### Documentation

##### Agents Alacarte - SaaS Multi-Business Appointment Booking Software

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- Published: 20 July 2024

- Author: Imfurankase

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, Please feel free to email via Support Page.

### Installation

This installation process should take no more than 10 minutes if followed and done correctly.

Watch a video tutorial on how you can install the script with a cPanel based hosting.

#### or follow these steps

#### 1. Prepare the Database

###### Go to Cpanel and Click MySQL® Databases

###### Create New Database

###### Add New User

###### Add User To Database

###### Set User Permissions

#### 2. Upload Script

- Upload script files to your host (The script can be uploaded either on a subdomain, domain or subfolder, depending on your needs.)

#### 3. Start Installation

- Start the installation process add /install after your domain path. (ex: https://yourdomain.com/install)
- Follow the steps in the installation process

After installation, if you get "404 Not Found" to click any link of your site, please re-upload only the `.htaccess` file on your project root folder

Download .htaccess file here

### Quick Start

After run project, you will be see the login page like this.

For access use this: www.domain.com/login

#### Admin

✓ Change Admin Password: If you want to change Admin password you should go to "Change Password" section from left sidebar and change the password.

✓ Manage Website Settings: If you want to add your site name, title, email, phone, about, logo, favicon, emails, currency & basic seo options, social links you need to go "Dashboard > Settings" section from left sidebar. you can manage all options here.

✓ Manage users: If you want to manage registered users you need to go "Dashboard > Users" section from left sidebar. you can manage all users here.

✓ Manage Site Features: If you want to manage your product services you need to go "Dashboard > Service" section from left sidebar. you can manage all option here.

✓ Manage Plans & Assign Feature: If you want to manage your Plans & Features you need to go "Dashboard > Plans" section from left sidebar. you can also assign features to click the "Edit Plan" button manage features for this plan.

✓ Manage Blogs: If you want to add Blog first you need add Blog Category to go "Blog" section from left sidebar navigation and click on the "Add Category" options then you can add Category here in one page CRUD. And then Clink "Blog" section from left sidebar navigation to add "Blog".

#### Staff

When you create a staff or assign a staff for your services our system automatically generate a staff panel for this staff.

✓ Staff appointments: After login staff panel they can see their all appointments from left sidebar "appointments" sections

#### Customers

After booking an appointment customers are redirecting to their panel so see all appointment bookings.

## Admin Panel

### Manage Website Settings

✓ Manage Website Settings: From left sidebar > Dashboard > Settings you can manage site name, title, email, phone, about, logo, favicon, emails, basic seo options, social links, SMTP emails, preferences & reCaptcha.

### Payment Settings

Note: This feature is only available for extended license holders

✓ Payment Settings: From left sidebar > Dashboard > Payment Settings you can manage currency, paypal & stripe payment method. You can also receive offline payment from this sections.

### Manage Users

✓ Manage Users: From left sidebar > Dashboard > Users you can manage all users here.

### Manage Features

✓ Manage Features: From left sidebar > Dashboard > Features you can manage your product Features for home pages.

### Manage Plans

✓ Manage Plans: From left sidebar > Dashboard > Plans you can manage your site packages & feature limits here.

### Manage Pages

✓ Manage Pages From Dashboard > Pages you can add, edit & Delete unlimited pages .

### Manage Faqs

✓ Manage Faqs From Dashboard > Faqs you can add, edit & Delete unlimited Faqs .

### Manage Blogs

'Blog' section from dashboard sideber you can add Blog Category from navigation.

✓ Add Blog: From Dashboard > Blog > Blog: you can Add, Edit, Delete, Activate or Deactivate Blog from this option.

### Custom Domains

Custom domain will allows your users to use their own domain name instead of the default domain url. This feature will provides your users to more control over their online identity and branding their business.

Before start with the custom domain feature make sure this script is installed with your primary domain, any sub domain or subfolder will not work for this feature.

Step 1 (Admin): Login as a admin go to `left sidebar > Plans` Click Edit for each plan and enable the custom domain feature for each plan, now your users under these packages will access the custom domain feature

Step 2 (Admin): Now go to `left sidebar > Custom Domain > settings` Add your cPanel/Server IP address in this form

Step 3 (User): Login as a user go to `left sidebar > Custom Domain` Send a custom domain request to admin once user domain is approved by admin user will be able to use their own domain

Step 4 (Admin): Login as a admin go to `left sidebar > Custom Domain > requests` There you will see all your users requesed domain, once yor approved your domain then this will be go for live

Step 5 (Admin): After approved custom domain request you need to add this user > custom domain as a `Domain Aliases` Please login to your server go to domains > Aliases section

### Add Cron Jobs for expire payments

For auto check your expire payments for once a day you can set a cron job to manage this options. Follow the steps:

Step 1: Go to your Cpanel and click cron jobs.

Step 2: Add new cron job.

Select an option.

Add below command to your cron command line:

wget http://yourdomain.com/cron/expire_payments

Click Add New Cron Job button.

### User Panel

### Subscriptions

'Subscriptions' section from dashboard sidebar you upgrade your plan from here to click select button from any plans.

### Manage Business

'Settings > Company Settings' section from dashboard sidebar you can add your own branding to set your own logo, business name, phone, address etc.

### Manage Business working hours

'Chambers' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete chambers.

### Manage Staffs

'Staffs' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete Staffs.

### Manage Services

'Services' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete Services.

### Manage Customers

'Customers' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete Customers.

### Manage Coupons

'Coupons' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete Coupons.

### Manage Appointments

'Appointments' section from dashboard sidebar you can add, edit, delete Appointments.

### Booking Page

After setup above information your business page will look like this

### Booking an Appointment

From your booking page customer can book your services by clicking the Booking button here are the all steps

### Manage Profile

### Staff Panel

Staff can access only selected chambers or All chambers which is assigned by the user. Staff can access appointments for the assigning services, they can change the appointment status from their panel.

### Customer Panel

All Upcomming appoinments will be showing in there

### Twillo SMS Integration

Step 1: Obtain API Keys

Login to your twillo account and go to dashboard home page to get api keys for site integration

Step 2: Set API Keys

Login as admin go to settings > twillo sms settings from left sidebar and paste your keys in those fields and update it.

### Manage Language

From admin > language left sidebar you can add / manage unlimited language using this advanced multilingual system

Step 1: Create New Language

Step 2: Translate Language Values

### Manage Payouts

Note: Payouts module is only available for extended license holders

Using payouts module admin will receive appointments payment to admin account. And user will send payout request to withdraw their payment using payout method.

Admin - Payout Settings

Login as admin go to Payouts > Payout Settings from left sidebar, Enable Payout module set Minimum payout amount, Commission rate & Payout methods (payout method will be used for withdraw user payments). Now you are ready to receive users booking payments to directly admin gateways and balance will be added on the Users account (after apply the comission rate).

User - Setup Payout Accounts

Go to user panel Payouts > Set Payout Account from left sidebar, users will see their payout methods for setup to withdraw their payments

User - Payouts

Go to user panel Payouts > Payouts from left sidebar, users will see their Payout history, Total Earnings, Withdraw & Balance

User - Send Payout Request

When users balance is greater than the admin minimum payout amount they will see the Send Payout Request button to send a withdrawal request to admin

Admin - Payouts Requests

After sending the users payout request admin will see all requests on admin panel > Payouts > Payout Requests from left sidebar, Admin can see withdrawal method detailed info to pay the users and then click the Completed to mark as paid this request, After that users balance will be updated automatically ()

Admin - Add Payout (Manually)

From admin panel > Payouts > Add Payout admin can create a manual user payout request

### Frequently asked questions

After installation when I click on any link it returns 404 Not Found, why?

There are few reasons, this can be happend

- You do not have the `.htaccess` file uploaded on your project root folder
- Your web host provider does not have `mod_rewrite` enabled for Apache.
- The `.htaccess` file exists, but the content is not the same as the original file from my product.

Emails are not sending / I have errors with my SMTP.

All errors related to the email sending system are caused by either

- Incorrect SMTP credentials
- not properly working SMTP server, or web host blocking the actual SMTP connection.
- For any of these issues, contact your SMTP or web host provider.

How to customize the frontend landing page, header or footer?

You can customize landing page contents from `application views home.php`

You can customize header / footer from `application views include header.php / footer.php`

Why payment gatewats are missing in my site?

Please make sure you have purchased the extended license for this script, If you purchased a regular license then you will not have access the payment gateways, check our item details page or See license terms here

How can I add a new language and translate texts?

You can add new language from `Admin Panel Language Add New Language` form, After that you can translate all texts from Admin Panel -> Language list > Edit Values

How can I update text on the website?

Any static text from the website can be changed from the `Admin Panel Language Edit Values`

How can I set my own language as a default?

You can set your language as a default from `Admin Panel Language Set default language` dropdown to update it