Changing online appointment booking settings

Booking timeslot interval

The Booking timeslot interval in Setup determines the interval between available appointment starting times on the Online booking web portal.

Open

When Event type duration is selected, the interval between appointment starting times will be the default duration of the selected appointment type.

This is illustrated in the example below, where the Hearing test appointment type has a default duration of 60 minutes.

Open

Availability blocks available for online booking by default

The Availability blocks available for online booking by default setting determines if newly created availability blocks will be available for online booking by default.

Confirmation sender email address 

When an appointment is booked online, the patient will receive a confirmation email from the address specified in the Sending email address for booking confirmations field.

Online booking notification email addresses

When an online booking is created, rescheduled, or cancelled, a notification will be sent to the entered email address. 

Minimum advanced booking time (in minutes)

You can use this setting to stop patients from making appointments that start too soon after their submission of the booking request.

Maximum advanced booking time (in days)

Use Maximum advanced booking time to stop patients from making bookings too far in advance.

Branding Theme color

The Theme color determines the color of highlighted items on the online booking web portal.

The available color options are:

• Blue

• Purple

• Green

• Orange

• Red

Branding:  Font family

The Font family determines the font type of all displayed text on the online booking web portal.

The available font options are:

• Roboto

• Helvetica

• Times

• Courier

Branding:  Font size

The Font size determines the size of all displayed text on the online booking web portal.

The available sizes are:

• Normal

• +1

• +2

• +3

• +4

• +5

Optional contact fields

At a minimum, the online booking web portal requires the following patient information: 

• First name

• Last name

• Phone number and type (mobile, home, work)

• Email address

The Optional contact fields allow for the following additional fields to be added to the Patient information section:

• Title

• Date of birth

• Gender

• Address

• Message to clinic

Terms and conditions

If Terms and conditions are entered, they will show directly above the Book appointment button on the online booking web portal.

Below is what the patient will see on your website: 

Setting age restriction for online booking

If you would like to block minors from booking appointments through your website, you can submit a ticket to support@blueprintsolutions.us. We will create a custom URL and iFrame which can be sent to your web designer.