant Reservations that allows you to send your booking notifications in beautiful email templates. These well-tested, mobile-friendly HTML templates will help you put forward a more professional impression when your customers make a booking.

What three things does a restaurant website need?
What three things does a restaurant website need?

My friend Matt asked a good question on Twitter yesterday. What does a business website need? I take a hard look at what’s really needed for an effective restaurant website.

Ban regular no-shows with the latest update to your reservations platform
Ban regular no-shows with the latest update to your reservations platform

I released Restaurant Reservations v1.7 today. This significant update brings the ability to ban abusive customers and a number of hot requests for controlling your bookings.

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