Your customers i.e. Parents and Students use Parent Portal to place and order their lunch orders. As a Caterer or a School, you have a few options to control how the Parent Portal looks and behaves. Let's talk about those options, in this article. 

 

Branding 

To make your Parent portal look and feel like your own brand, go to Setup > Business Profile page. 

On this page, you can upload your own Business Logo, setup your contact information and also the theme color to be used by the Parent portal. 

 

Parent Portal Settings 

You can also chose to turn certain Parent Portal options on/ off by going to Setup > Parent Portal Settings page. Lets talk about various settings available on this page. 

Order Calendar Type 

               SchoolBitez ordering UI offers two modes of Calendar when parents/ students place their orders. This setting lets you                    control which calendar view will be offered as default view. 

                Note: Parent can also switch their preferred calendar view directly from the Ordering UI. 

               Compact View

  

          Detailed View 

                   

 

Allow Parent to set Child Allergen Information 

                      Use this setting to allow parents to personalize their ordering experience to warn them about items their child is allergic to. Once this setting is turned on, parents will see the option to set allergies for their child. 

 

 

Disable Automated Ordering 

                          Use this setting to control whether Parents can use automated ordering feature. 

                          Automated ordering allows Parents to setup favorites for each child and let SchoolBitez autofill the Order based on the child's favorites. See below how Automated Order option is offered under Auto Select Items option in the ordering UI. 

 

 

 

Publish Menu Directory 

                        Use this option to make your school menus to be publicly accessible by parents / visitors without having to setup their parent account with SchoolBitez. 

 Hide FAQs

                         SchoolBitez lets you post your own list of frequently asked questions, on the Parent Portal. In case you decide to not post any FAQs, use this option to hide FAQ page from parent portal.