[ale] Looking for application software for a small business

[Joshua Kite]

Hi all,

I just did a quick google search, and a project called phpSchedulIt came up
(http://www.php.brickhost.com/demo.php).  It looks like this might come
close to fitting the bill, provided she can find someone to implement and
host it.

I may install this on my server to play with it; it looks quite intriguing.

Josh Kite

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:

> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Jim Lynch
> > <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Geoffrey wrote:
> >>
> >>> Jim Lynch wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I have a dear friend that runs a small beauty shop/spa with 3-4
> >>>> employees and is tired of running over to the shop when someone calls
> >>>> during off hours to schedule an appointment.  I told her I'd see if
> >>>> there was any open  source software that might help here.
> >>>>
> >>>> I googled for scheduling and appointment calendars but didn't come up
> >>>> with anything.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone have experience with this?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> What kind of functionality are you looking for?  You've got simple
> >>> calendars that can sync to portable devices and have reminders, such as
> >>> jpilot, sunbird, kpilot, korganizer and the thunderbird add-on
> lightening.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> She's barely above novice level with computers and has just expressed an
> >> interest in moving from paper to the computer.  At this point she
> >> doesn't have a computer in the office, but getting one is not an
> >> obstacle.  Obviously she's going to need internet access if she expects
> >> to access it from home, either from her office computer or a third party
> >> website, like Google.
> >>
> >> Since she has more than herself to schedule, a system that allowed
> >> multiple people to be scheduled is preferred.  The simple calendars you
> >> speak of appear to be personal rather than group calendars.  I don't
> >> think she needs/wants the ability to sync.  A web based system would
> >> probably work just fine.
> >>
> >>  It would be important to have a way to backup the data locally or even
> >> on paper at the beginning of the day in case of network or systems
> >> outages.  It would be somewhat of a disaster to lose all your
> >> appointments and not be able to schedule new ones.
> >>
> >> Jim.
> >>
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > With gmail you can create multiple calendars, one per employee.
> >
> > They are even color coded.  If you click on Agenda in the upper right
> > corner you get a nice text listing the shows everyone if you know what
> > color is whom.
> >
> > There is a print button, but I've never used it on the calendar.  You
> > would have to experiment to see if that worked for you.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> Hi, Greg,
>
> Can one person edit another's calendar?  In a spa, you usually have one
> person answering the phone and scheduling for everyone.  It would be
> frustrating to have to log in as another person to change her calendar.
> Even more so, if the client wanted multiple procedures. (Is that the
> right word?)
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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