Widgets overview

Widgets let you put Sidedoor’s booking, events and voucher flows directly on your own website. A guest never has to leave your site - they book a table, grab an event ticket or buy a gift voucher inside an embedded panel that carries your branding.

You set widgets up under Settings → Marketing → Widgets.

The four widget types

Type	Name	What it does
Bookings	Bookings	Table & guest-list bookings from your own site.
Events	Events	Your what’s-on listings with booking links.
Vouchers	Vouchers	Sell gift vouchers online.
All-in-one	Combo	A mini-portal with every enabled flow in one widget.

Note

The Vouchers widget requires gift vouchers to be switched on first. If they’re off you’ll be prompted to “Turn on gift vouchers in Settings → Vouchers before enabling the voucher widget.” See Gift vouchers.

Enabling a widget and getting its URL

Each widget type has an enable toggle and, once enabled, a stable embed URL of the form:

https://thesidedoor.co/widget/<public_id>

The public_id is a fixed identifier for that widget, so the URL stays the same once created - you can embed it and forget it. The Widgets panel shows the URL in a read-only field with a Copy button.

Tip

The in-portal preview you see beside the settings is the live widget itself - it’s the real thing rendered in a frame, not a mock-up. What you see is exactly what your guests will get.

Next steps

Embed a widgetPaste the URL into an iframe and add it to your site.

Customise the designStyle, width, sections and custom CSS.

BrandingSet the colours, fonts and logo widgets inherit.