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Start here: the Salon Booking OS documentation

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This package contains Salon Booking OS by OsDotâ„¢ 1.0.0 (Single Site / Multi Site). To get a running site:

Product videos #

Salon Booking OS by OsDot™ — Salon Booking Software for Hair & Beauty Salons

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Salon Booking OS by OsDot™ Full Feature Tour — Web + Flutter App Source

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All 14 step-by-step tutorials, in order: Salon Booking OS — Product Tutorials.

  1. Check your hosting against the System requirements: PHP 8.3 or later, MySQL or MariaDB, HTTPS, URL rewriting and scheduled tasks (cron). Shared hosting, cloud hosting and a VPS all work; the installer checks your server before it installs anything.
  2. Create an empty database and a database user with the privileges listed in Installation.
  3. Upload the contents of the Web/ folder to your hosting and point your domain at Web/webroot/ — Installation shows both ways to do it.
  4. Open https://your-domain.example/install and follow the installer. It asks you to open a setup file on your server first, so only you can install.
  5. Have your software license key ready (from your purchase e-mail): the installer’s Install step activates your installation with it — see Software license.
  6. Add the scheduled tasks the installer shows to your hosting’s cron settings — see Scheduled tasks (cron).
  7. Work through Get started in the administration area: your salon’s location and hours, staff, services, e-mail and the legal pages, then your first online booking — see First sign-in and configuration.
  8. Back up your site — see Backups.

What is in this package #

Folder or fileWhat it is
Web/The web application with its browser installer: upload its contents to your hosting.
Documentation/The documentation: open Documentation/index.html.
LICENSE.htmlYour license: what the Single Site and Multi Site editions allow.
SUPPORT-POLICY.htmlYour support options.
SYSTEM-REQUIREMENTS.html, SECURITY.htmlWhat your hosting needs, and how to keep the site safe.
CHANGELOG.html, THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.html, VERSIONWhat changed, the open-source components and their licenses, and this package’s version.
manifest.json, checksums.txtEvery file of this package with its SHA-256 checksum.

The customer app’s source (Android and iOS) comes in the same download, in its own folder with its own README-BUILD.html.

Getting help #

Read Troubleshooting and the FAQ first. OsDot Solutions provides support as described in SUPPORT-POLICY.html, on osdots.com.

Watch the Video Tutorials #

Salon Booking OS Video Tutorials: Start Here: 14 step-by-step tutorials in order, plus links to every video. Watch the playlist on YouTube.