Easy!Appointments is an open-source appointment scheduling software that is used by businesses and organizations for managing appointments with their customers. If you're interested in installing this software on your Windows 10 machine, follow the steps below.
Before you begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
First, you need to download the Easy!Appointments package from their website. Navigate to the Easy!Appointments download page and select the latest stable release.
Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to a folder on your system.
Before you can proceed with the installation, you need to install some PHP extensions that are required for Easy!Appointments to work properly. Open your Command Prompt as an administrator and enter the following commands:
cd C:\php\php.ini
This command will navigate to the php.ini file location. You need to open this file and uncomment the following extensions:
extension=mysqli
extension=pdo_mysql
extension=gd
extension=imagick
extension=intl
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. This will open the phpMyAdmin interface. Click on the Databases tab and create a new database by entering a name and clicking Create.
Open the config.php file located in the app/config/ directory. Update the following lines with your database details:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_NAME', 'your_database_name');
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and navigate to the http://localhost/easyappointments/. This will open the Easy!Appointments installation wizard. Follow the installation steps and enter your database and administrator details when prompted.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Easy!Appointments dashboard using the administrator credentials that you provided during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Easy!Appointments on your Windows 10 machine.
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