How to use the OFBiz CMS?

[Bruno Busco]

Hi,
now that I have the ecommerce app setup I need to add more pages to the
website with photos, WhoWeAre, faq, news etc.
I am trying to use the OFBiz Content application for this but I am in a sort
of loop and do not understand how it works.
I have read some documentation that explains what a DataResource is, what a
Content is etc. but the best would be a tutorial that will show me how to
add a couple of static pages to the ecommerce site with a photo and a menu.
Is somewhere such a tutorial?
What do you suggest me to read?

Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it to
the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already running
behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer to
use all functionality offered by OFBiz.

Any help/suggestion ?

Many thanks,
-Bruno

[Jacques Le Roux]

I'm not a specialist, but maybe you could have a look beginning from BlogScreens.xml

Jacques

From: "Bruno Busco" <[hidden email]>

> Hi,
> now that I have the ecommerce app setup I need to add more pages to the
> website with photos, WhoWeAre, faq, news etc.
> I am trying to use the OFBiz Content application for this but I am in a sort
> of loop and do not understand how it works.
> I have read some documentation that explains what a DataResource is, what a
> Content is etc. but the best would be a tutorial that will show me how to
> add a couple of static pages to the ecommerce site with a photo and a menu.
> Is somewhere such a tutorial?
> What do you suggest me to read?
>
> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it to
> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already running
> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer to
> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>
> Any help/suggestion ?
>
> Many thanks,
> -Bruno
>

[Adrian Crum]

Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.

We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected to OFBiz.

-Adrian

Bruno Busco wrote:
> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it to
> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already running
> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer to
> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.

[Bruno Busco]

Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to use the
OFBiz embedded CMS.

But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
...and no help, not a single how-to...
...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?

Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML rendered with
the same ecommerce style?

Many thanks for any help,
-Bruno


2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:

> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>
> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected to OFBiz.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> Bruno Busco wrote:
>
>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it
>> to
>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already
>> running
>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer to
>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>
>
>

[Tim Ruppert]

I just:

1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets rendered  
like this:

     <screen name="aboutus">
         <section>
             <actions>
                 <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
                 <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
                 <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
                 <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
             </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" location="$
{parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
                     <decorator-section name="body">
                         <platform-specific>
                             <html><html-template  
location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/></
html>
                         </platform-specific>
                     </decorator-section>
                 </decorator-screen>
             </widgets>
         </section>
     </screen>

Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive  
them from the db.

Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595


On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:

> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to  
> use the
> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>
> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>
> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML  
> rendered with
> the same ecommerce style?
>
> Many thanks for any help,
> -Bruno
>
>
> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>
>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>
>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected  
>> to OFBiz.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>
>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and  
>>> link it
>>> to
>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already
>>> running
>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would  
>>> prefer to
>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>
>>
>>

[Bruno Busco]

Tim,
many thanks for your help.
The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I guess,
this is not the CMS way of doing it.
I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page loaded in
the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
/ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx

Many thanks anyway
-Bruno

2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:

> I just:
>
> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets rendered like
> this:
>
>    <screen name="aboutus">
>        <section>
>            <actions>
>                <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>                <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>                <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>                <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>            </actions>
>            <widgets>
>                <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>                    <decorator-section name="body">
>                        <platform-specific>
>                            <html><html-template
> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/></html>
>                        </platform-specific>
>                    </decorator-section>
>                </decorator-screen>
>            </widgets>
>        </section>
>    </screen>
>
> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive them
> from the db.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>
>  Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to use the
>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>
>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>
>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML rendered
>> with
>> the same ecommerce style?
>>
>> Many thanks for any help,
>> -Bruno
>>
>>
>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>
>>  Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>
>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected to
>>> OFBiz.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>
>>>  Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it
>>>> to
>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already
>>>> running
>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer
>>>> to
>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>

[Tim Ruppert]

Yeah - the CMS rendering on the backend is not working as far as I  
know - so I stopped using that a while back.  I've got a site based on  
it though, but it's not exactly simple to describe how it's setup.  I  
believe that there is an example in the demo stuff which is how mine  
got built.

Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595


On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:

> Tim,
> many thanks for your help.
> The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I  
> guess,
> this is not the CMS way of doing it.
> I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page  
> loaded in
> the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
> /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
>
> Many thanks anyway
> -Bruno
>
> 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
>
>> I just:
>>
>> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
>> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets  
>> rendered like
>> this:
>>
>>   <screen name="aboutus">
>>       <section>
>>           <actions>
>>               <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>>               <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>>               <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>>               <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>>           </actions>
>>           <widgets>
>>               <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>>                   <decorator-section name="body">
>>                       <platform-specific>
>>                           <html><html-template
>> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/
>> ></html>
>>                       </platform-specific>
>>                   </decorator-section>
>>               </decorator-screen>
>>           </widgets>
>>       </section>
>>   </screen>
>>
>> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive  
>> them
>> from the db.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>
>> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to  
>> use the
>>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>>
>>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>>
>>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML  
>>> rendered
>>> with
>>> the same ecommerce style?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>>
>>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected  
>>>> to
>>>> OFBiz.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and  
>>>> link it
>>>>> to
>>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is  
>>>>> already
>>>>> running
>>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would  
>>>>> prefer
>>>>> to
>>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>

[Jacques Le Roux]

Bruno,

Maybe the screen policies in applications/ecommerce/widget/CommonScreens.xml is what you are looking for ?

There are not much examples, you may also look for content-id in *screens.xml

Jacques

From: "Tim Ruppert" <[hidden email]>

> Yeah - the CMS rendering on the backend is not working as far as I  
> know - so I stopped using that a while back.  I've got a site based on  
> it though, but it's not exactly simple to describe how it's setup.  I  
> believe that there is an example in the demo stuff which is how mine  
> got built.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>> many thanks for your help.
>> The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I  
>> guess,
>> this is not the CMS way of doing it.
>> I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page  
>> loaded in
>> the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
>> /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
>>
>> Many thanks anyway
>> -Bruno
>>
>> 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
>>
>>> I just:
>>>
>>> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
>>> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets  
>>> rendered like
>>> this:
>>>
>>>   <screen name="aboutus">
>>>       <section>
>>>           <actions>
>>>               <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>>>               <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>>>               <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>>>               <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>>>           </actions>
>>>           <widgets>
>>>               <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
>>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>>>                   <decorator-section name="body">
>>>                       <platform-specific>
>>>                           <html><html-template
>>> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/
>>> ></html>
>>>                       </platform-specific>
>>>                   </decorator-section>
>>>               </decorator-screen>
>>>           </widgets>
>>>       </section>
>>>   </screen>
>>>
>>> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive  
>>> them
>>> from the db.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tim
>>> --
>>> Tim Ruppert
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> o:801.649.6594
>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>
>>> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to  
>>> use the
>>>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>>>
>>>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>>>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>>>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML  
>>>> rendered
>>>> with
>>>> the same ecommerce style?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>>> -Bruno
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>>>
>>>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>>>
>>>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected  
>>>>> to
>>>>> OFBiz.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and  
>>>>> link it
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is  
>>>>>> already
>>>>>> running
>>>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would  
>>>>>> prefer
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>

[Bruno Busco]

Many thanks,
it seems the "content" and "sub-content" widgets must be used to put a
content from the CMS on a screen.
-Bruno

2008/6/22 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>:

> Bruno,
>
> Maybe the screen policies in
> applications/ecommerce/widget/CommonScreens.xml is what you are looking for
> ?
>
> There are not much examples, you may also look for content-id in
> *screens.xml
> Jacques
>
> From: "Tim Ruppert" <[hidden email]>
>
>  Yeah - the CMS rendering on the backend is not working as far as I  know -
>> so I stopped using that a while back.  I've got a site based on  it though,
>> but it's not exactly simple to describe how it's setup.  I  believe that
>> there is an example in the demo stuff which is how mine  got built.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>
>>  Tim,
>>> many thanks for your help.
>>> The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I
>>>  guess,
>>> this is not the CMS way of doing it.
>>> I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page  loaded
>>> in
>>> the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
>>> /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
>>>
>>> Many thanks anyway
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>> 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>>  I just:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
>>>> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets  rendered
>>>> like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>>  <screen name="aboutus">
>>>>      <section>
>>>>          <actions>
>>>>              <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>>>>              <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>>>>              <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>>>>              <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>>>>          </actions>
>>>>          <widgets>
>>>>              <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
>>>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>>>>                  <decorator-section name="body">
>>>>                      <platform-specific>
>>>>                          <html><html-template
>>>> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/
>>>> ></html>
>>>>                      </platform-specific>
>>>>                  </decorator-section>
>>>>              </decorator-screen>
>>>>          </widgets>
>>>>      </section>
>>>>  </screen>
>>>>
>>>> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive  them
>>>> from the db.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Tim
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Ruppert
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>> o:801.649.6594
>>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to  use
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>>>>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>>>>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML
>>>>>  rendered
>>>>> with
>>>>> the same ecommerce style?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>>>> -Bruno
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected  to
>>>>>> OFBiz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and  link
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is  already
>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would
>>>>>>>  prefer
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

[Tim Ruppert]

There should be no widget definition for screens other than a  
decorator when using the CMS - that's kinda the point.

Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595


On Jun 22, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Bruno Busco wrote:

> Many thanks,
> it seems the "content" and "sub-content" widgets must be used to put a
> content from the CMS on a screen.
> -Bruno
>
> 2008/6/22 Jacques Le Roux <[hidden email]>:
>
>> Bruno,
>>
>> Maybe the screen policies in
>> applications/ecommerce/widget/CommonScreens.xml is what you are  
>> looking for
>> ?
>>
>> There are not much examples, you may also look for content-id in
>> *screens.xml
>> Jacques
>>
>> From: "Tim Ruppert" <[hidden email]>
>>
>> Yeah - the CMS rendering on the backend is not working as far as I  
>> know -
>>> so I stopped using that a while back.  I've got a site based on  
>>> it though,
>>> but it's not exactly simple to describe how it's setup.  I  
>>> believe that
>>> there is an example in the demo stuff which is how mine  got built.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tim
>>> --
>>> Tim Ruppert
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> o:801.649.6594
>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>
>>> Tim,
>>>> many thanks for your help.
>>>> The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I
>>>> guess,
>>>> this is not the CMS way of doing it.
>>>> I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML  
>>>> page  loaded
>>>> in
>>>> the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
>>>> /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks anyway
>>>> -Bruno
>>>>
>>>> 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
>>>>
>>>> I just:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like  
>>>>> "aboutus"
>>>>> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets  
>>>>> rendered
>>>>> like
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>> <screen name="aboutus">
>>>>>     <section>
>>>>>         <actions>
>>>>>             <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>>>>>             <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>>>>>             <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>>>>>             <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>>>>>         </actions>
>>>>>         <widgets>
>>>>>             <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
>>>>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>>>>>                 <decorator-section name="body">
>>>>>                     <platform-specific>
>>>>>                         <html><html-template
>>>>> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/
>>>>> aboutus.ftl"/
>>>>>> </html>
>>>>>                     </platform-specific>
>>>>>                 </decorator-section>
>>>>>             </decorator-screen>
>>>>>         </widgets>
>>>>>     </section>
>>>>> </screen>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I  
>>>>> drive  them
>>>>> from the db.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tim Ruppert
>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>>
>>>>> o:801.649.6594
>>>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy  
>>>>> to  use
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>>>>>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>>>>>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML
>>>>>> rendered
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the same ecommerce style?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>>>>> -Bruno
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not  
>>>>>>> connected  to
>>>>>>> OFBiz.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS  
>>>>>>> and  link
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is  
>>>>>>>> already
>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>>>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would
>>>>>>>> prefer
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>

[rajsaini]

It should be pretty simple. There are policy pages you can look at the.
They use the DataResource and content entities. There is also demo data
in e-commerce application. I got it working around six months back and I
hope it works now as well.

Thanks,

Raj

Bruno Busco wrote:

> Tim,
> many thanks for your help.
> The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I guess,
> this is not the CMS way of doing it.
> I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page loaded in
> the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
> /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
>
> Many thanks anyway
> -Bruno
>
> 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
>
>  
>> I just:
>>
>> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
>> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets rendered like
>> this:
>>
>>    <screen name="aboutus">
>>        <section>
>>            <actions>
>>                <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
>>                <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
>>                <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
>>                <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
>>            </actions>
>>            <widgets>
>>                <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>>                    <decorator-section name="body">
>>                        <platform-specific>
>>                            <html><html-template
>> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/></html>
>>                        </platform-specific>
>>                    </decorator-section>
>>                </decorator-screen>
>>            </widgets>
>>        </section>
>>    </screen>
>>
>> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive them
>> from the db.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>>
>>  Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to use the
>>    
>>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
>>>
>>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
>>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
>>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
>>>
>>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML rendered
>>> with
>>> the same ecommerce style?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>>  Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
>>>      
>>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected to
>>>> OFBiz.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and link it
>>>>        
>>>>> to
>>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is already
>>>>> running
>>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
>>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would prefer
>>>>> to
>>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>        
>
>  

[hans_bakker]

Yes Tim, you are right, if you are using screenswidgets it is not
working, i needed it however and fixed it in rev: revision 733275.

regards,
Hans

On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 10:53 -0600, Tim Ruppert wrote:

> Yeah - the CMS rendering on the backend is not working as far as I  
> know - so I stopped using that a while back.  I've got a site based on  
> it though, but it's not exactly simple to describe how it's setup.  I  
> believe that there is an example in the demo stuff which is how mine  
> got built.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
>
> > Tim,
> > many thanks for your help.
> > The way you indicate is exactly how I am doing it right now. But, I  
> > guess,
> > this is not the CMS way of doing it.
> > I mean, what I was looking for, is the steps to have an HTML page  
> > loaded in
> > the DB from the content application UI and served at the url
> > /ecommerce/control/cms/xxxxx
> >
> > Many thanks anyway
> > -Bruno
> >
> > 2008/6/22 Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]>:
> >
> >> I just:
> >>
> >> 1. Make a screen using the ecomm decorator with a name like "aboutus"
> >> 2. Then I have a small piece of HTML in an FTL file that gets  
> >> rendered like
> >> this:
> >>
> >>   <screen name="aboutus">
> >>       <section>
> >>           <actions>
> >>               <set field="leftbarScreenName" value="leftbar"/>
> >>               <set field="MainColumnStyle" value="center"/>
> >>               <set field="title-property" value="PageTitleMain"/>
> >>               <set field="headerItem" value="aboutus"/>
> >>           </actions>
> >>           <widgets>
> >>               <decorator-screen name="main-decorator"
> >> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
> >>                   <decorator-section name="body">
> >>                       <platform-specific>
> >>                           <html><html-template
> >> location="component://project/webapp/project/snippets/aboutus.ftl"/
> >> ></html>
> >>                       </platform-specific>
> >>                   </decorator-section>
> >>               </decorator-screen>
> >>           </widgets>
> >>       </section>
> >>   </screen>
> >>
> >> Pretty simple.  This will do something static - but mostly I drive  
> >> them
> >> from the db.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tim
> >> --
> >> Tim Ruppert
> >> HotWax Media
> >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
> >>
> >> o:801.649.6594
> >> f:801.649.6595
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Bruno Busco wrote:
> >>
> >> Since I only needed few pages I would have been more than happy to  
> >> use the
> >>> OFBiz embedded CMS.
> >>>
> >>> But I cannot make a single page appear anywhere...:-(
> >>> ...and no help, not a single how-to...
> >>> ...has anybody ever used the OFBiz CMS out there?
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody have a list of steps to have a simple static HTML  
> >>> rendered
> >>> with
> >>> the same ecommerce style?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks for any help,
> >>> -Bruno
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2008/6/16 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>:
> >>>
> >>> Using Drupal or some other CMS with OFBiz is common.
> >>>>
> >>>> We use Drupal for our public facing site, but it is not connected  
> >>>> to
> >>>> OFBiz.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Adrian
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Another option that I am considering is to use Drupal as CMS and  
> >>>> link it
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> the OFBIz ecommerce. I have already used Drupal and OFBiz is  
> >>>>> already
> >>>>> running
> >>>>> behind Apache with PHP and MySQL.
> >>>>> So it should be quite simple to go on this solution but I would  
> >>>>> prefer
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> use all functionality offered by OFBiz.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>

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