Technical Documentation

System Architecture Overview

The HS CRM application system is built on the LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) platform. It is designed to operate with two main user interfaces: (1) a company staff-facing backend, and (2) integrated forms and logic within an end-user company website, preferably built in Wordpress and running on the same web server as the backend system.

Main Components

Assuming the web server domain directory is in a /public_html (or /www) directory,

• The HS core software, located on the web server in the /public_html/houghton directory;
• Customized versions of the core software code files, located in the /public_html/houghton_local directory;
• A single MySQL database;
• A front-end website, usually built on the Wordpress platform.

Client Custom Fields

The Optimist Daily

Table	Custom Field	Meaning	Value List
contacts	custom1	Delivery Frequency	Best of the Week, Week Day, M-W-F

The Divine Mother Center

Table	Custom Field	Meaning	Value List
contact_activity	custom1	Requested by contact_id	number, points to who made this request
contact_activity	custom2	product_id	course, store item, etc. from which the request was made
contacts	custom1	Birthdate	yyyy-mm-dd
contacts	custom2	Teachable.com user_id	number
contacts	custom3	Mother's Name	text
contacts	custom4	Father's Name	text
payments	custom5	Quickbooks Item	text (temporary field for data initialization)
products	custom1	Teachable.com course_id	number
products	custom2	Puja included	Y/N (default 'Y')
products	custom3	Course author/coach	text
products	custom5	Quickbooks Mapping	text (temporary field for data initialization)
sources	custom1	Teachable.com school_id	547579=Virtual Ashram, 31644=Divine Mother School