The SalonLife calendar is designed to be as convenient for you to use as possible. Below, we’ll give you an overview of the main buttons and options for navigating the calendar.

A Quick Overview of the Calendar’s Navigation Bar

In the calendar view, there’s a purple navigation bar in the top left with:

1.    Calendar Button
   
   • Opens a "mini-calendar" that lets you jump to any day or week range with a single click.
   • In the mini-calendar:        
     • Black dates - active workdays.
     • Red dates - days off.
     • Purple date - today.
     • Gray dates - days from the previous or next month.
   • You can also move between months and years in the mini-calendar.
 
2.    On Hold Button
   
   • The On Hold feature is useful when a client wants to temporarily postpone a booking, or isn’t sure yet whether they can come.
   • Instead of canceling the booking right away, you can drag the booking from the calendar into the On Hold list.
   • Later, once the time is confirmed, drag the booking from the On Hold list back into the calendar, right onto the day and time you need.
   • You can read more about the On Hold feature in another article.
 
3.    Week-Switching Buttons
   
   • Quickly move to the previous week or the next week.
   • The Today button takes you back to today (in week view or day view, depending on which view type you’re using).
 
4.    Day View and Week View
   
   • On a computer, you see the week view by default.
   • On a phone, the day view is mostly used, to avoid accidentally dragging something onto the wrong day.
   • If you’d still like to see more than one day on a mobile device, you can reduce your browser’s view size (zoom). This way, the week view fits on the screen too.
   • You’ll find detailed instructions for setting up this phone view, if needed, in a separate article.
 
5.    Staff Selection
   
   • You’ll see your own name on the right side of the navigation bar (if you’re a staff member or account owner)
   • Clicking your name opens the staff list. You can display one or several staff members at once, to view several staff members' calendars side by side.
   • Check the box next to the staff members you want, then click Save and Close, and the calendar will show all their work schedules side by side.
   • You’ll find more about the multi-staff calendar view in another article.

Handy Tips

 Tip 1: Using a computer? Try using your keyboard’s left and right arrow keys to move around too, to quickly jump back and forth in the week or day view.

 Tip 2: On a mobile device, you can easily swipe between the days of the week on the same screen. This is especially handy when you need to quickly find open times for a client.

 Here’s how to use the calendar with ease:

• Open the Calendar button to move between different days, months, or years in the mini-calendar.
• Use the On Hold drawer to temporarily store bookings when an exact time hasn’t been agreed with the client yet.
• Use the week-switching buttons to quickly move to previous or upcoming periods; the Today button takes you to today.
• The day view is best suited for mobile devices, and the week view for computer users.
• Through staff selection, you can view several schedules at once.

And that’s really all you need, in short, to navigate the SalonLife calendar. Try it out yourself and see how much easier these tips can make your workdays!