devdocs/todo.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,42 @@ todo: Money money money...MONEY
 
 	
 todo: add guided tours case 4212
+
+Guided tour: 
+QuickStart from nothing to Production use process and help for users	
+(This should be in it's own guided tour category i.e. not under Business admin necessarily but somewhere else in own section of guided tours)
+Evaluating, Acquiring, setting up and using AyaNova in production
+	- Evaluation - Is AyaNova right for me?
+		- Check out pricing, features, skim the manual and guided tours, see if it looks remotely like what you need, ask questions of support as required
+		- Install or trial Subscription AyaNova online
+		- Evaluation, is AyaNova right for my business?
+		- Generate some sample data
+		- Take tours, play with sample data			
+		- Have all users try it out as if it was installed, get feedback, configure as it would be used
+		- If something isn't quite right can it be customized to do what we need?
+			- Forms, reports, terminology and text
+		- Test import or migration of any required data for production use, e.g. v8-migrate, customer import, parts import, graphics logos
+		- Decision, will it work for us, did we try all the things we need to do over time periods i.e. daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
+	- Acquisition
+		- self installed or subscription choice			
+		- Purchase and install license
+	- Setting up for production use
+		- Export anything want to keep that will be erased when cleaning it out
+		- Erase sample, test data if any
+		- Import back exported stuff that want to keep 
+		- Ops backup setup  and backup plan
+			- configure, test, start immediately
+		- v7 quickstart stuff kind of from here down
+		- Set up business settings in global settings
+	- Advanced features
+		- Notification system
+			- User notification
+			- Customer notification
+		- Customer self service
+			- how to set up and configure
+
+
+
 todo: postgres 15 case 4214
 
 	

docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/tour-bootstrap-evaluate.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Getting started 1-Evaluation
+
+In this guided tour we'll go over how to quickly assess if AyaNova might be a match for your business.

docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/tour-bootstrap-intro.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Getting started Evaluation to production use
+
+Finding and implementing software can be a confusing and time consuming process.  
+
+We hope to make that a little easier for you with this series of guides that will take you from assessing if AyaNova will be a good match for your business right through to getting to in-production use and using AyaNova to manage your service business as quickly as possible.
+
+Along the way if you need help please feel free to [reach out to our support department](https://contact.ayanova.com/contact) who are always here for you.  
+
+Don't worry, our support staff won't try to sell you anything, we have *no sales staff*, our support staff are only here to answer questions and help you decide if AyaNova is a good match for your business or not while you are assessing and evaluating AyaNova.  
+
+## 

docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/tour-intro.md

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ Guided tours are divided into sections by business role / department and can be
 
 We have included images so you can either read through the tours without using AyaNova directly or follow along with a [trial evaluation](ay-evaluate.md) copy of AyaNova as you go through the tour.
 
-## Before you take the tour
+## Getting started evaluation to production use
 
-If you haven't already you should go through the tours _after_ you look over the [forms overview](ay-start-form-overview.md) section of this manual as it gives an overview that will make the guided tours much easier to understand.
+If you know nothing about AyaNova but are considering service management software for your business we have a complete series of "bootstrapping" guides that will [take you through](tour-bootstrap-intro.md) the entire process from assessing if AyaNova will meet your needs right up to production use and advanced features.
+
+[Click here to get started](tour-bootstrap-intro.md)
 
 ## Request a tour
 

docs/8.0/ayanova/mkdocs.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ nav:
   - 'Try AyaNova now': 'ay-evaluate.md' 
   - Guided tours:    
     - 'Introduction': 'tour-intro.md' 
+    - Start here:
+      - 'Steps to production use': 'tour-bootstrap-intro.md' 
+      - 'Evaluation': 'tour-bootstrap-evaluate.md'     
     - Business admin:
       - 'Hide form fields': 'tour-bizadmin-form-remove-fields.md'
       - 'Require field entry': 'tour-bizadmin-form-require-fields.md'