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Chat Support (Matrix)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Interactive help can often be found in our chat room. Often, this is the best way to find help, both for complex questions as for quick questions and answers. This page explains your options for setting up connections as well as explains how to best ask questions. There are other non-native English speakers in the rooms; please feel free to join!

I just installed LedgerSMB, but http://localhost/ledgersmb/login.pl says "Forbidden"

Submitted by ehu on

The default configuration limits access to the /ledgersmb/login.pl page to connections from localhost (127.0.0.1) only for maximum security.

If you want to allow connections from other locations, it's highly advisable to use encrypted (VPN) connections to access your ledger in order to maintain good security.

What is the difference between a Sales Invoice and a Sales Order in LedgerSMB?

Submitted by hasorli on

The simple one:
Sales order: Customer wants to buy something.
Sales invoice: Customer owes for goods and services delivered.

Business-flow-wise, typically you take an order before everything is done necessary for the transaction to hit the books, and convert it to an invoice when everything that has been done for the income to be realized has happened. This typically means:

1) Goods or services are delivered
2) Any approval/error checking the business requires has happened

How do I "undo" or reverse a payment to a vendor?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

I have made a payment to a vendor, but entered an incorrect date, far in
the future. Consequently the payment does not show when I try to reconcile
the relevant bank statement.

How do I back-out the incorrectly entered payment?

Cash/Vouchers/Reverse Payment.

Then when you are done adding the payments you want to reverse,
approve the batch.

How do I migrate from SQL-Ledger?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

A lot of people are wondering how to manage their migration to LedgerSMB from SQL-Ledger. While there is no one simple answer that will suit everyone's situation, there is some general advice.

First thing to know is - you are among friends. LedgerSMB is built on a community of people who want to see the software and it's users succeed. Information is freely shared, and as long as you are prepared to have a go at helping yourself, we are happy to jump right in and help you do that!

We now have a mailing list, whether you are actively working on migrating to LedgerSMB or even if you are staying with SQL-Ledger for now and want some friendly community support, join up the User List to get SQL-Ledger to LedgerSMB migration help

The best course of action depends on your situation:

Is LedgersSMB free software?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Yes, its open source. The tools we use (Perl, PostsgreSQL, Apache ++) are also open source.

Open source means that the source code of the software is available for free to everyone and you can modify the code and distribute it yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Look for a place to contribute. This means not only programming, but also documentation, theme design, art work, or architectural design.