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“New release: easier installs, tested on Mac”

We’ve just released updated downloads for CrystalSolutions, SoleTrader and PraxisClinic.

What’s new
• The Docker easy installs now use the latest PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8.4.
• Tighter security in the standard installs: private folders and files are blocked by default, and the database check tool now ships switched off until you need it.
• New Mac step-by-step pages with screenshots: Installing on a Mac and Trying the sample data. There’s also a sample data page for standard non-Docker installs.
• Updated installation guides, including a reminder to write down your admin login!
• More Windows testing under-way.

CrystalSolutions, PraxisClinic & SoleTrader — what’s new in 2026

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Most Business or Practice management software asks you to make a choice: convenience or control.

Although Cloud software is convenient — log in from anywhere, nothing to install, your client business or patient records live on someone else’s servers, under someone else’s terms, subject to someone else’s data breaches and usually on a recurring subscription model tying you in.

Our Local no subscription affordable (£45-£65) 1-off price software gives you control — your data stays on your own machine or server accessible at home, from a second office or clinic, or on the road.

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early May 2026
just released our latest holistic Business software SoleTrader
Business Management for Self-Employed Professionals

Clients, projects, invoicing, mileage and Self Assessment — plus a Holistic Impact score for every client relationship. Because the best businesses track more than money.

One-off £45 price · No subscriptions · Install on your own computer or shared hosting or your own web-page server

Built for the workers!! the consultant with a side project, the photographer who also teaches, the designer/farmer who cares where their work ends up. One system for all your ventures — and all your values.

“Business management with soul.”

TAKE A LOOK try out the working demo (no install necessary)

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April 2026

We’ve recently completely upgraded our Holistic Alternative Practice Management Software for Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Homoeopaths, Physiotherapists, Herbalists and similar complementary independent therapists & practitioners.

It was designed to augment detailed written case histories and allow speedy input at the end of the day.



One of its major features is the ability to quality audit where you can drill down and search any of the fields of info to see outcomes by getting a list of relevant patients before referring then to the detailed written case histories which can only be searched alphabetically.

Based on our original Crystalsolutions software developed and used by ourselves for > over 20 years (originally made in Filemaker this new modern release is simply used in your web browser and installed on a Practice’s or Practitioner’s intranet keeping patient data safe and secure)

Built by practitioners, for practitioners. See if you like it by using the free online working demo (no install necessary as it is the actual software in action)
If it floats your boat….Install it, try it, buy it when you’re ready.

It is a no subscription try b4 you buy; one-off purchase for you to keep (£65)

There is a demo you can try online with dummy patient records, where you can get to know it and create your own dummy records – no installation required for the demo – just a form to get login details

visit https://soul-trade.com/software.html



It’s deliberately low cost for cash-strapped practitioners because it is an intraweb installation that might require help from friends although we do provide full installation guides

Not technical? Don’t be put off. The installation only needs to be done once. If the steps look daunting, ask a tech-savvy friend, a local IT person, or a student — it’s a straightforward 30–45 minute job for anyone comfortable with computers. Once it’s running, day-to-day use requires no technical knowledge at all.

What to ask for:“I need PHP, MySQL and a web server installed on this Mac / PC / NAS / Raspberry Pi and a local folder set up as a website.”

more info at https://praxisclinic.co.uk and http://www.crystalsolutions.org/
and https://soul-trade.com/cspractice/features.html

UPDATE we now provide an easy-install for less techy folks that allows you to install on PC or Mac or NAS (Network Attached Storage) see Easy-Install

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March 2026

just updated Matthew’s Switch a simple customisable program that may allow parents, teachers and helpers to play with young children &/or to introduce and practice simple switch choices and evaluate whether a disabled child could eventually make use of one of the more advanced and expensive systems

good feedback from Matthew — he’s been laughing at the animal sounds!!

try it out on any youngsters you know
feedback appreciated

version 2 of Matthew’s Switch just uploaded
no install needed = it runs in your browser

still a simple customisable program allowing parents, teachers & helpers to play with young children &/or introduce & practice simple switch choices

give it a try!

find the elephant?

which animal made that noise?

some version notes

v1 matthews-switch.html— the clean, simple version for helpers who just want tap-a-card-plays-sound without the name announcement

v2 matthews-switchv2.html — the fuller version with row scanning, per-mode speeds, pause-on-selection, favourites set, and name-before-sound

v3 matthews-switchv3.html — adds carer login: a shared password unlocks a Carers set (photo + voice, editable like any other set) that’s visible to Matthew and carers alike for the current session only, and hides again on reload

All share the same card content via localStorage, so any edits you make to cards in one version carry across automatically — which is a nice bonus.
hosting your own copy
Want to run this on your own website instead of ours, and access edit and settings?
It’s just one file with nothing to install.
Save this page as an .html file and upload it anywhere on your own web space — any folder, any filename.
Open that address in a browser and it’s running. No database, no build step, no server-side code.
Use HTTPS, not plain HTTP — carer login needs camera/microphone access, which browsers only allow on secure pages.
Everything you add — pictures, sounds, PIN, carer password — is stored in your own browser against your own address. Nothing carries over from our copy, and nothing you do is shared back to us.

https://soul-trade.com/matthews-switchv3.html

Even earlier about-us page click here