I am quite new to coding and web site development, but know the basics of editing codes etc...but i am looking to go abit further.
I am currently in the middle of setting up my own business, and along with this, a website...
I have some good ideas for my website, but not sure if they would work, or even were to begin to start putting them into practise.
I was thinking of getting a professional in and do it for me, but when I seen the prices, there was no way I could afford that, especially with me just starting out...
I will try and explain my ideas as best as I can, and make them as clear as possible, and if anyone could as be helpful as to point me in the right direction, or give me a few hints and tips to get me started it would be most appreciated, thanks!
1 - I am wanting to take bookings online (its a inflatable hiring business). In order for me not to double book, I am wanting to be able to link it to a calendar, so that I cant take double bookings. For example if someone books a week today, and then someone else comes on and books a week today, they wont be able to.
2 - Along with the above feature, I would like to be able to add my own dates, so for example if I take a booking over the phone, I can add the date, and then someone cant book online.
3 - For the moment also, I am only wanting to accept payment locally, is they any way I can get it to check the post code, and then check a list of all 'acceptable' post codes, etc.
This is to start off with, and I will update it as I come across problems, or I have any more queries
Again, any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks, Shaun!
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hi shaun, you have not told us what this website is all about. I do not understand by booking a week; usually you book a day or a certain period of time in a day.
anyway, the logic is the same everywhere. Calendar does not have anything to do with preventing cross booking or booking twice for the same week. You have to run a logic to see whether someone has already done a booking if not you can allow a booking. You can normally do that using mysql select commands or you can use date/time functions in PHP to implement the same. When you come up with initial code, we will help you to make it better and fit it to your needs.
Payments can be done using Paypal normally, which I think is the best way to do because you do not have to pay for using it most of the time but you can integrate other payment systems which might prove better for large businesses.
I do not know for sure where you can get this postcode verifier but normally there would be a person who does the work for you. You might have to pass the postcode and it would say whether the postcode provided is valid or not and all this is provided under subscription.
anyway, the logic is the same everywhere. Calendar does not have anything to do with preventing cross booking or booking twice for the same week. You have to run a logic to see whether someone has already done a booking if not you can allow a booking. You can normally do that using mysql select commands or you can use date/time functions in PHP to implement the same. When you come up with initial code, we will help you to make it better and fit it to your needs.
Payments can be done using Paypal normally, which I think is the best way to do because you do not have to pay for using it most of the time but you can integrate other payment systems which might prove better for large businesses.
I do not know for sure where you can get this postcode verifier but normally there would be a person who does the work for you. You might have to pass the postcode and it would say whether the postcode provided is valid or not and all this is provided under subscription.