[Hidden-tech] App for reserving resources, signing up for work-shops, and tracking use/participation

[NCTV - P. Al Williams]

Christian,

depending on your budget, you might look into something like Facil.  It does
everything you indicate.

http://www.beckersoftware.com/facil/

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Charlie Heath
<htcontact at townwebsites.com>wrote:

>  ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>
>
> Hi Christian, I'd recommend a MySQL query app called Navicat instead of
> Access if you're going to set up a LAMP server, unless you've got some
> legacy support for an Access app you need to maintain.
>
> I've done a couple PHP/MySQL reservation systems and I'd be glad to chat
> with you about honing your requirements and considering your options if you
> like.  I think you might want to separate the workshop reservation app from
> the equipment reservations, they could share core services but might have
> enough differences that it would be easier to maintain as separate apps.  I
> haven't looked into the Joomla extensions Rich mentioned but I'm curious
> what they have to offer and whether they're flexible enough to do what you'd
> like to do.
>
> Charlie Heath
> Town Websites
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>
>
> Christian Lagier wrote:
>
>>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Here at Smith College Science Center, we need a small web-based
>> application to allow students to reserve equipment, sign up for work-shops,
>> as well as tracking actual equipment use (log-in at time of use to indicate
>> time spent, purpose, results, any issues).
>>
>> (1) Are you aware of something somewhat like this already available on the
>> web as a service, a product, or code?
>>
>> Otherwise, we're considering custom development, hosting ourselves running
>> on Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP + using MS Access for some core users to get to
>> the collected data. App would authenticate through our LDAP server.
>>
>> (2) Do you know of any local firms that might be a good partner for
>> something like this?
>>
>> As always, thank you to everybody on this list offering thoughtful and
>> helpful answers.
>>
>> Christian
>>
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