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Product information is at\n<a href=\"https:\/\/circumflex.no\/circumflex-booking\/\">circumflex.no\/circumflex-booking<\/a>.\nNever post customer data, private links, credentials, or health information.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate Circumflex Booking.<\/li>\n<li>Add at least one service under Circumflex Booking &gt; Services.<\/li>\n<li>Add a practitioner, assign services, and configure recurring hours under\nCircumflex Booking &gt; Practitioners and Circumflex Booking &gt; Availability.<\/li>\n<li>Review deadlines, notices, retention, recipients, and email templates under\nCircumflex Booking &gt; Settings.<\/li>\n<li>Select the site's privacy policy under Settings &gt; Privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Create or edit a normal WordPress page, add the block, shortcode, or Elementor\nwidget, publish it, and share its URL.<\/li>\n<li>Check Tools &gt; Booking status, then make and process a test booking before\nopening the page to customers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>The tested and supported database baseline is MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 and\nnewer. 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An active practitioner needs a notification email and linked\nPractitioner account. Access is limited to their own requests; managers retain\naccess to all requests.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"should%20customers%20enter%20health%20information%20in%20the%20comment%20field%3F\"><h3>Should customers enter health information in the comment field?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Configure the warning beside the optional comment to tell customers not to\nsubmit health or other sensitive data that is not needed for scheduling.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20when%20the%20plugin%20is%20deactivated%20or%20removed%3F\"><h3>What happens when the plugin is deactivated or removed?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Deactivation and normal uninstall preserve data. 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