Hi all,<br><br>I just did a quick google search, and a project called phpSchedulIt came up (<a href="http://www.php.brickhost.com/demo.php">http://www.php.brickhost.com/demo.php</a>). It looks like this might come close to fitting the bill, provided she can find someone to implement and host it.<br>
<br>I may install this on my server to play with it; it looks quite intriguing.<br><br>Josh Kite<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Jim Lynch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Greg Freemyer wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Jim Lynch<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Geoffrey wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Jim Lynch wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> I have a dear friend that runs a small beauty shop/spa with 3-4<br>
>>>> employees and is tired of running over to the shop when someone calls<br>
>>>> during off hours to schedule an appointment. I told her I'd see if<br>
>>>> there was any open source software that might help here.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I googled for scheduling and appointment calendars but didn't come up<br>
>>>> with anything.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Anyone have experience with this?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>> What kind of functionality are you looking for? You've got simple<br>
>>> calendars that can sync to portable devices and have reminders, such as<br>
>>> jpilot, sunbird, kpilot, korganizer and the thunderbird add-on lightening.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>> She's barely above novice level with computers and has just expressed an<br>
>> interest in moving from paper to the computer. At this point she<br>
>> doesn't have a computer in the office, but getting one is not an<br>
>> obstacle. Obviously she's going to need internet access if she expects<br>
>> to access it from home, either from her office computer or a third party<br>
>> website, like Google.<br>
>><br>
>> Since she has more than herself to schedule, a system that allowed<br>
>> multiple people to be scheduled is preferred. The simple calendars you<br>
>> speak of appear to be personal rather than group calendars. I don't<br>
>> think she needs/wants the ability to sync. A web based system would<br>
>> probably work just fine.<br>
>><br>
>> It would be important to have a way to backup the data locally or even<br>
>> on paper at the beginning of the day in case of network or systems<br>
>> outages. It would be somewhat of a disaster to lose all your<br>
>> appointments and not be able to schedule new ones.<br>
>><br>
>> Jim.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Jim,<br>
><br>
> With gmail you can create multiple calendars, one per employee.<br>
><br>
> They are even color coded. If you click on Agenda in the upper right<br>
> corner you get a nice text listing the shows everyone if you know what<br>
> color is whom.<br>
><br>
> There is a print button, but I've never used it on the calendar. You<br>
> would have to experiment to see if that worked for you.<br>
><br>
> Greg<br>
><br>
</div></div>Hi, Greg,<br>
<br>
Can one person edit another's calendar? In a spa, you usually have one<br>
person answering the phone and scheduling for everyone. It would be<br>
frustrating to have to log in as another person to change her calendar.<br>
Even more so, if the client wanted multiple procedures. (Is that the<br>
right word?)<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Jim.<br>
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