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Beginner questions
Hi,
Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.
I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
via the intranet IP address:
http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
(also
using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
router's WAN IP address:
http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports 80,
8080, and the https port on my router.
Can anyone help with this, please?
2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
other image displayed on the web page?
Thanks,
Goran
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Goran:
Can't help much with the domain issue except to ask if you ever had
anything working using that domain name? Because the DNS translation is
transparent. It sounds like there may be a DNS issue.
As for the logo bit, sorry but I tried to fight that battle already. No
committer saw fit to put this back in place. IMO, it is a bug and
regression and should have been fixed a long time ago.
Thanks for pointing that out! Maybe someone will look at it again.
Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
>
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address:
> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> (also
> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address:
> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports 80,
> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Jacopo,
First of all, thank you very much, it worked! (and I am officially
embarrassed for not thinking to try it, although I did try other variations
of it).
But more importantly, I have to say: *seriously?* Surely I can't expect my
customers to type that??? The same way that I don't have to type
www.amazon.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main.
In other words, how do I simplify the url so that my customers only have to
type www.mydomain.com?
Thanks very much in advance,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
jacopo.cappellato@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:
> Hi Goran,
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> > documentation to go on.
> >
> > I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >
> > 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
> > via the intranet IP address:
> > http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> > (also
> > using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via
> my
> > router's WAN IP address:
> > http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> > But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
>
> did you try with:
>
> http://www.mydomain.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main
>
> ?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jacopo
>
> >
> > I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
> 80,
> > 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >
> > Can anyone help with this, please?
> >
> > 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> > downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> > logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> > would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
> with
> > one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
> not
> > showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
> any
> > other image displayed on the web page?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Goran
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Jacopo Cappellato <ja...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Hi Goran,
On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
>
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address:
> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> (also
> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address:
> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
did you try with:
http://www.mydomain.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main
?
Kind regards,
Jacopo
>
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports 80,
> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Vivek Mishra <vi...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Ruth, Goran,
I do agree with you but my main concern was to answer Goran's this line
which gives me an impression that he is a developer/programmer.
Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.
Not much but enough documentation to at least get start on this
including a beginner level practice application to handling business
processes.
Thanks!
-- Vivek Mishra
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Vivek,
>
> Thanks for your responses.
>
> I will do the beginner's tutorial, just to see what's underneath the hood of
> OFBiz. But I believe Ms.Hoffman is right on this, I shouldn't have to.
>
> Another little snag: the Framework diagram PDFs and videos are not
> available at
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Framework+Introduction+Videos+and+Diagrams
>
> Could someone make those available somewhere, please?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Vivek Mishra <vivek.mishra@hotwaxmedia.com
>
>> wrote:
>>
>
>
>> Hi Goran,
>>
>> Please start with this practice application:
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> -- Vivek Mishra
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>>
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address:
>>> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>
>>> (also
>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via
>>> my
>>> router's WAN IP address:
>>> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>>> 80,
>>> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>>> with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>>> not
>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>>> any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Vivek,
Thanks for your responses.
I will do the beginner's tutorial, just to see what's underneath the hood of
OFBiz. But I believe Ms.Hoffman is right on this, I shouldn't have to.
Another little snag: the Framework diagram PDFs and videos are not
available at
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Framework+Introduction+Videos+and+Diagrams
Could someone make those available somewhere, please?
Thanks,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Vivek Mishra <vivek.mishra@hotwaxmedia.com
> wrote:
> Hi Goran,
>
> Please start with this practice application:
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk
>
> HTH
>
> -- Vivek Mishra
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>> documentation to go on.
>>
>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>
>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>> via the intranet IP address:
>> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>
>> (also
>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via
>> my
>> router's WAN IP address:
>> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>
>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>> 80,
>> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>
>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>> with
>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>> not
>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>> any
>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Goran
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Vivek:
With all due respect, why?
You don't need to be a programmer/developer to use OFBiz.
Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
Vivek Mishra wrote:
> Hi Goran,
>
> Please start with this practice application:
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk
>
> HTH
>
> -- Vivek Mishra
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>> documentation to go on.
>>
>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>
>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>> intranet,
>> via the intranet IP address:
>> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>> (also
>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>> via my
>> router's WAN IP address:
>> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>> ports 80,
>> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>
>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>> ofbizLogo.gif with
>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>> is not
>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>> or any
>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Goran
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Vivek Mishra <vi...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Hi Goran,
Please start with this practice application:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk
HTH
-- Vivek Mishra
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
>
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address:
> http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> (also
> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address:
> http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports 80,
> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Raj Saini <ra...@gmail.com>.
Scot,
I don't this will change the port of Tomcat server. You will need to
change the port settings in ofbiz-container.xml. I think this file is
used to add the right port to the generated URLs.
Thanks
Raj
Scott Gray wrote:
> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify the port after the host name.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Goran:
>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>> Ruth
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>
>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>
>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce> (also
>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>
>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>
>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Ruth,
I got it to display finally. It is possible that I just wasn't refreshing
the web page properly [blush].
But I really want to widen that left ecom-header, so that the logo becomes
more legible.
Somehow just widening the ecom_header #left width and the ecom-header
#middle margin-left accordingly in ecommain.css doesn't do the trick. So I
have to figure out if this needs recompiling or what else needs changing.
But, definite progress. And, I got a CSS book from the library. :-)
Thanks again,
Goran
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
> Hi Goran:
> Do you have this up and running somewhere on the web so that I can see the
> page. It may just be that your lettering is outside the bounds of the DIV.
> By default the DIV container is 80px high and 280px wide.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> No, I can see that it has replaced the original logo, and I can see the
>> background color of it - which was originally white, but then I changed it
>> to gray, which was too dark grey, and then I changed it to a lighter grey,
>> which now blends with the background grey perfectly, so that the only way
>> to
>> see the outline of the logo is to click on the area.
>>
>> So I have been able to notice the changes in colour on the rectangle, but
>> in
>> all of the above cases the black letters of the logo are not appearing.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rhoffman@aesolves.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>>
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ruth,
>>>>
>>>> The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
>>>> shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45. Just now I shrunk
>>>> the
>>>> image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show. Rotated it by 90 degrees
>>>> so
>>>> it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
>>>>
>>>> I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough
>>>> to
>>>> go on for a while, and I thank you both.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for the great info,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
>>>>> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>>>>>
>>>>> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
>>>>> Within
>>>>> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle,
>>>>> #right.
>>>>> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X
>>>>> 280px,
>>>>> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any
>>>>> local
>>>>> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the
>>>>> #left
>>>>> container in a way that pleases you.
>>>>>
>>>>> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML
>>>>> is
>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>>>>>
>>>>> How large is your logo?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>>>>> properly
>>>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of
>>>>>> others
>>>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <
>>>>>> scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in
>>>>>>>> url.properties
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain
>>>>>>>> only.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> restarted
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 8080
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
>>>>>>>> scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> specify
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably
>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to
>>>>>>>> www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <
>>>>>>>>>>> goranjan@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up
>>>>>>>>>>> TCP
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz
>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4)
>>>>>>>>>> (!).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Goran:
Do you have this up and running somewhere on the web so that I can see
the page. It may just be that your lettering is outside the bounds of
the DIV. By default the DIV container is 80px high and 280px wide.
Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
Goran Janevski wrote:
> No, I can see that it has replaced the original logo, and I can see the
> background color of it - which was originally white, but then I changed it
> to gray, which was too dark grey, and then I changed it to a lighter grey,
> which now blends with the background grey perfectly, so that the only way to
> see the outline of the logo is to click on the area.
>
> So I have been able to notice the changes in colour on the rectangle, but in
> all of the above cases the black letters of the logo are not appearing.
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Goran:
>> Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Ruth,
>>>
>>> The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
>>> shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45. Just now I shrunk the
>>> image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show. Rotated it by 90 degrees so
>>> it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
>>>
>>> I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
>>> go on for a while, and I thank you both.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for the great info,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
>>>> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>>>>
>>>> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
>>>> Within
>>>> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle,
>>>> #right.
>>>> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X
>>>> 280px,
>>>> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
>>>> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
>>>> container in a way that pleases you.
>>>>
>>>> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is
>>>> in
>>>>
>>>> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>>>>
>>>> How large is your logo?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ruth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>>>> properly
>>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>>>> following
>>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> can
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> restarted
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 8080
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
>>>>>>> scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> specify
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <
>>>>>>>>>> goranjan@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz
>>>>>>>>>>> 4.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
No, I can see that it has replaced the original logo, and I can see the
background color of it - which was originally white, but then I changed it
to gray, which was too dark grey, and then I changed it to a lighter grey,
which now blends with the background grey perfectly, so that the only way to
see the outline of the logo is to click on the area.
So I have been able to notice the changes in colour on the rectangle, but in
all of the above cases the black letters of the logo are not appearing.
Thanks,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>wrote:
> Hi Goran:
> Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
> Ruth
>
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Ruth,
>>
>> The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
>> shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45. Just now I shrunk the
>> image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show. Rotated it by 90 degrees so
>> it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
>>
>> I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
>> go on for a while, and I thank you both.
>>
>> Thanks again for the great info,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
>>> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>>>
>>> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
>>> Within
>>> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle,
>>> #right.
>>> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X
>>> 280px,
>>> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
>>> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
>>> container in a way that pleases you.
>>>
>>> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is
>>> in
>>>
>>> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>>>
>>> How large is your logo?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>>
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>
>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>>> properly
>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>
>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>>> following
>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>>> the
>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> restarted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>>> does
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 8080
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
>>>>>> scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> specify
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <
>>>>>>>>> goranjan@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz
>>>>>>>>>> 4.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Goran:
Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
Ruth
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Ruth,
>
> The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
> shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45. Just now I shrunk the
> image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show. Rotated it by 90 degrees so
> it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
>
> I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
> go on for a while, and I thank you both.
>
> Thanks again for the great info,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Goran:
>> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
>> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>>
>> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high. Within
>> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle, #right.
>> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X 280px,
>> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
>> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
>> container in a way that pleases you.
>>
>> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in
>>
>> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>>
>> How large is your logo?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>
>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>
>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>
>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> restarted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 8080
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> http
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> specify
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>
>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <goranjan@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> (also
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> with
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> any
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Ruth,
The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45. Just now I shrunk the
image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show. Rotated it by 90 degrees so
it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
go on for a while, and I thank you both.
Thanks again for the great info,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
> Hi Goran:
> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>
> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high. Within
> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle, #right.
> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X 280px,
> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
> container in a way that pleases you.
>
> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in
>
> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>
> How large is your logo?
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Yey! It worked.
>>
>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>
>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>> before I ask more questions.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>
>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>
>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Scott,
>>>>
>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>
>>>>
>>> can
>>>
>>>
>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>
>>>>
>>> restarted
>>>
>>>
>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>
>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>
>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>
>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>
>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>
>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 8080
>>>
>>>
>>>> to 80.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> http
>>>
>>>
>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> specify
>>>
>>>
>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> for
>>>
>>>
>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> some
>>>
>>>
>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <goranjan@gmail.com
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>
>>>
>>>> (also
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I
>>>
>>>
>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why
>>>
>>>
>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>
>>>
>>>> with
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is
>>>
>>>
>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> or
>>>
>>>
>>>> any
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Goran:
Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
getting bogged down in where are the files are:
The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
Within that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left,
#middle, #right. DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is
larger that 80px X 280px, you will more than likely have some overlap.
Since there isn't any local "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it
may not sit inside the #left container in a way that pleases you.
The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in
~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
How large is your logo?
Regards,
Ruth
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Yey! It worked.
>
> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>
> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> before I ask more questions.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>
>
>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>
>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Scott,
>>>
>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>
>> and
>>
>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>
>> can
>>
>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>
>> restarted
>>
>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>
>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>
>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>
>> not
>>
>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>
>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>
>> 8080
>>
>>> to 80.
>>>
>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>
>> http
>>
>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>
>> specify
>>
>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>
>> for
>>
>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>
>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>
>> some
>>
>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>
>>>> intranet,
>>>>
>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>
>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>
>>>> (also
>>>>
>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>
>>>> via my
>>>>
>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>
>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>
>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>
>>>> ports
>>>>
>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>
>> I
>>
>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>
>> Why
>>
>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>
>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>
>>>> with
>>>>
>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>
>> is
>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>
>> or
>>
>>>> any
>>>>
>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
On 18/02/2010, at 6:57 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Hi Ruth,
>>
>> I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem is that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would like
> Actually, the CM version worked a little better. It was easier to see when an image didn't fit in properly.
Regardless, if you don't know some css basics your site isn't going to look anything close to what it could if you did.
>> Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is changeable via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for configuring themes as yet. I understand your frustration but there isn't really anything I can do about it.
>>
>>
> All the more reason it should never have been removed from the CM.
Why, because I can't do anything about it? That's hardly a reason for anything and since I didn't remove it I'm not really sure why we're having this discussion.
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>>>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> can
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> restarted
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 8080
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> specify
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> some
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Scott Gray wrote:
> Hi Ruth,
>
> I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem is that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would like
Actually, the CM version worked a little better. It was easier to see
when an image didn't fit in properly.
> Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is changeable via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for configuring themes as yet. I understand your frustration but there isn't really anything I can do about it.
>
>
All the more reason it should never have been removed from the CM.
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Scott:
>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>
>>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>
>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>
>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> restarted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 8080
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> http
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> specify
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> for
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> some
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> Why
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Hi Ruth,
I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem is that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would like.
Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is changeable via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for configuring themes as yet. I understand your frustration but there isn't really anything I can do about it.
Regards
Scott
On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Scott:
> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
>
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>
>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>
>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>
>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>
>>>> restarted
>>>>
>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>
>>>> 8080
>>>>
>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>
>>>> http
>>>>
>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>
>>>> specify
>>>>
>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>
>>>> for
>>>>
>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>
>>>> some
>>>>
>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>
>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> Why
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Adrian Crum <ad...@yahoo.com>.
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
> Since you brought this topic up: As for the Webapp themes,
> I really like the round over page wrap stuff, but if you or
> anyone else used the Webtools as much as I do and switched
> back and forth all the time between applications, I think
> you will quickly find that without the navigation tabs
> clearly visible (as they are on the flat grey theme), life
> with OFBiz is very painful. I've tried them all and I still
> go back to flat grey because the navigation tabs are clearly
> visible all the time.
True, some people like having the tabs visible all the time. One of the drawbacks is they take up screen space when you're not using them. So, it's a matter of personal preference - which is one of the reasons the visual themes were developed. Pick a theme that suits you and make it your default. Just because a particular theme doesn't match your preferences, that doesn't mean there is something wrong with it.
-Adrian
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
lol :-)
I'll get right on it!
Ruth
Scott Gray wrote:
>> Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real life users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and not what developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>
> I shall look forward to your report.
>
> Regards
> Scott
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
> Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real life users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and not what developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.
>
> Ruth
I shall look forward to your report.
Regards
Scott
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
David E Jones wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>> IMO...
>>
>> David E Jones wrote:
>>
>>> The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable. Not to say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than it has to be. This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an oversight and not for any technical reason. Therefore, it is a regression introduced when someone changed the UI without first understanding what was there before the change was made.
>>
>
> I'm not sure where you got this impression. If you have something to site about it, please do.
>
> The reality is that this was an intentional change as part of the theme functionality in the ecommerce app, which greatly increases the configurability and flexibility of the templates. Maybe you should look into them...
>
>
Really? Which templates are now more flexible and configurable? And, why
does the Freemarker header file still look for Catalog logo overrides?
BTW, I've looked at the themes. They don't do much for the ecommerce demo.
Since you brought this topic up: As for the Webapp themes, I really like
the round over page wrap stuff, but if you or anyone else used the
Webtools as much as I do and switched back and forth all the time
between applications, I think you will quickly find that without the
navigation tabs clearly visible (as they are on the flat grey theme),
life with OFBiz is very painful. I've tried them all and I still go back
to flat grey because the navigation tabs are clearly visible all the time.
Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real
life users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and
not what developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.
Ruth
> -David
>
>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by David E Jones <de...@me.com>.
On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> IMO...
>
> David E Jones wrote:
>> The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?
>>
>>
> Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable. Not to say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than it has to be. This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an oversight and not for any technical reason. Therefore, it is a regression introduced when someone changed the UI without first understanding what was there before the change was made.
I'm not sure where you got this impression. If you have something to site about it, please do.
The reality is that this was an intentional change as part of the theme functionality in the ecommerce app, which greatly increases the configurability and flexibility of the templates. Maybe you should look into them...
-David
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
CM = Catalog Manager.
David E Jones wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>>> If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with it.
>>>
>>>
>> I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take the time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't obvious at first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes. Why not provide an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog Manager is an amazing application with tremendous potential. Why are you so set against making it all it can be?
>>
>
> That sounds fine. There is nothing stopping you or anyone else from developing such a thing.
>
>
>>> That's not too hard, is it?
>>>
>>> For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to be customized.
>>>
>>>
>> I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really good demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how hard or easy it is to change screens around. We don't need a new webapp. We need the original stuff working the way it was originally intended to work.
>>
>
> What is the "CM"?
>
> About the other, sorry, I don't agree with your design approach and I'm guessing others won't either. I wasn't really involved in the design or development of the theme-based ecommerce configuration, but I do think it is a dramatic improvement over what was there before.
>
> -David
>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by David E Jones <de...@me.com>.
On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with it.
>>
> I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take the time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't obvious at first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes. Why not provide an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog Manager is an amazing application with tremendous potential. Why are you so set against making it all it can be?
That sounds fine. There is nothing stopping you or anyone else from developing such a thing.
>> That's not too hard, is it?
>>
>> For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to be customized.
>>
> I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really good demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how hard or easy it is to change screens around. We don't need a new webapp. We need the original stuff working the way it was originally intended to work.
What is the "CM"?
About the other, sorry, I don't agree with your design approach and I'm guessing others won't either. I wasn't really involved in the design or development of the theme-based ecommerce configuration, but I do think it is a dramatic improvement over what was there before.
-David
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
IMO...
David E Jones wrote:
> The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?
>
>
Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable.
Not to say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than
it has to be. This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an
oversight and not for any technical reason. Therefore, it is a
regression introduced when someone changed the UI without first
understanding what was there before the change was made.
> If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with it.
>
>
I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take
the time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't
obvious at first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes.
Why not provide an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog
Manager is an amazing application with tremendous potential. Why are you
so set against making it all it can be?
> That's not too hard, is it?
>
> For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to be customized.
>
>
I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really
good demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how
hard or easy it is to change screens around. We don't need a new
webapp. We need the original stuff working the way it was originally
intended to work.
> Any volunteers?
>
> -David
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Scott:
>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>
>>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>
>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>
>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> restarted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 8080
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> http
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> specify
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> for
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> some
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> Why
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by David E Jones <de...@me.com>.
The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?
If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with it.
That's not too hard, is it?
For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to be customized.
Any volunteers?
-David
On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Scott:
> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
>
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>
>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>
>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>
>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>
>>>> restarted
>>>>
>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>
>>>> 8080
>>>>
>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>>
>>>> http
>>>>
>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>
>>>> specify
>>>>
>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>>
>>>> for
>>>>
>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>
>>>> some
>>>>
>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>
>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> Why
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Scott:
With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about
getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been
changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a
new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a
logo for the store using the existing store management application - the
Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
Regards,
Ruth
Scott Gray wrote:
> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>
>> Yey! It worked.
>>
>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>
>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>> before I ask more questions.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>
>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Scott,
>>>>
>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>>>>
>>> can
>>>
>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>
>>> restarted
>>>
>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>
>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>
>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>
>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>
>>> 8080
>>>
>>>> to 80.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>>>>
>>> http
>>>
>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>
>>> specify
>>>
>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>>>>
>>> for
>>>
>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>
>>> some
>>>
>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>
>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>
>>>>> (also
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> via my
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> ports
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>
>>> Why
>>>
>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>
>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>
>>>>> with
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>>>>>>>>
>>> is
>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>>>>>>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>>> any
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Scott,
Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into it tomorrow.
I don't mind getting my hands dirty, as long as I know where to look. And
once I have read more of the OFBiz documentation, hopefully I will.
Best Regards,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much
> unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the
> demo store.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Yey! It worked.
> >
> > Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
> properly
> > as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
> >
> > I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> > before I ask more questions.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
> >> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
> >> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
> following
> >> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
> >> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
> >>
> >> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
> >>
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>
> >>> Scott,
> >>>
> >>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
> >> and
> >>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.
> I
> >> can
> >>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
> >> restarted
> >>> the server after making the modification.
> >>>
> >>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> >>>
> >>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
> >> not
> >>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
> the
> >>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> >>>
> >>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
> >> 8080
> >>> to 80.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
> scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
> >> http
> >>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
> >> specify
> >>>> the port after the host name.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>> Scott
> >>>>
> >>>> HotWax Media
> >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
> >>>>
> >>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Goran:
> >>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> >> for
> >>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> >>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope that helps.
> >>>>> Ruth
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> >> some
> >>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com
> .
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >>>>>>>> Best Regards,
> >>>>>> Goran
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <
> goranjan@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> >>>>>>> documentation to go on.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
> >>>> intranet,
> >>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
> >> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> >>>> (also
> >>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
> externally
> >>>> via my
> >>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
> >>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
> >>>> ports
> >>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
> >> I
> >>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
> change
> >>>> the
> >>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
> >> Why
> >>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
> >> ofbizLogo.gif
> >>>> with
> >>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but
> it
> >> is
> >>>> not
> >>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
> logo
> >> or
> >>>> any
> >>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>> Goran
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi BJ:
Thank you for weighting in on this.
I agree with you in principal. IMO, it doesn't matter if this is in the
Catalog Manager or in the Content Manager, my point is that it should
not be a task performed by the user changing files in the file system.
With the 9.04 "theme" improvement, the only way a user can change this
logo is by manipulating files directly in the file system.
Regards,
Ruth
BJ Freeman wrote:
> a lot of work has been done in the content section to allow
> internationalization of products descriptions.
>
> I say this because IMHO content should be handle there not in catalog
> manager.
> So thinking about putting link in the Catalog manage to the Content and
> fleshing that out the content component seems to be a better way to
> handle things, like image manipulation, internationalization of content,
> and themes
>
> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 2/18/2010 5:04 PM:
>
>> Hi Scott:
>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about
>> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been
>> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a
>> new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a
>> logo for the store using the existing store management application - the
>> Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>
>>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
>>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty
>>> much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different
>>> from the demo store.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>
>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>>> properly
>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>
>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray
>>>> <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>>> following
>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>>> the
>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain
>>>>>> only. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> restarted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>>> does
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to
>>>>>> recompile/rebuild the
>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 8080
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray
>>>>>> <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> http
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> specify
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> for
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> some
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to
>>>>>>>>> www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski
>>>>>>>>> <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to
>>>>>>>>>> oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
>>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> Why
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo,
>>>>>>>>>> but it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by BJ Freeman <bj...@free-man.net>.
in response to you comment about how do deal with themes, i created a
script to put in build to create a new theme folder.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3490
hope that helps
Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 2/19/2010 5:42 AM:
> Hi BJ:
> Thank you for weighting in on this.
>
> I agree with you in principal. IMO, it doesn't matter if this is in the
> Catalog Manager or in the Content Manager, my point is that it should
> not be a task performed by the user changing files in the file system.
> With the 9.04 "theme" improvement, the only way a user can change this
> logo is by manipulating files directly in the file system.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
> BJ Freeman wrote:
>> a lot of work has been done in the content section to allow
>> internationalization of products descriptions.
>>
>> I say this because IMHO content should be handle there not in catalog
>> manager.
>> So thinking about putting link in the Catalog manage to the Content and
>> fleshing that out the content component seems to be a better way to
>> handle things, like image manipulation, internationalization of content,
>> and themes
>>
>> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 2/18/2010 5:04 PM:
>>
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about
>>> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been
>>> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a
>>> new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a
>>> logo for the store using the existing store management application - the
>>> Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store
>>> images?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
>>>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>>>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty
>>>> much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different
>>>> from the demo store.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>>>> properly
>>>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of
>>>>> others
>>>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray
>>>>> <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>>>> following
>>>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in
>>>>>>> url.properties
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain
>>>>>>> only. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> can
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> restarted
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to
>>>>>>> recompile/rebuild the
>>>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 8080
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray
>>>>>>> <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> specify
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can
>>>>>>>>>> probably do
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> some
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to
>>>>>>>>>> www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski
>>>>>>>>>> <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened
>>>>>>>>>>> up TCP
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to
>>>>>>>>>>> oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
>>>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4)
>>>>>>>>>>> (!).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo,
>>>>>>>>>>> but it
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by BJ Freeman <bj...@free-man.net>.
a lot of work has been done in the content section to allow
internationalization of products descriptions.
I say this because IMHO content should be handle there not in catalog
manager.
So thinking about putting link in the Catalog manage to the Content and
fleshing that out the content component seems to be a better way to
handle things, like image manipulation, internationalization of content,
and themes
Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 2/18/2010 5:04 PM:
> Hi Scott:
> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about
> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been
> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a
> new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a
> logo for the store using the existing store management application - the
> Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
>
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty
>> much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different
>> from the demo store.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>>
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
>>> properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>>
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray
>>> <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
>>>> following
>>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
>>>> the
>>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>>
>>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Scott,
>>>>>
>>>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain
>>>>> only. I
>>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>
>>>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>>>>>
>>>> restarted
>>>>
>>>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>>>>> does
>>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>
>>>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to
>>>>> recompile/rebuild the
>>>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>>>
>>>> 8080
>>>>
>>>>> to 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray
>>>>> <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>>>>> your
>>>>>>
>>>> http
>>>>
>>>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>>>>>
>>>> specify
>>>>
>>>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>
>>>> for
>>>>
>>>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>>>>>>
>>>> some
>>>>
>>>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to
>>>>>>>> www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski
>>>>>>>> <go...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>>
>>>>>> (also
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it
>>>>>>>>> externally
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> via my
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to
>>>>>>>>> oFBiz 4.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> Why
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>>
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo,
>>>>>>>>> but it
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the
>>>>>>>>> logo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo store.
Regards
Scott
On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> Yey! It worked.
>
> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>
> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> before I ask more questions.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>
>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>
>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>> Scott,
>>>
>>> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
>> and
>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
>> can
>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
>> restarted
>>> the server after making the modification.
>>>
>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>>
>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>> not
>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>>
>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>> 8080
>>> to 80.
>>>
>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>> http
>>>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>> specify
>>>> the port after the host name.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Goran:
>>>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>> for
>>>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>>>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> Ruth
>>>>>
>>>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>> some
>>>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>>>> intranet,
>>>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>> (also
>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>>>> via my
>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>>>> ports
>>>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>> I
>>>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>>>> the
>>>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>> Why
>>>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
>> ofbizLogo.gif
>>>> with
>>>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>> is
>>>> not
>>>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>> or
>>>> any
>>>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Goran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Yey! It worked.
Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.
Thanks very much,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>
> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties
> and
> > setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I
> can
> > still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I
> restarted
> > the server after making the modification.
> >
> > I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> >
> > Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
> not
> > impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> > whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> >
> > Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
> 8080
> > to 80.
> >
> > Sorry for being such a newbie.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <scott.gray@hotwaxmedia.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
> http
> >> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
> specify
> >> the port after the host name.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> HotWax Media
> >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
> >>
> >> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Goran:
> >>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> for
> >> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> >> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps.
> >>> Ruth
> >>>
> >>> Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> some
> >>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >>>>>> Best Regards,
> >>>> Goran
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> >>>>> documentation to go on.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
> >> intranet,
> >>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> >> (also
> >>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
> >> via my
> >>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
> >> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
> >> ports
> >>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
> I
> >>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> >> the
> >>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
> Why
> >>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the
> ofbizLogo.gif
> >> with
> >>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
> is
> >> not
> >>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
> or
> >> any
> >>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Goran
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
You'll find some other useful information in this document: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
Regards
Scott
On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> Scott,
>
> That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties and
> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I can
> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I restarted
> the server after making the modification.
>
> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>
> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does not
> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>
> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from 8080
> to 80.
>
> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>
> Thanks again,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
>
>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http
>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify
>> the port after the host name.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>>
>>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
>> intranet,
>>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>> (also
>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
>> via my
>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
>> ports
>>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>> the
>>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>> with
>>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>> not
>>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>> any
>>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Goran
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Scott,
That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties and
setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I can
still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I restarted
the server after making the modification.
I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does not
impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from 8080
to 80.
Sorry for being such a newbie.
Thanks again,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http
> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify
> the port after the host name.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
> > Hi Goran:
> > You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> > Ruth
> >
> > Goran Janevski wrote:
> >> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
> >> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> >>
> >> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >> >> Best Regards,
> >> Goran
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> >>> documentation to go on.
> >>>
> >>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>
> >>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
> intranet,
> >>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> (also
> >>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
> via my
> >>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>
> >>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
> ports
> >>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>
> >>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> >>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> the
> >>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> >>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
> with
> >>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
> not
> >>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
> any
> >>> other image displayed on the web page?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify the port after the host name.
Regards
Scott
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>
> Hope that helps.
> Ruth
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>>
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce> (also
>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
David,
I am happy to help out the project. Let me first say that the comment I
made on lack of documentation should have been qualified to say "relative to
the OsCommerce project", because that is the other open source solution
which I considered. So my apologies. And it's probably not a fair
comparison; OsCommerce has been around since 2000 I think.
But of course OFBiz is so much more than just an eCommerce store, which is
why I want to use it.
I actually started by looking at what books are available [I generally
prefer books, because all the info is in one place]. I went to ofbiz.org,
and I found the Apache OFBiz Development: The Beginner's Tutorial
.<http://www.packtpub.com/apache-ofbiz-development-beginners-tutorial/book>
", but that is for developers [I may still end up going through that one].
I also saw Ruth's two books, both the catalog book, may also buy the other
one.
But that is it. That is the grand sum total of books on OFBiz.
Then I looked at the "Apache OFBiz Getting Started " on ofbiz.org.
In there, I could see several items that I would find useful: End-User
Documentation, Technical Training Videos, Configuration Documents,
specifically the Apache OFBiz Business Setup Guide (for users), etc. [but
the link to the technical training videos is broken, and there isn't even a
FAQ - it came back empty].
Before all that, I just wanted to see my basic web site, with my domain
name, the name of the business and the logo on it, because it was so easy to
get the demo store up and running, and customize the theme and company name.
However getting rid of ports and the other stuff from the domain name,
would have been hard without people's help on this mailing list. Is that
documented anywhere?
Now if I am going the wrong way about reading the documentation and not
looking in the right places, please let me know.
But in general I would say that if OFBiz is to be successful, there needs to
be more business-owner oriented documentation. And as I go along with this
process, I will take notes, and be happy to pass them on to you in the end,
with suggestions what would have worked for me.
Regards,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, David E Jones <de...@me.com> wrote:
>
> Goran,
>
> Your comments are interesting. Based on them I was wondering if you could
> help out the project by answering a couple of questions:
>
> 1. which documents did you look at as you got started?
> 2. how did you go about finding documentation?
>
> -David
>
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Ruth,
> >
> > That worked.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Goran:
> >> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> for
> >> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> >> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >>
> >> Hope that helps.
> >> Ruth
> >>
> >> Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>
> >>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> some
> >>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> >>>
> >>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> >>>> documentation to go on.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the
> intranet,
> >>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
> %3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
> >>>> (also
> >>>>
> >>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally
> via
> >>>> my
> >>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
> >>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>>>
> >>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>>
> >>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP
> ports
> >>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>>
> >>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> >>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> the
> >>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
> Why
> >>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
> >>>> with
> >>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
> is
> >>>> not
> >>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
> or
> >>>> any
> >>>> other image displayed on the web page?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Goran
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by David E Jones <de...@me.com>.
Goran,
Your comments are interesting. Based on them I was wondering if you could help out the project by answering a couple of questions:
1. which documents did you look at as you got started?
2. how did you go about finding documentation?
-David
On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> Ruth,
>
> That worked.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Goran:
>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>> Ruth
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>>> documentation to go on.
>>>>
>>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>>
>>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>>> (also
>>>>
>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via
>>>> my
>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>>
>>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>>
>>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>>
>>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>>>> with
>>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>>>> not
>>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>>>> any
>>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Goran
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Ruth,
That worked.
Thanks very much,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com> wrote:
> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>
> Hope that helps.
> Ruth
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>>
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>>> (also
>>>
>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via
>>> my
>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://
>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>>> with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>>> not
>>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>>> any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
for the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
Hope that helps.
Ruth
Goran Janevski wrote:
> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>
> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>
> Best Regards,
> Goran
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
>> documentation to go on.
>>
>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>
>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
>> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce> (also
>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>
>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
>> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
>> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Goran
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Beginner questions
Posted by Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com>.
Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
When I figure it out, I will report back.
Best Regards,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
>
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address: http://<local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce> (also
> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
> would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>