[Yr7-10it] Electronic booking systems

[Rupert Russell]

Hi Aksen,

MRBS is a free, GPL, web application using PHP and MySQL/pgsql for
booking meeting rooms. It's similar in concept to Netscape Calendar, but
much cheaper!

It's an Open Source room booking system, though I have used it as a
Staff Diary, and also as an Equipment Booking system.

It is reasonably easy to use but you have to have access to a MySQL 
database online somewhere to run it.

You also have to configure the setup using the a file called 
config.inc.php it's not too hard. About as complex as writing &
publishing WebPages in HTML.  You will also need a Web Server to host it
on and access to a FTP program to publish it all.

See: http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/

If you would like more information let me know.

You can take a look at a demo online at:
http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/demo.html

Regards,

Rupert.


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Rupert Russell
Senior Educator (e-Learning)
TAFE Development Unit
University of Ballarat 
SMB Campus
PO Box 668 Ballarat 
Victoria 3353 
AUSTRALIA

Phone:  +61 3 5327 8057
Fax:      +61 3 5327 8477
e-mail:  r.russell at ballarat.edu.au
URL:      http://velorum.ballarat.edu.au/~rrussell
>>> aksen_i at yahoo.com.au 11/29/05 4:02 PM >>>
Hi,
  
  Excuse my ignorace, what is mrps?? Please forward more details on this
 electronic booking software and if anyone knows of a website on this 
software would most appreciate it.
  
  thanks
  
  Aksen 

Rupert Russell <r.russell at ballarat.edu.au> wrote:  Hi I have used this
system for 2 sites for the past year or so and it
works well.
You have to watch that it makes repeat bookings properly.  That's one
aspect that I have found a little tricky to use.  It pays to check that
your repeat bookings have gone in ok apart from that I like it.

I administer the user list using the config.inc.php file I created an
Excel Spreadsheet to create the entries for users.  It can even generate
random passwords for you if you like.

If you would like a copy let me know and I will did it up.

I also use it as a staff diary which works ok if you think of people as
rooms (I use the room capacity number as an extension number)


Regards,

Rupert.


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Rupert Russell
Senior Educator (e-Learning)
TAFE Development Unit
University of Ballarat 
SMB Campus
PO Box 668 Ballarat 
Victoria 3353 
AUSTRALIA

Phone:  +61 3 5327 8057
Fax:      +61 3 5327 8477
e-mail:  r.russell at ballarat.edu.au
URL:      http://velorum.ballarat.edu.au/~rrussell

>>> conz at cyber.com.au 28/11/2005 3:13:00 pm >>>
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:06:14PM +1100, Andrew Grimshaw wrote:
> hello friendly ICT teachers
> 
> pls excuse cross-posts
> 
> I am investgating electronic booking software and was wondering what
other schools were using?
> 
> I am thinking of installing the open source MRBS - has anyone else
used this?


The following may also be of interest:

 http://www.schooltool.org/ 

Cheers,

Con Zymaris

- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry
cluster.)

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Australia 
Cybersource: Australia's Leading Linux and Open Source Solutions
Company 
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