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− | == PhreeBooks Accounting HowTo == | + | == PhreeBooks Accounting == |
| Author: Charles2008<br> | | Author: Charles2008<br> |
| Source: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,50284.0/topicseen.html <br> | | Source: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,50284.0/topicseen.html <br> |
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− | [[warning]] Before you use PhreeBooks Accounting in a business environment you must satisfy yourself that it is suitable and meets you organisation's needs and the needs of your business jurisdiction you must also ensure that your unique set-up and file permissions meet your requirements and are appropriate for your hosing environment. <br>
| + | {{Warning box| Before you use PhreeBooks Accounting in a business environment you must satisfy yourself that it is suitable and meets you organisation's needs and the needs of your business jurisdiction you must also ensure that your unique set-up and file permissions meet your requirements and are appropriate for your hosing environment. <br> |
− | <br>You use anything included in this post at your own risk.<br> | + | <br>'''You use anything included here at your own risk'''.<br> |
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| === Description === | | === Description === |
| PhreeBooks Accounting (previously called PhreedomERP) 15th Oct.2013 | | PhreeBooks Accounting (previously called PhreedomERP) 15th Oct.2013 |
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| Demo: http://www.phreebooks.com/pb-demo ... (demo, demouser)<br> | | Demo: http://www.phreebooks.com/pb-demo ... (demo, demouser)<br> |
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− | Dave Premo is the project leader and has kept a very firm control of development. | + | Dave Premo is the project leader and has kept a very firm control of development. <br> |
− | In his own words - http://www.phreebooks.com/pb-forum/viewtopic.php?p=3178#p3178 | + | In his own words - http://www.phreebooks.com/pb-forum/viewtopic.php?p=3178#p3178<br> |
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− | Quote from: Dave Premo
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− | “I am the primary developer … some history:
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− | I run a small battery company in the US [www.portablepower.com] and have a background as a design engineer. I was very unhappy with the commercial accounting applications out there as I found them to be difficult to adapt to my business and very expensive to operate in a multi-user environment. I wrote several interfaces to integrate my shipping, e-commerce sites, etc. to make my business flow smoothly.
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− | Enter my search for an open source ERP solution. I first hooked up with webERP and wrote the reportwriter tool for the application. The project manager (in a similar position but earlier in the calendar to me) had a firm control over the architecture and I viewed a much different interface and structure. So I ended up looking for an architecture that I though brought about the flexibility I was looking for and ended up using the admin interface from ZenCart. (I have since completely re-written about 99.9% of the code and ended up building my own architecture) The other option was to branch off of webERP because of the stability of the accounting engine. So off I went in early 2007 to write my own accounting program. “
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| PhreeBooks aims to be a viable OpenSource alternative to Quickbooks and Peachtree/Sage. | | PhreeBooks aims to be a viable OpenSource alternative to Quickbooks and Peachtree/Sage. |
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− | | + | === Set-up on SME8 === |
− | Code Sources:
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− | Sourceforge – latest release PhreeBooksR3.6RC2 (the excellent new features included in the v3.6 release haven't yet IMHO been fully de-bugged. I would wait for RC3 for a production install – I guess no more than a month or two away):
| + | {{Note box| PhreeBooks doesn't like 'hardened-PHP' (Suhosin)}} |
− | http://sourceforge.net/projects/phreebooks/files/latest/download?source=directory
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− | GitHub – PhreeBooks-master (development only - not for use in a production environment):
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− | https://github.com/phreebooks/PhreeBooksERP/archive/master.zip
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− | Set-up on SME8: | |
− | (this is how I have done it. I have no doubt that this can be improved upon at almost every step)
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− | Note - PhreeBooks doesn't like 'hardened-PHP' (Suhosin) | |
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− | 1. Create a Bookkeeping ibay (from which to run PhreeBooks): | + | 1. Create a Bookkeeping ibay (from which to run PhreeBooks) using Server Manager<br> |
− | URL - https://<server ip address>/server-manager
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− | Information Bays > Add i-bay :
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| Information bay name - bookkeeping | | Information bay name - bookkeeping |
− | Description – Phreebooks Accounting | + | Description – '''Phreebooks Accounting''' |
| Group – Admin ... (set user Group) | | Group – Admin ... (set user Group) |
− | User access via file sharing or user ftp – Write = group, Read = group | + | User access via file sharing or user ftp – '''Write = group, Read = group''' |
− | Public access via web or anonymous ftp – Local network, no password required ... (production = p/w required IMHO) | + | Public access via web or anonymous ftp – '''Local network, no password required''' |
− | Execution of dynamic content (CGI, PHP, SSI) – Enabled | + | Execution of dynamic content (CGI, PHP, SSI) – '''Enabled''' |
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