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Old 01-07-06, 10:22 PM   #1
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Not really eCommerce, so feel free to move this to a more appropriate forum.

I'm looking at starting a business that needs a scheduling system. I need to be able to make "appointments" for multiple users. I also need to allow the users to block out time that they don't want to be scheduled (and have this done automatically every week).

I've considered using a WebDav server and an .ical calendar for each user. However, that requires the person making the appointment to look through each user before finding an appropriate time. I was hoping someone knew of something that could handle this nicely.

I've tried phpSched, MRBS, RSS, and OpenBookings. Most are meant for scheduling meeting rooms, or don't have an easy way for users to block out routine time blocks.

Any ideas?
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Old 01-07-06, 10:30 PM   #2
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I don't know if you're willing to pay this much money. But have you thought about a Windows Enterprise server? I think that does a lot of scheduling and syncing, doesn't it? I've never used it, but I heard it does this kind of thing. Wait, do I mean Windows Exchange Server? It's one of those two. Again, I haven't researched this much, but I think you might find your solution there.
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Old 01-08-06, 09:17 PM   #3
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Unfortunately that's definitely out of my price range, as well as incompatible with my Mac.
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Unfortunately that's definitely out of my price range, as well as incompatible with my Mac.
I would think there would be some good open source scheduling software for the Mac.
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Old 01-11-06, 03:23 PM   #5
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I have never looked into scheduling software, but if there is really nothing like what you need. It wouldnt cost much to get an offshore company / freelancer to develop... and you would have a niche software product to sell.
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Old 01-11-06, 03:54 PM   #6
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Or just do it myself
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Old 01-11-06, 04:31 PM   #7
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I think like that alot too, but I am having to change my ways to cope with my workload.

And with the average wage for an Designer / Programmer in India at around $350 p/m it is very cheap. I havent got an office in India though so I have to use outsource companies who add a fairly hefty markup.
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You're a Mac user, right? What about iCal?
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Old 01-16-06, 05:23 PM   #9
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I'm not sure why I didn't think of that before. Plus I can publish the calendars to a WebDav server for the techs to view.

Doh!
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I'm not sure why I didn't think of that before. Plus I can publish the calendars to a WebDav server for the techs to view.
Backpack also allows you to sync it with iCal.
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