Conventions and Assumptions

From Jomres v4 manual

Conventions and Assumptions

This document is based on and refers to, version 4+ of Jomres. It discusses installation, configuration, maintenance and removal of Jomres from your CMS. It assumes that the reader is proficient enough with computers to understand:

What an operating system is The differences between web server applications (apache/IIS) or at least familiar with the concept that there are different web server applications Linux/Unix file permissions and the related implications CMS administration Module management

It also assumes that you don't need a click by click guide to setting Jomres up. Installation instructions are complete but they do not tell you exactly which buttons to press to perform the upgrade. Anybody who has installed software on a web server using FTP will be able to follow them.

In Jomres there's some terminology that's worth knowing that will help to understand this guide.

MRP : Multi-room property. Businesses like hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfasts that rent out rooms in a property. SRP : Single room property. Cottages, villas, apartments. Jomres uses the same mechanism to book these out as for MRPs by having one invisible (to the user) room, therefore these are collectively known as SRPs.

Jomres is a multi user booking system allowing users to manage their properties without giving them access to potentially sensative areas of your site. As such there are nominally three areas that we will refer to. These are:

Frontend : Visitor facing pages like property list, property details and booking form. Backend : Receptionist or Property manager pages. Viewed via the CMS front end (IE public pages) but functionality is restricted to these user types. Administration : Site Manager's configuration pages reached via www.yoursite.com/administrator/