Solvo 2.0 documentation

Install, run, brand and integrate the platform.

What's new

Everything that changed in 2.0: shared stylesheets, light/dark themes, 13 email engines, 9 SMS gateways, 81 ready templates, live chat, the System & licence page and the demo edition.

Installation

Requirements, the database, the web installer, licence activation, pointing your web server at public/, and a post-install checklist.

Upgrading from 1.x

Back up, upload the upgrade package, press "Update the database now", add the outbox cron job.

Email & SMS

Connecting an email engine and SMS gateway, the template library and editor, per-school sender settings, the outbox and message log.

Live chat

Platform and school inboxes, answering chats, away messages, opening hours, saved replies and embedding the bubble on another site.

Themes & branding

Light/dark mode, colour themes, logos, school colours, and how the two shared stylesheets work.

Cron jobs

The background scripts, what each does, and when to schedule it.

Licensing & demo

How licence activation and checks work, the sale and demo editions, and running the public demo.

ElimuPay API

For schools not on the platform that want ElimuPay fee-instalment financing: authentication, endpoints, webhooks.

Demo data

The two demo schools, every role, and the nightly reset.

The same guides are in docs/ as Markdown.