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Posted to user@ofbiz.apache.org by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com> on 2012/05/03 19:28:50 UTC
OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
OFBiz user community:
A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features
that are available.
Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
modules
** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content /
Home page spots).
** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
needs some tweaks to control the transition
** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/osafe/control/main. Click on Apparel /
Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in Product Detail
Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion House demo
execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant image of
the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see the
white version. Works nicely.
** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content /
Product Category Content).
** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this
should greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in
the Admin Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch
CSS files. Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module
(for some reason folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face
orange" styling!).
** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
ROAD MAP ...
For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html.
There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We
have a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home
page, static pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
NEW CLIENTS ...
The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we
typically have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we
will be converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks
and months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite
well when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't
have any particular "white papers" or similar documentation but
obviously the price point is a very attractive feature. In terms of
integration we are leveraging our custom software history as a way to
ensure prospects of our capability and our ability to implement a
robust, stable, expandable and flexible solution. The rich functionality
of the OFBiz baseline is key here -- and every BigFish implementation is
by nature an OFBiz implementation so hopefully this will bring more
attention to the OFBiz project during the rest of this year.
As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
--
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
One other important point here:
For our client implementations we are typically dealing with retailers
who have a back-end ERP fulfillment system already. This will take
orders from eComm, customer service calls, stores, catalog orders etc.
So they are typically using BigFish for eComm and existing ERP for
everything else.
Our approach for these types of retailers is to provide a user friendly
XML interface whereby the retailer provides daily updates of products,
including variants. The BigFish XML Loader will process the XML file and
make the appropriate updates. So, for our current clients this is how
Product information is typically updated, and all systems remain in
sync. The XML load jobs are wrapped into services which are wrapped into
scheduled jobs -- we essentially poll for files, and any files found are
processed and logged.
That's not to say that we shouldn't allow for Variants to be managed and
added via the Admin Module, just to let you know that our priority has
been in XML feed processing. You may also be interested to know that the
XML feeds is much more encompassing than just products:
INCOMING (from client ERP to BigFish):
Products
Order Status Changes
Product Ratings
Stores
OUTGOING (from BigFish to client ERP):
Customers
Orders
Contact-Us Events
Request Catalog Requests
All wrapped in services and scheduled jobs.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/31/2012 8:39 AM, Nick Rosser wrote:
> Good to hear that you're playing with the demo implementations and
> have gotten to the point of adding a variant.
>
> You've stumbled across a feature that is not yet developed, this will
> be supported in the next release.
>
> Note: you can always add the variant using OOTB OFBiz.
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
> On 8/31/2012 5:19 AM, Ofbiz 开发 wrote:
>> Hi Nick,
>> I just tried out your BigFish fashion demo backend and frontend, it
>> doesn't seem to have anywhere to specify the product's colour and
>> size etc in add new product or manage product, how do you add product
>> variant please? Thanks.
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Nick Rosser <nrosser@salmonllc.com
>> <ma...@salmonllc.com>> wrote:
>>
>> OFBiz user community:
>>
>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more
>> details please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way
>> to view what this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and
>> play around. The Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show
>> the majority of features that are available.
>>
>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as
>> follows:
>>
>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>> Admin modules
>>
>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both
>> have implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module
>> (Content / Home page spots).
>>
>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available,
>> still needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>
>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House
>> demo at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/osafe/control/main.
>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very
>> well in Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR
>> facets. On the Fashion House demo execute a site search for
>> "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant image of the "3/4 sleeve
>> button down". Search for "white" and you'll see the white
>> version. Works nicely.
>>
>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a
>> more expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module
>> (Content / Product Category Content).
>>
>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time
>> consolidating and cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and
>> Admin. For adopters this should greatly simplify styling for your
>> desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin Module (Admin / Tools)
>> to store new style sheets and switch CSS files. Currently working
>> on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason folks
>> don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>
>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>
>>
>> ROAD MAP ...
>>
>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road
>> map go to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html.
>>
>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the
>> separation of Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands
>> this separation. We have a clear idea as to how to separate out
>> the other content (home page, static pages etc.) and will be
>> implementing this shortly.
>>
>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>
>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two
>> client implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our
>> general sales prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some
>> momentum and we typically have 2 client demos each week ...
>> obviously hoping that we will be converting some of these into
>> real clients over the coming weeks and months. We've also found
>> that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well when comparing to
>> Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously
>> the price point is a very attractive feature. In terms of
>> integration we are leveraging our custom software history as a
>> way to ensure prospects of our capability and our ability to
>> implement a robust, stable, expandable and flexible solution. The
>> rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here -- and every
>> BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project
>> during the rest of this year.
>>
>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Nick Rosser
>> nrosser@salmonllc.com <ma...@salmonllc.com>
>> O: 516.742.7888 x221 <tel:516.742.7888%20x221>
>> C: 516.901.1720 <tel:516.901.1720>
>>
>>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
Good to hear that you're playing with the demo implementations and have
gotten to the point of adding a variant.
You've stumbled across a feature that is not yet developed, this will be
supported in the next release.
Note: you can always add the variant using OOTB OFBiz.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/31/2012 5:19 AM, Ofbiz 开发 wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> I just tried out your BigFish fashion demo backend and frontend, it
> doesn't seem to have anywhere to specify the product's colour and size
> etc in add new product or manage product, how do you add product
> variant please? Thanks.
> Kind Regards
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Nick Rosser <nrosser@salmonllc.com
> <ma...@salmonllc.com>> wrote:
>
> OFBiz user community:
>
> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view
> what this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play
> around. The Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the
> majority of features that are available.
>
> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as
> follows:
>
> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
> Admin modules
>
> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module
> (Content / Home page spots).
>
> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available,
> still needs some tweaks to control the transition
>
> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House
> demo at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/osafe/control/main.
> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very
> well in Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets.
> On the Fashion House demo execute a site search for "pink" --
> you'll see the pink variant image of the "3/4 sleeve button down".
> Search for "white" and you'll see the white version. Works nicely.
>
> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a
> more expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module
> (Content / Product Category Content).
>
> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating
> and cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For
> adopters this should greatly simplify styling for your desired
> look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin Module (Admin / Tools) to store
> new style sheets and switch CSS files. Currently working on
> alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason folks don't
> seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>
> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>
>
> ROAD MAP ...
>
> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road
> map go to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html.
>
> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the
> separation of Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands
> this separation. We have a clear idea as to how to separate out
> the other content (home page, static pages etc.) and will be
> implementing this shortly.
>
> NEW CLIENTS ...
>
> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two
> client implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our
> general sales prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some
> momentum and we typically have 2 client demos each week ...
> obviously hoping that we will be converting some of these into
> real clients over the coming weeks and months. We've also found
> that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well when comparing to
> Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously
> the price point is a very attractive feature. In terms of
> integration we are leveraging our custom software history as a way
> to ensure prospects of our capability and our ability to implement
> a robust, stable, expandable and flexible solution. The rich
> functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here -- and every
> BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project
> during the rest of this year.
>
> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com <ma...@salmonllc.com>
> O: 516.742.7888 x221 <tel:516.742.7888%20x221>
> C: 516.901.1720 <tel:516.901.1720>
>
>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Ofbiz 开发 <ph...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nick,
I just tried out your BigFish fashion demo backend and frontend, it doesn't
seem to have anywhere to specify the product's colour and size etc in add
new product or manage product, how do you add product variant please?
Thanks.
Kind Regards
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
> OFBiz user community:
>
> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details please
> visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what this is all
> about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The Fashion House and
> Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that are available.
>
> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>
> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
> modules
>
> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
> page spots).
>
> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>
> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/osafe/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/osafe/control/main>.
> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
> the white version. Works nicely.
>
> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have examples
> of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more expansive "mega
> menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product Category Content).
>
> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>
> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features, enhanced
> Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>
>
> ROAD MAP ...
>
> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
> .
>
> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of BigFish.
> We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of Product
> catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have a clear
> idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static pages
> etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>
> NEW CLIENTS ...
>
> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
> rest of this year.
>
> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements [integrate with Postgresql]
Posted by Richard Fleming <ad...@thebva.com>.
Do you have any configuration instructions??
Thanks
-Rick
________________________________
From: Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>
To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements [integrate with Postgresql]
Rick,
I just heard from the dev team that the offending queries in the Dashboard have been re-written and therre shouldn't be a problem.
Even though we have not tried here, we're not aware of any issues.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 12:54 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Hooking BF up to Postgresql should work just fine. We are aware of a problem in the Admin Module Dashboard function but other than that we're not aware of other issues.
>
> We don't typically use Postgresql for development or client implementations so this isn't something that we're completely up on.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
>
> On 8/22/2012 11:00 AM, Richard Fleming wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> Are you working to get BigFish to run on a Postgresql database?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com>
>> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
>>
>> Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking
>> into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll
>> definitely take a look.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Nick Rosser
>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>> C: 516.901.1720
>>
>>
>> On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote:
>>> Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OFBiz User Community,
>>>>
>>>> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
>>>> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
>>>> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
>>>> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and
>>>> the Admin Module.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>>>> Admin Modules
>>>>
>>>> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
>>>> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
>>>> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module ->
>>>> Admin -> System Parameters.
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
>>>> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
>>>> product-detail page.
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
>>>> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction
>>>> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
>>>> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file
>>>> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product
>>>> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this
>>>> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered
>>>> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload
>>>> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>>>>
>>>> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the
>>>> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
>>>> can now have several variant extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
>>>> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the
>>>> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
>>>> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most
>>>> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a
>>>> system parameter.
>>>>
>>>> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
>>>> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
>>>> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the
>>>> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>>>>
>>>> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
>>>> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>>>>
>>>> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
>>>> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the
>>>> Admin -> Tools section.
>>>>
>>>> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple
>>>> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and
>>>> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
>>>> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and
>>>> content in order to demonstrate this.
>>>>
>>>> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
>>>> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
>>>> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image +
>>>> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions +
>>>> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
>>>> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing
>>>> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be
>>>> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be
>>>> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes
>>>> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout
>>>> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages.
>>>> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin
>>>> Module.
>>>>
>>>> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
>>>> insight into our process and approach
>>>>
>>>> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new
>>>> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready
>>>> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are
>>>> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and
>>>> Feeds section above!
>>>>
>>>> Comments, questions always welcome!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Nick Rosser
>>>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>>>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>>>> C: 516.901.1720
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>>>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>>>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>>>>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that
>>>>>> are available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>>>>>> modules
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>>>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
>>>>>> page spots).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
>>>>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
>>>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>>>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>>>>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
>>>>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
>>>>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
>>>>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>>>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>>>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product
>>>>>> Category Content).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
>>>>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
>>>>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
>>>>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
>>>>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
>>>>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>>>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
>>>>>> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>>>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
>>>>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have
>>>>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static
>>>>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
>>>>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>>>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
>>>>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>>>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>>>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
>>>>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>>>>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
>>>>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>>>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
>>>>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
>>>>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
>>>>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>>>>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
>>>>>> rest of this year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements [integrate with Postgresql]
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
Rick,
I just heard from the dev team that the offending queries in the
Dashboard have been re-written and therre shouldn't be a problem.
Even though we have not tried here, we're not aware of any issues.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 12:54 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Hooking BF up to Postgresql should work just fine. We are aware of a
> problem in the Admin Module Dashboard function but other than that
> we're not aware of other issues.
>
> We don't typically use Postgresql for development or client
> implementations so this isn't something that we're completely up on.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
>
> On 8/22/2012 11:00 AM, Richard Fleming wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> Are you working to get BigFish to run on a Postgresql database?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com>
>> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
>>
>> Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking
>> into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll
>> definitely take a look.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Nick Rosser
>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>> C: 516.901.1720
>>
>>
>> On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote:
>>> Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OFBiz User Community,
>>>>
>>>> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
>>>> enhancements and features, to our site at
>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
>>>> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the
>>>> site,
>>>> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce
>>>> implementation and
>>>> the Admin Module.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as
>>>> follows:
>>>>
>>>> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>>>> Admin Modules
>>>>
>>>> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
>>>> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store
>>>> credit
>>>> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin
>>>> Module ->
>>>> Admin -> System Parameters.
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed"
>>>> component.
>>>> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
>>>> product-detail page.
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many
>>>> incoming
>>>> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily
>>>> interaction
>>>> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
>>>> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML
>>>> format file
>>>> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire
>>>> product
>>>> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so
>>>> that this
>>>> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers
>>>> (registered
>>>> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming
>>>> upload
>>>> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>>>>
>>>> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated
>>>> to the
>>>> variant level. So, for example,
>>>> www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
>>>> can now have several variant extensions such as
>>>> www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
>>>> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns
>>>> (since the
>>>> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it,
>>>> and the
>>>> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>>>>
>>>> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include
>>>> "Most
>>>> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are
>>>> maintained as a
>>>> system parameter.
>>>>
>>>> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section
>>>> we've
>>>> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
>>>> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring
>>>> content on the
>>>> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>>>>
>>>> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
>>>> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>>>>
>>>> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the
>>>> Admin
>>>> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now
>>>> available in the
>>>> Admin -> Tools section.
>>>>
>>>> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support
>>>> multiple
>>>> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product
>>>> catalog and
>>>> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
>>>> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual
>>>> catalog and
>>>> content in order to demonstrate this.
>>>>
>>>> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're
>>>> calling
>>>> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
>>>> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want
>>>> image +
>>>> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button +
>>>> full-descriptions +
>>>> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
>>>> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The
>>>> DIV-Sequencing
>>>> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements
>>>> should be
>>>> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they
>>>> should be
>>>> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling
>>>> changes
>>>> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic
>>>> layout
>>>> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key
>>>> pages.
>>>> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the
>>>> Admin
>>>> Module.
>>>>
>>>> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
>>>> insight into our process and approach
>>>>
>>>> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of
>>>> our new
>>>> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production
>>>> ready
>>>> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts
>>>> that are
>>>> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the
>>>> Product-Loader and
>>>> Feeds section above!
>>>>
>>>> Comments, questions always welcome!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Nick Rosser
>>>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>>>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>>>> C: 516.901.1720
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>>>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>>>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of
>>>>>> features that
>>>>>> are available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as
>>>>>> follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>>>>>> Admin
>>>>>> modules
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>>>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module
>>>>>> (Content / Home
>>>>>> page spots).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available,
>>>>>> still
>>>>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House
>>>>>> demo at
>>>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very
>>>>>> well in
>>>>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the
>>>>>> Fashion
>>>>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the
>>>>>> pink variant
>>>>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and
>>>>>> you'll see
>>>>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>>>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>>>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content /
>>>>>> Product
>>>>>> Category Content).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time
>>>>>> consolidating and
>>>>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters
>>>>>> this should
>>>>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in
>>>>>> the Admin
>>>>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS
>>>>>> files.
>>>>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for
>>>>>> some reason
>>>>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange"
>>>>>> styling!).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>>>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road
>>>>>> map go
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>>>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the
>>>>>> separation of
>>>>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this
>>>>>> separation. We have
>>>>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home
>>>>>> page, static
>>>>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two
>>>>>> client
>>>>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>>>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we
>>>>>> typically
>>>>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>>>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>>>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up
>>>>>> quite well
>>>>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't
>>>>>> have any
>>>>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously
>>>>>> the price
>>>>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>>>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure
>>>>>> prospects of our
>>>>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable,
>>>>>> expandable and
>>>>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline
>>>>>> is key here
>>>>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz
>>>>>> implementation so
>>>>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project
>>>>>> during the
>>>>>> rest of this year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
Rick,
Hooking BF up to Postgresql should work just fine. We are aware of a
problem in the Admin Module Dashboard function but other than that we're
not aware of other issues.
We don't typically use Postgresql for development or client
implementations so this isn't something that we're completely up on.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 11:00 AM, Richard Fleming wrote:
> Nick,
>
> Are you working to get BigFish to run on a Postgresql database?
>
> Thanks
> -Rick
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com>
> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 AM
> Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
>
> Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking
> into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll
> definitely take a look.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
>
> On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote:
>> Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OFBiz User Community,
>>>
>>> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
>>> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
>>> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
>>> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and
>>> the Admin Module.
>>>
>>>
>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>
>>> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>>> Admin Modules
>>>
>>> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
>>> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
>>> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module ->
>>> Admin -> System Parameters.
>>>
>>> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
>>> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
>>> product-detail page.
>>>
>>> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
>>> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction
>>> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
>>> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file
>>> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product
>>> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this
>>> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered
>>> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload
>>> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>>>
>>> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the
>>> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
>>> can now have several variant extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
>>> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the
>>> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
>>> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>>>
>>> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most
>>> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a
>>> system parameter.
>>>
>>> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
>>> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
>>> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the
>>> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>>>
>>> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
>>> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>>>
>>> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
>>> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the
>>> Admin -> Tools section.
>>>
>>> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple
>>> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and
>>> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
>>> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and
>>> content in order to demonstrate this.
>>>
>>> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
>>> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
>>> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image +
>>> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions +
>>> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
>>> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing
>>> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be
>>> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be
>>> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes
>>> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout
>>> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages.
>>> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin
>>> Module.
>>>
>>> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
>>> insight into our process and approach
>>>
>>> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new
>>> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready
>>> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are
>>> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and
>>> Feeds section above!
>>>
>>> Comments, questions always welcome!
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Nick Rosser
>>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>>> C: 516.901.1720
>>>
>>>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>>>
>>>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>>>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that
>>>>> are available.
>>>>>
>>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>>>>> modules
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
>>>>> page spots).
>>>>>
>>>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
>>>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
>>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>>>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
>>>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
>>>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
>>>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product
>>>>> Category Content).
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
>>>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
>>>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
>>>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
>>>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
>>>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>>>
>>>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
>>>>> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
>>>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have
>>>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static
>>>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>>>
>>>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>>>
>>>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
>>>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
>>>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
>>>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>>>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
>>>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
>>>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
>>>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
>>>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>>>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
>>>>> rest of this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Richard Fleming <ad...@thebva.com>.
Nick,
Are you working to get BigFish to run on a Postgresql database?
Thanks
-Rick
________________________________
From: Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>
To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking
into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll
definitely take a look.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote:
> Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
>
>> OFBiz User Community,
>>
>> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
>> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
>> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
>> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and
>> the Admin Module.
>>
>>
>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>
>> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>> Admin Modules
>>
>> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
>> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
>> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module ->
>> Admin -> System Parameters.
>>
>> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
>> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
>> product-detail page.
>>
>> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
>> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction
>> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
>> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file
>> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product
>> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this
>> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered
>> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload
>> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>>
>> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the
>> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
>> can now have several variant extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
>> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the
>> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
>> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>>
>> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most
>> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a
>> system parameter.
>>
>> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
>> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
>> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the
>> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>>
>> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
>> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>>
>> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
>> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the
>> Admin -> Tools section.
>>
>> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple
>> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and
>> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
>> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and
>> content in order to demonstrate this.
>>
>> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
>> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
>> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image +
>> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions +
>> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
>> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing
>> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be
>> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be
>> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes
>> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout
>> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages.
>> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin
>> Module.
>>
>> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
>> insight into our process and approach
>>
>> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new
>> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready
>> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are
>> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and
>> Feeds section above!
>>
>> Comments, questions always welcome!
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Nick Rosser
>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>> C: 516.901.1720
>>
>>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>>
>>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>>
>>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that
>>>> are available.
>>>>
>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>>>> modules
>>>>
>>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
>>>> page spots).
>>>>
>>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
>>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>>
>>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
>>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
>>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
>>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product
>>>> Category Content).
>>>>
>>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
>>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
>>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
>>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
>>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
>>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>>>
>>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>>
>>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
>>>> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
>>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have
>>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static
>>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>>
>>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>>
>>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
>>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
>>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
>>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
>>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
>>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
>>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
>>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
>>>> rest of this year.
>>>>
>>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>>
>>>>
>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking
into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll
definitely take a look.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote:
> Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
>
>> OFBiz User Community,
>>
>> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
>> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
>> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
>> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and
>> the Admin Module.
>>
>>
>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>
>> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
>> Admin Modules
>>
>> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
>> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
>> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module ->
>> Admin -> System Parameters.
>>
>> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
>> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
>> product-detail page.
>>
>> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
>> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction
>> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
>> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file
>> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product
>> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this
>> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered
>> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload
>> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>>
>> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the
>> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
>> can now have several variant extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
>> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the
>> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
>> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>>
>> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most
>> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a
>> system parameter.
>>
>> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
>> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
>> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the
>> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>>
>> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
>> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>>
>> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
>> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the
>> Admin -> Tools section.
>>
>> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple
>> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and
>> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
>> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and
>> content in order to demonstrate this.
>>
>> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
>> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
>> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image +
>> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions +
>> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
>> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing
>> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be
>> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be
>> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes
>> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout
>> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages.
>> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin
>> Module.
>>
>> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
>> insight into our process and approach
>>
>> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new
>> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready
>> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are
>> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and
>> Feeds section above!
>>
>> Comments, questions always welcome!
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Nick Rosser
>> nrosser@salmonllc.com
>> O: 516.742.7888 x221
>> C: 516.901.1720
>>
>>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>>
>>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>>
>>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that
>>>> are available.
>>>>
>>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>>>> modules
>>>>
>>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
>>>> page spots).
>>>>
>>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
>>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>>
>>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
>>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
>>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
>>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product
>>>> Category Content).
>>>>
>>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
>>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
>>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
>>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
>>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
>>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>>>
>>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>>
>>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
>>>> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
>>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have
>>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static
>>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>>
>>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>>
>>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
>>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
>>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
>>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
>>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
>>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
>>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
>>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
>>>> rest of this year.
>>>>
>>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>>
>>>>
>
Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Deepak Agarwal <de...@paxcel.net>.
Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha?
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com> wrote:
> OFBiz User Community,
>
> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and
> the Admin Module.
>
>
> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>
> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
> Admin Modules
>
> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module ->
> Admin -> System Parameters.
>
> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
> product-detail page.
>
> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction
> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a
> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file
> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product
> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this
> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered
> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload
> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes.
>
> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the
> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse
> can now have several variant extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red
> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the
> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
> proper color variant is displayed initially)
>
> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most
> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a
> system parameter.
>
> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the
> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
>
> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
>
> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the
> Admin -> Tools section.
>
> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple
> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and
> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now
> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and
> content in order to demonstrate this.
>
> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image +
> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions +
> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing
> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be
> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be
> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes
> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout
> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages.
> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin
> Module.
>
> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
> insight into our process and approach
>
> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new
> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready
> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are
> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and
> Feeds section above!
>
> Comments, questions always welcome!
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Nick Rosser
> nrosser@salmonllc.com
> O: 516.742.7888 x221
> C: 516.901.1720
>
>>
>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>>
>>> OFBiz user community:
>>>
>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that
>>> are available.
>>>
>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>>
>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>>> modules
>>>
>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home
>>> page spots).
>>>
>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still
>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>>
>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at
>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>.
>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion
>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant
>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see
>>> the white version. Works nicely.
>>>
>>>
>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product
>>> Category Content).
>>>
>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and
>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should
>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin
>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files.
>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason
>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!).
>>>
>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>>
>>>
>>> ROAD MAP ...
>>>
>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go
>>> to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html>
>>> .
>>>
>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of
>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have
>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static
>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>>
>>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>>
>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client
>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales
>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically
>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be
>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and
>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well
>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any
>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price
>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are
>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our
>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and
>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here
>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so
>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the
>>> rest of this year.
>>>
>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>>
>>>
--
Thanks,
Deepak Agarwal,
Paxcel Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Hartron Complex, Sector 18, Gurgaon, India.
E-Mail: deepak.agarwal@paxcel.net
Mobile: +91 9910322604
OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements
Posted by Nick Rosser <nr...@salmonllc.com>.
OFBiz User Community,
We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many
enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com.
As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site,
click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation
and the Admin Module.
Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and
Admin Modules
** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout;
guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit
card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module
-> Admin -> System Parameters.
** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component.
This will display a history of previously viewed products in the
product-detail page.
** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming
and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily
interaction with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary
feed is a BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML
format file that is used to initially load and subsequently update the
entire product catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled
services so that this process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds
include Customers (registered users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and
Contact-Us events. Incoming upload feeds include Product Catalog and
Order Status changes.
** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to
the variant level. So, for example,
www.retailsite/apparel/special-blouse can now have several variant
extensions such as www.retailsite/apparel/special-blouse-red etc. This
is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the exact
variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the
proper color variant is displayed initially)
** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include
"Most Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are
maintained as a system parameter.
** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've
added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle
content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on
the product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc.
** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and
Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module.
** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin
Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in
the Admin -> Tools section.
** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support
multiple Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product
catalog and all associated content to be segregated by Product Store.
This is now complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the
actual catalog and content in order to demonstrate this.
** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling
"DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product
Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image
+ product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions
+ ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image +
full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The
DIV-Sequencing feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which
elements should be displayed in a particularly page and the actual
sequence they should be rendered in the mark-up. This significantly
simplifies the styling changes required in the CSS to get the final
look-and-feel since the basic layout is setup by the DIV-sequencing.
This has applied to all of the key pages. The Div-Sequences are
maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin Module.
** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some
insight into our process and approach
** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our
new clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production
ready has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts
that are involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the
Product-Loader and Feeds section above!
Comments, questions always welcome!
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
nrosser@salmonllc.com
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
>
> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:
>> OFBiz user community:
>>
>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details
>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what
>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The
>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of
>> features that are available.
>>
>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows:
>>
>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin
>> modules
>>
>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have
>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content
>> / Home page spots).
>>
>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available,
>> still needs some tweaks to control the transition
>>
>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo
>> at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main. Click on
>> Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in
>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the
>> Fashion House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the
>> pink variant image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for
>> "white" and you'll see the white version. Works nicely.
>>
>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have
>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more
>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content /
>> Product Category Content).
>>
>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating
>> and cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters
>> this should greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel.
>> Tools in the Admin Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets
>> and switch CSS files. Currently working on alternate styles for the
>> Admin Module (for some reason folks don't seem to like our classic
>> "in your face orange" styling!).
>>
>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features,
>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab).
>>
>>
>> ROAD MAP ...
>>
>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map
>> go to http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html.
>>
>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of
>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation
>> of Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation.
>> We have a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content
>> (home page, static pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly.
>>
>> NEW CLIENTS ...
>>
>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two
>> client implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general
>> sales prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and
>> we typically have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that
>> we will be converting some of these into real clients over the coming
>> weeks and months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks
>> up quite well when comparing to Magento and other pay-for
>> competitors. We don't have any particular "white papers" or similar
>> documentation but obviously the price point is a very attractive
>> feature. In terms of integration we are leveraging our custom
>> software history as a way to ensure prospects of our capability and
>> our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and flexible
>> solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here --
>> and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation
>> so hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project
>> during the rest of this year.
>>
>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome!
>>