I really didn’t have a clue what forum to put this in. Here’s the thing. I’m trying to start a website for the employees of the company I work for to commnicate. We’re allowed to cover shifts for one another at any store location, BUT the company doesn’t provide any central mode of communication to arrange it.
I already started the site as a basic PHP message board, but what I’d really like is for it to work like this:
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Employee registers with name, e-mail, location, store location
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Employee, one day, gets a cold and needs somebody to work for them
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Employee goes to the site and fills out a form telling what time their shift is, what date, which store location
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The website automatically sends an e-mail to all other users registered in the area to the effect of “Shift available Friday 12/12 from 4:00pm to 9:45pm. Store #1234 Jones and 14th Street. If you are interested in picking up extra hours and covering this shift, please call Bob Employeeson at 555-1234 or e-mail username@email.com”
I’ve been searching around sourceforge for a while but I don’t have much web management experience and a lot of that is Greek to me. It seems like there are a ton of programs with fairly specific features, and none of the descriptions appear to be what I’m looking for. I could easily be overlooking something and not have a clue.
So, web genius dopers, is there any way to make this thing work without learning PHP and MySQL and coding the bastard from the ground up myself? Am I going to be able to find some relatively easily configurable software that will do the trick or am I destined to pay an arm and a leg to someone to create it (not gonna happen, this is just for “fun” and I’m not about to throw a ton of money at it)
Suggestions? Advice? A point in the right direction? I’ll take whatever I can get!