Quickstart Installation


Where to get Quickstarts

If you have a Download and Support licence for BookyFlow then you will be able to download the Quickstarts from your account at BookyFlow.net.

Log into your account, go to the licences page and then view your licence. From that page scroll down and you will see several downloads available to you. The Quickstarts are copies of the demonstration sites for BookyFlow, fully set up and ready for you to start customizing to suit your own needs.

Installation Overview (TLDR)

Installation of any of the BookyFlow Quickstart packages is straightforward by following the herebelow steps:

  1. Put the .jpa and kickstart.php file onto your webserver
  2. Create a database for your CMS. Do not attempt to populate the table with any data - the Quickstart will do that for you.
  3. Start kickstart.php
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions, entering the database name and server on the Database Restoration page
  5. Enter your site and user's password
  6. Clean up
  7. Log into your site
  8. Update BookyFlow and its plugins
  9. Profit! 😊

About Kickstart

Kickstart documentation: https://www.akeeba.com/documentation/akeeba-kickstart-documentation.html.

Akeeba backup is an excellent tool and we strongly recommend that you invest in a full subscription for the product via https://www.akeebabackup.com/ as it includes a great many tools and features not available in the free version included in this installation.

Note: Kickstart/Akeeba/Admintools are not BookyFlow IT products. They are part of the excellent suite of products from Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos at AkeebaBackup.com