Classroom booking software

[Andyhall]

I am looking fo some software (preferably free) to run across the network to alloww online booking of ICT rooms. Anyone have experience of this. We have an Apache server already with database set up that runs a Support ticket set up for reporting faults online. :?:

[Irazmus]

MRBS is what you'll need
http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/

[danIT]

I have an asp solution which runs from a access database if you like?

theres loads out there for free MRBS is quite good, i needed a two week timetable and this wasnt really what i was looking for but a lot of schools use it.

[openhgs]

or phpScheduleIt
http://www.php.brickhost.com/

[plexer]

@Dan: your access based one works correctly with a 2 week timetable including holidays etc...?

If so gimme gimme please

Ben

[Geoff]

MRBS works with a two week timetable if you bother to read and edit the configuration file.

[danIT]

I only wanted to display rooms that were available. I have simple drop down boxes which let you select the "week commmencing" then the day and period and it shows you which rooms are aviable. Click and book, only that user can delete the booking.

I didnt like MRBS layout and look, much prefer my own.

[plexer]

@Geoff: Well I had to read and edit the file to get it to work anyway so if you've acheived this feet maybe you'd like to provide some more information rather than the uneeded comment you allready made.

Ben

[webman]

I'm also working on a custom-made system that I can integrate into the Intranet. Not finished yet, but not far off either 8)

[plexer]

Webman: Stop wasting time on that and work on carbon

Ben

[webman]

Hehe, this needs doing either by September, or the end of this week. Plus I have series 4-9 of the X Files to watch over the summer.. don't know how I'm gonig to fit it all in 8)

[fooby]

Webman

Is that plugged in to Sharepoint?

fooby

[webman]

Nope we don't have sharepoint (yet). It's a custom-made ASP script with MDB databases.

[Geoff]

@Geoff: Well I had to read and edit the file to get it to work anyway so if you've acheived this feet maybe you'd like to provide some more information rather than the uneeded comment you allready made.

Ben

edit the "$vocab["rep_type_6"] " option in lang.en to read:

$vocab["rep_type_6"]         = "Bi-Weekly";

IIRC newer versions of MRBS have this fix included.

[plexer]

Well at the moment I set all mine to repeat every 2 weeks anyway.
But what it doesn't do is enable me to input a whole terms bookings and then take into account that when there is a holiday we don't count that as a week.

So we go week1,week2,holiday,week1,week2
and not
week1,week2,holiday-week1,week2,week1

I would love a solution that enables me to select the holidays and if any bookings are set for those on a repeat to shift it forward a week.

Doubt that is ever going to happen so this year I will do half term 1 then half term 2 as 2 seperate lots just means I have to input the stuff twice.

Ben