External Link in More Tab

Overview

Clubs often need to point Customers at something that lives outside PodPlay: a WhatsApp group, a marketing list, a pro shop, a food menu. External Links add one entry to the App's More section and one icon on My Bookings. Each opens a URL you choose in a new window.

These fields are visible to PodPlay Admins only. Contact the Customer Success team to have the links set up for your environment.

Where the links appear

More section

The link appears as a new entry in the More section, directly above Help Center. It uses the name you set. A Customer taps it and the URL opens in a new window.

My Bookings

The My Bookings link appears as an icon only. There is no name field for it. It uses the same top right slot on My Bookings that the Public Shop shopping cart icon uses, so a Club can have one or the other, not both.

Settings

The fields live in Company Settings → Links.

Field	What it controls
More: External Link Name	The label shown in the More section
More: External Link Icon	The icon shown next to the label
More: External Link URL	Where the entry sends the Customer
My Bookings: External Link Icon	The icon shown on My Bookings
My Bookings: External Link URL	Where the icon sends the Customer

Both icon drop-downs offer the same choices:

• <blank> (the default)
• Shopping Cart
• Dining
• People
• Generic

Validation rules

• Enter a More: External Link Name and you must also save a More: External Link URL.
• Set a My Bookings: External Link Icon to anything other than blank and you must also save a My Bookings: External Link URL.
• Each URL must be a valid URL. The same rules apply as every other URL field in Company Settings → Links.

Public Shop and the My Bookings link cannot both be on. If Company Settings → General → Enable Public Shop is toggled on, the My Bookings: External Link Icon and My Bookings: External Link URL fields are greyed out. Public Shop already places a shopping cart icon in the top right corner of My Bookings.

Common issues

• The settings cannot be saved: A name or a non-blank icon without a URL blocks the save. Fill in the matching URL field, or clear the name and icon.
• The My Bookings fields are greyed out: Enable Public Shop is on. Turn Public Shop off to use a custom My Bookings link.
• The More entry does not appear in the App: The name and the URL must both be saved. Confirm the URL passed validation.
• The link opens inside the App: The URL opens in a new window. If a Customer reports the link opening in an unexpected place, confirm the saved URL starts with https://.