New user with new questions.

[gwp]

Hello everyone, my first post so please forgive me if this is in the wrong section.

I currently have a database (dadabik) that has 2 levels of user (admin and normal)
each user logs in, enters the info and can see only their entered info (We want to keep this option also).
admin can see all the different users entered info.

This db is based around salesman and installers.
The salesman logs in, enters his sales (which he can check back to see if the deal went through)
At the moment admin has to export each set of sales and email to each installer.

would this scenario below be possible with your software?

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Gayle is admin (admin user)
Ian is salesman (normal user)
Lee is installer (normal user)

Fields in db:
salesman < field type = drop down select)
installer < field type = drop down select)


salesman gets the sales and gives them to admin (Gayle).
She logs in and enters the sale selecting Ian as the salesman and Lee as the installer.
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What i would like to do
if Ian is selected as salesman, this record would show up when he logs in under his own username
and the same for Lee if he is selected as the installer.
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This would then allow admin to simply select each salesman and installer and each day they would be able to see what jobs they have or (in the case of the salesman) how his sales are progressing.
Ill end my ramblings now
thanks very much

[shannah]

In short, anything is possible. Xataface is a full framework that can be customized in any way you please.
The scenario you describe would be pretty easy to achieve. You just need to implement permissions appropriately.

[gwp]

Thank you Shannah for your speedy reply.

I will DL the software and install it.
Besides the basic download, is there anything extra i need to download or add to the new db before i start
trying to make the customisations?

[gwp]

Ok, created the db
upped the files and directory structure to the server
public_html/xataface
chmod 777 the templates folder.
read the instructions for installation

dataface/dataface_info.php . If it worked OK, you should receive a web page that says "Dataface is installed correctly", along with some basic instructions for creating a Xataface Application.

Got confirmation that it is installed correctly However, no instructions for creating an app just the end user license.
so, back to documents and followed the instruction steps 1 - 10 posted by heather.
Got as far as step "7. Select the Install on Server using FTP"
this then tells me that the directory does not exist, which it does of course.
it also says that a folder called the same name as my db will be created (if i could get that far)
what about the folder i already created public_html/xataface ??
so i try the tarball option.
I get the option to download this, but no instructions what to do with it.
I open the tar locally and see it has 3 files, one being index.php, so i think i will up these 3 files to my folder /xatabase.
Back to my browser and i have a list of errors.
so, am stuck now

[shannah]

If you cant get the installer to work huts do the manual install. There are instructions on this in multiple places in the wiki and getting started guide.