Archive for January, 2023

There are plenty of acronyms and terminology in the world of computer software and technology. You may have come across some of them on our website.

An acronym is a word formed from the first letters of a phrase. For example, “SQL” is an acronym for “Structured Query Language”.

Whenever we use a computer term or acronym on our website that may not be obvious to readers what it means, we endeavor to define it there and then in plain English.

However, sometimes this isn’t enough – ok, great so SQL means “Structured Query Language”… but what does THAT phrase actually mean?!

For some terminology going into too much depth and detail may detract from the context or theme of the actual article in which the terms appears.

That’s why we’ve now added a new and dedicated Glossary of Terminology to our website.

The glossary is an alphabetical list of terms and their definitions. When we use technical terminology, jargon, or acronyms on our website, we’ll link to a description in the glossary.

Links to definitions in our glossary will appear with a dotted underline. When you move over a link, the cursor will change to a question mark.

We’ve currently defined close to 50 terms and acronyms and will be adding plenty more in the future.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering what the acronyms SaaS, SPF or SSO mean, click those words in this sentence to view their definitions in our new glossary!


“Addons” further extend the capabilities of a MIDAS booking system beyond the extensive features that are already included as standard with our software.

Did you know that with one of our optional addons you can actually display a calendar of bookings right on your own public website?

Display a calendar of bookings on your website

The Web Calendars addon allows visitors to your organization’s public website to see what’s on at your venue.

You can embed daily and monthly calendars directly into your public website. You also have precise control which events appear (or are hidden) on these calendars, and how much information is shown for each.

Example of a MIDAS calendar embedded in a public website
Example of a MIDAS calendar embedded in a public website

Plus, if you already make use of the built-in Public Booking Request or Public Web Booking features of MIDAS, you can also configure Web Calendars to allow a visitor to directly book/request a specific date by simply clicking it.

Check our some live examples of embeddable public calendars at https://mid.as/web-calendars/live-examples

Get Web Calendars for your MIDAS system

Web Calendars is by far our most popular addon, with nearly a quarter of all customers choosing to add it to their MIDAS booking system!

You can add the Web Calendars addon to your MIDAS system too, by simply going to mid.as/upgrade.

Also check out our other optional addons to further extend the capabilities of your MIDAS software.