OFBiz / BigFish site goes live -- www.1800athlete.com

[Ted Byers]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation is
> now live.
>
> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>
> Interesting....

The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000 range
> with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we get
> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
> time last year!
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>
> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity, was
used for this level of traffic?

Cheers

Ted

[Nick Rosser-2]

Ted,

The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration,
all have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu
Server 12.04.

  * Apache Server
      o Apache
  * App Server
      o OFBiz / BigFish
      o SOLR
  * DB Server
      o My SQL 5.6.13

Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.

Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!

Nick

On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation is
>> now live.
>>
>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>
>> Interesting....
> The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000 range
>> with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we get
>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
>> time last year!
>>
>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity, was
> used for this level of traffic?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ted
>

[Ted Byers]

Thanks Nick,

Did you have to do anything different in the OFBiz codebase to have it work
on this sort of server cluster?

Cheers

Ted

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ted,
>
> The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration, all
> have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu Server
> 12.04.
>
>  * Apache Server
>      o Apache
>  * App Server
>      o OFBiz / BigFish
>      o SOLR
>  * DB Server
>      o My SQL 5.6.13
>
> Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
> concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
> weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.
>
> Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>>
>>  All,
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation is
>>> now live.
>>>
>>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>>
>>> Interesting....
>>>
>> The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000
>> range
>>
>>> with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we get
>>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
>>> time last year!
>>>
>>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity, was
>>>
>> used for this level of traffic?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>

--
R.E.(Ted) Byers, Ph.D.,Ed.D.
[hidden email]
CTO
Merchant Services Corp.
17665 Leslie st., unit 30
Newmarket , Ontario
L3Y 3E3

[Nick Rosser-2]

No ... just configuration. I can get details from my tech if you're
interested in the specifics.

On 1/20/2014 10:45 AM, Ted Byers wrote:

> Thanks Nick,
>
> Did you have to do anything different in the OFBiz codebase to have it work
> on this sort of server cluster?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ted
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> Ted,
>>
>> The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration, all
>> have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu Server
>> 12.04.
>>
>>   * Apache Server
>>       o Apache
>>   * App Server
>>       o OFBiz / BigFish
>>       o SOLR
>>   * DB Server
>>       o My SQL 5.6.13
>>
>> Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
>> concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
>> weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.
>>
>> Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>   wrote:
>>>
>>>   All,
>>>> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation is
>>>> now live.
>>>>
>>>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting....
>>>>
>>> The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000
>>> range
>>>
>>>> with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we get
>>>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
>>>> time last year!
>>>>
>>>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity, was
>>>>
>>> used for this level of traffic?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Ted
>>>
>>>
>

[Ted Byers]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> No ... just configuration. I can get details from my tech if you're
> interested in the specifics.
>
>
Yes, I am actually.  I'd appreciate that.

Thanks

Ted

> On 1/20/2014 10:45 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>
>> Thanks Nick,
>>
>> Did you have to do anything different in the OFBiz codebase to have it
>> work
>> on this sort of server cluster?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Ted,
>>>
>>> The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration,
>>> all
>>> have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu Server
>>> 12.04.
>>>
>>>   * Apache Server
>>>       o Apache
>>>   * App Server
>>>       o OFBiz / BigFish
>>>       o SOLR
>>>   * DB Server
>>>       o My SQL 5.6.13
>>>
>>> Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
>>> concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
>>> weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.
>>>
>>> Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   All,
>>>>
>>>>> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation
>>>>> is
>>>>> now live.
>>>>>
>>>>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting....
>>>>>
>>>>>  The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000
>>>> range
>>>>
>>>>  with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we
>>>>> get
>>>>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
>>>>> time last year!
>>>>>
>>>>> For more information about BigFish check out
>>>>> http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity,
>>>>> was
>>>>>
>>>>>  used for this level of traffic?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>

--
R.E.(Ted) Byers, Ph.D.,Ed.D.
[hidden email]
CTO
Merchant Services Corp.
17665 Leslie st., unit 30
Newmarket , Ontario
L3Y 3E3

[Nick Rosser-2]

Ted,

 From my tech, you asked for it, here goes :-)

    Most of the configuration is in our help files. Go to:
    http://bigfish.solveda.com/help/index.htm -- checkout the "General
    Guides" (Deployment) on the right hand side. Nothing special is
    needed to get it working, though we've made some specific changes
    since setting it up.

    The most important issue is memory. Apache is not much of a concern.

    On BigFish/OfBiz We use 5GB for Xms and Xmx and 1G for MaxPermSize.
    That uses up to 80% of total system ram. (up to 6GB out of 7.5GB
    available)

    For MySQL innodb_buffer_pool_size is set to 5376 MB
    We use mysql's recommended 70% of available ram for a dedicated
    mysql server.

    The first server running apache connects to Bigfish using the
    standard mod_proxy_ajp settings. There's no special configuration.

    The second server running bigfish connects to the DB by specifying
    the DB server internal IP address (provided by Amazon) in the
    database.server property in client-deployment.properties before
    building.

    OFBiz settings we change are:
    in framework/base/config/cache.properties
    changed product.content.rendered.expireTime to 600000
    in framework/webapp/config
    changed:
      stats.enable.* to false
      stats.persist.* to false
    except
    stats.persist.visit=true
    stats.persist.visitor=true

    Amazon specific configuration:

    Make sure all servers are set up in the same availability zone.
    Amazon provides the best connectivity between instances in the same
    zone, (at gigabit speeds) with no data charges for data transferred
    between servers using the internal IP addresses they provide - so
    communication between the 3 servers doesn't incur any charges.

    Correctly set firewall settings in the EC2 dashboard under Security
    Groups
    You'll need ssh open on all servers for managing the servers. If
    possible, only allow ssh from your own IP (if you have a static IP
    from your ISP).

    Aside from that, ports 80 and 443 should be open publicly ONLY on
    the apache server
    The AJP port should be open to allow access only from the Apache
    server and to the Bigfish Server
    The MySQL port should be open to allow access only from the BigFish
    server and to the MySQL server

    No other incoming ports need to be open, so it's best to keep them
    blocked.

    Using linux, regardless of where it's hosted,  you'll need to open
    the correct ports in iptables on each server (open 80 and 443 on
    apache, ajp port on bigfish and so on).

HTH

Nick

On 1/20/2014 10:49 AM, Ted Byers wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> No ... just configuration. I can get details from my tech if you're
>> interested in the specifics.
>>
>>
> Yes, I am actually.  I'd appreciate that.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ted
>
>
>> On 1/20/2014 10:45 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Nick,
>>>
>>> Did you have to do anything different in the OFBiz codebase to have it
>>> work
>>> on this sort of server cluster?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Ted
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>   Ted,
>>>> The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration,
>>>> all
>>>> have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu Server
>>>> 12.04.
>>>>
>>>>    * Apache Server
>>>>        o Apache
>>>>    * App Server
>>>>        o OFBiz / BigFish
>>>>        o SOLR
>>>>    * DB Server
>>>>        o My SQL 5.6.13
>>>>
>>>> Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
>>>> concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
>>>> weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.
>>>>
>>>> Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>    All,
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish implementation
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> now live.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interesting....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the ~4000
>>>>> range
>>>>>
>>>>>   with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than this
>>>>>> time last year!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For more information about BigFish check out
>>>>>> http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity,
>>>>>> was
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   used for this level of traffic?
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Ted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>

[Ted Byers]

Thanks Nick.

I appreciate it.  Except for the fact I am using my own hardware, for my
experiments, I have set up my web apps with a different machine for each
server: apache, mysql, and tomcat.  I still have to determine whether it is
more economic to use dedicated hardware or a hosting option like Amazon's.

I haven't looked at Amazon yet, but the hosting services my colleagues use
seem a little expensive, for what they're getting.  I could buy a decent
machine for what they have paid over a quarter in order to get decent
performance (due to relatively anemic virtual machines provided, not
connectivity to the web).

Cheers

Ted



On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ted,
>
> From my tech, you asked for it, here goes :-)
>
>    Most of the configuration is in our help files. Go to:
>    http://bigfish.solveda.com/help/index.htm -- checkout the "General
>    Guides" (Deployment) on the right hand side. Nothing special is
>    needed to get it working, though we've made some specific changes
>    since setting it up.
>
>    The most important issue is memory. Apache is not much of a concern.
>
>    On BigFish/OfBiz We use 5GB for Xms and Xmx and 1G for MaxPermSize.
>    That uses up to 80% of total system ram. (up to 6GB out of 7.5GB
>    available)
>
>    For MySQL innodb_buffer_pool_size is set to 5376 MB
>    We use mysql's recommended 70% of available ram for a dedicated
>    mysql server.
>
>    The first server running apache connects to Bigfish using the
>    standard mod_proxy_ajp settings. There's no special configuration.
>
>    The second server running bigfish connects to the DB by specifying
>    the DB server internal IP address (provided by Amazon) in the
>    database.server property in client-deployment.properties before
>    building.
>
>    OFBiz settings we change are:
>    in framework/base/config/cache.properties
>    changed product.content.rendered.expireTime to 600000
>    in framework/webapp/config
>    changed:
>      stats.enable.* to false
>      stats.persist.* to false
>    except
>    stats.persist.visit=true
>    stats.persist.visitor=true
>
>    Amazon specific configuration:
>
>    Make sure all servers are set up in the same availability zone.
>    Amazon provides the best connectivity between instances in the same
>    zone, (at gigabit speeds) with no data charges for data transferred
>    between servers using the internal IP addresses they provide - so
>    communication between the 3 servers doesn't incur any charges.
>
>    Correctly set firewall settings in the EC2 dashboard under Security
>    Groups
>    You'll need ssh open on all servers for managing the servers. If
>    possible, only allow ssh from your own IP (if you have a static IP
>    from your ISP).
>
>    Aside from that, ports 80 and 443 should be open publicly ONLY on
>    the apache server
>    The AJP port should be open to allow access only from the Apache
>    server and to the Bigfish Server
>    The MySQL port should be open to allow access only from the BigFish
>    server and to the MySQL server
>
>    No other incoming ports need to be open, so it's best to keep them
>    blocked.
>
>    Using linux, regardless of where it's hosted,  you'll need to open
>    the correct ports in iptables on each server (open 80 and 443 on
>    apache, ajp port on bigfish and so on).
>
> HTH
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 1/20/2014 10:49 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  No ... just configuration. I can get details from my tech if you're
>>> interested in the specifics.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Yes, I am actually.  I'd appreciate that.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
>>  On 1/20/2014 10:45 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>>
>>>  Thanks Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Did you have to do anything different in the OFBiz codebase to have it
>>>> work
>>>> on this sort of server cluster?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Ted,
>>>>
>>>>> The site is hosted on the Amazon Cloud. It's a 3 server configuration,
>>>>> all
>>>>> have 2 virtual cpu cores (amd64) with 7.5Gb RAM. All run Ubuntu Server
>>>>> 12.04.
>>>>>
>>>>>    * Apache Server
>>>>>        o Apache
>>>>>    * App Server
>>>>>        o OFBiz / BigFish
>>>>>        o SOLR
>>>>>    * DB Server
>>>>>        o My SQL 5.6.13
>>>>>
>>>>> Comfortably handles 4000 average visitors with a peak of about 100
>>>>> concurrent users. We are expecting 12,000 for daily peak in a couple of
>>>>> weeks time ... and it is sized to handle twice that number.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gotta love OFBiz and the caching model, works like a charm!
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/20/2014 9:55 AM, Ted Byers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I'm pleased to announce that the latest OFBiz / BigFish
>>>>>>> implementation
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> now live.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Check out www.ihatestevensinger.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interesting....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   The site is tuned to perform with average daily visitors in the
>>>>>>> ~4000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> range
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   with an expectation of peak traffic at 10,000 visitors per day as we
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> closer to Valentine's Day. Sales are running about 10% higher than
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> time last year!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For more information about BigFish check out
>>>>>>> http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can I ask, what kind of hardware, and what OS, and what connectivity,
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   used for this level of traffic?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ted
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>

--
R.E.(Ted) Byers, Ph.D.,Ed.D.
[hidden email]
CTO
Merchant Services Corp.
17665 Leslie st., unit 30
Newmarket , Ontario
L3Y 3E3

[Nick Rosser-2]

All,

I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one
of recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so,
seeing how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good
knowledge sharing and good for the community as a whole.

Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.

The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a
great way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an
excellent source of revenue!

We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
traditional products but registration for continuing education classes.
As usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).

In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to
authenticate their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private
features such as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a
private Message Board.

For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
function at
http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/control/locatePractitioner

For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.

Nick

[Mike Z]

Very nice Nick.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All,
>
> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one of
> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so, seeing
> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge sharing
> and good for the community as a whole.
>
> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>
> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a great
> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an excellent
> source of revenue!
>
> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes. As
> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>
> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to authenticate
> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such
> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message Board.
>
> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/
> control/locatePractitioner
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>
>

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the endorsement. Can you elaborate a bit more on how you built
the Alumni Network application? E.g. what kind of functionalities are used
there to accomplish it?

Best regards,


Pierre Smits

*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>*
Services & Solutions for Cloud-
Based Manufacturing, Professional
Services and Retail & Trade
http://www.orrtiz.com

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All,
>
> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one of
> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so, seeing
> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge sharing
> and good for the community as a whole.
>
> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>
> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a great
> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an excellent
> source of revenue!
>
> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes. As
> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>
> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to authenticate
> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such
> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message Board.
>
> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/
> control/locatePractitioner
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>
>

[Nick Rosser-2]

Pierre,

The custom Alumni Network has some key features:

  * Access
      o The Locate a Practitioner is available for general use, given
        that they want the general public to be able to find one of
        their Alumni practitioners)
      o Other features require authentication and user setup
  * Authentication
      o Alumni use their Student#, First Name and Last Name to gain
        access to the site
      o We make a callout to a back-end Student Mgmt System -- if
        authenticated then a user profile is setup and access granted
  * Locate a Practitioner
      o Re-purposed the Store-Locator functionality we developed in BigFish
      o Integrated into Google Maps
      o OFBiz Entities:
          + PARTY (and associated GROUP/ROLE/CONTENT)
          + CONTACT_MECH / POSTAL_ADDRESS
          + GEO_POINT / PARTY_GEO_POINT
  * Private functions (Jobs, Rental Office, Volunteer, Message Board)
      o The idea is that this is a private community and allow Alumni to
        communicate with other Alumni
      o "Postings"
          + Jobs: if someone has a Acupuncture practice and are looking
            for additional practitioners then a job offering is posted,
            and other Alumnis can apply for that position
          + Office Rental: someone has additional office space available
            for rental
          + Volunteer Posting: someone needs volunteers for a specific event
          + OFBiz Entities:
              # For the primary data collected we created specific
                POSTING entities (e.g. JOB_POSTING)
              # With associations back to standard entities within OFBiz
                (PARTY, PARTY_ASSOC, ENUMERATION etc.)
      o Message Board: general board to share ideas, thoughts and
        solicit feedback etc
          + OFBiz Entities:
              # we use the CONTENT, CONTENT_ASSOC and CONTENT_TYPE

Is that what you meant?

Nick

On 10/1/2014 10:30 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Hi Nick,
>
> Thanks for the endorsement. Can you elaborate a bit more on how you built
> the Alumni Network application? E.g. what kind of functionalities are used
> there to accomplish it?
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> *ORRTIZ.COM<http://www.orrtiz.com>*
> Services&  Solutions for Cloud-
> Based Manufacturing, Professional
> Services and Retail&  Trade
> http://www.orrtiz.com
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one of
>> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so, seeing
>> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge sharing
>> and good for the community as a whole.
>>
>> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>>
>> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
>> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
>> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a great
>> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an excellent
>> source of revenue!
>>
>> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
>> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
>> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes. As
>> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
>> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
>> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>>
>> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
>> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to authenticate
>> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such
>> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message Board.
>>
>> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
>> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/
>> control/locatePractitioner
>>
>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>

[Pierre Smits]

Nick,

Yes, this is exactly what I intended to be shared with the community. That
way community members can learn what the possibilities of OFBiz are and
where the intricacies might be when considering customized implementations.

It also shows that people are willing to share experiences and that this is
a healthy community.

Regards,

Pierre Smits

*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>*
Services & Solutions for Cloud-
Based Manufacturing, Professional
Services and Retail & Trade
http://www.orrtiz.com

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Pierre,
>
> The custom Alumni Network has some key features:
>
>  * Access
>      o The Locate a Practitioner is available for general use, given
>        that they want the general public to be able to find one of
>        their Alumni practitioners)
>      o Other features require authentication and user setup
>  * Authentication
>      o Alumni use their Student#, First Name and Last Name to gain
>        access to the site
>      o We make a callout to a back-end Student Mgmt System -- if
>        authenticated then a user profile is setup and access granted
>  * Locate a Practitioner
>      o Re-purposed the Store-Locator functionality we developed in BigFish
>      o Integrated into Google Maps
>      o OFBiz Entities:
>          + PARTY (and associated GROUP/ROLE/CONTENT)
>          + CONTACT_MECH / POSTAL_ADDRESS
>          + GEO_POINT / PARTY_GEO_POINT
>  * Private functions (Jobs, Rental Office, Volunteer, Message Board)
>      o The idea is that this is a private community and allow Alumni to
>        communicate with other Alumni
>      o "Postings"
>          + Jobs: if someone has a Acupuncture practice and are looking
>            for additional practitioners then a job offering is posted,
>            and other Alumnis can apply for that position
>          + Office Rental: someone has additional office space available
>            for rental
>          + Volunteer Posting: someone needs volunteers for a specific event
>          + OFBiz Entities:
>              # For the primary data collected we created specific
>                POSTING entities (e.g. JOB_POSTING)
>              # With associations back to standard entities within OFBiz
>                (PARTY, PARTY_ASSOC, ENUMERATION etc.)
>      o Message Board: general board to share ideas, thoughts and
>        solicit feedback etc
>          + OFBiz Entities:
>              # we use the CONTENT, CONTENT_ASSOC and CONTENT_TYPE
>
> Is that what you meant?
>
> Nick
>
> On 10/1/2014 10:30 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>
>> Hi Nick,
>>
>> Thanks for the endorsement. Can you elaborate a bit more on how you built
>> the Alumni Network application? E.g. what kind of functionalities are used
>> there to accomplish it?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Pierre Smits
>>
>> *ORRTIZ.COM<http://www.orrtiz.com>*
>> Services&  Solutions for Cloud-
>> Based Manufacturing, Professional
>> Services and Retail&  Trade
>>
>> http://www.orrtiz.com
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>>
>>  All,
>>>
>>> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one
>>> of
>>> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so,
>>> seeing
>>> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge
>>> sharing
>>> and good for the community as a whole.
>>>
>>> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>>>
>>> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
>>> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
>>> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a
>>> great
>>> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an
>>> excellent
>>> source of revenue!
>>>
>>> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
>>> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
>>> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes.
>>> As
>>> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
>>> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
>>> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>>>
>>> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
>>> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to
>>> authenticate
>>> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such
>>> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message
>>> Board.
>>>
>>> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
>>> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/
>>> control/locatePractitioner
>>>
>>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>>

Looks Great!

[Nick Rosser-2]

Pierre,

OK, good. As I mentioned in my initial post we've yet to come across a
requirement that we couldn't solve within OFBiz. We have had to be
creative sometimes but that's what makes it fun.

We've been using OFBiz for years now -- for both ERP and eComm solutions
and I'm constantly surprised as to the data model flexibility. It wasn't
obviously apparent at first, and somewhat daunting, but after a little
while we all "got it". We all have to remember that what OFBiz is trying
to solve is very complicated -- ERP is extremely challenging -- and a
great deal of flexibility is required to solve everyone's requirements.
The key for me is to always look within OFBiz for a solution (it's there
somewhere) and work within the intent of the project design. Our very
first implementation we did not do this -- and paid for it later.

Lastly, I'm excited about the documentation effort (great job by Sharan
and Ron to take this on) -- this can only enhance the project as a
whole. It would be nice to think that we can continue to get adoption --
and having great documentation is a pre-requisite for that, imo.

Good to share war stories! Even better to share successes.

Nick

On 10/1/2014 11:11 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Nick,
>
> Yes, this is exactly what I intended to be shared with the community. That
> way community members can learn what the possibilities of OFBiz are and
> where the intricacies might be when considering customized implementations.
>
> It also shows that people are willing to share experiences and that this is
> a healthy community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> *ORRTIZ.COM<http://www.orrtiz.com>*
> Services&  Solutions for Cloud-
> Based Manufacturing, Professional
> Services and Retail&  Trade
> http://www.orrtiz.com
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> Pierre,
>>
>> The custom Alumni Network has some key features:
>>
>>   * Access
>>       o The Locate a Practitioner is available for general use, given
>>         that they want the general public to be able to find one of
>>         their Alumni practitioners)
>>       o Other features require authentication and user setup
>>   * Authentication
>>       o Alumni use their Student#, First Name and Last Name to gain
>>         access to the site
>>       o We make a callout to a back-end Student Mgmt System -- if
>>         authenticated then a user profile is setup and access granted
>>   * Locate a Practitioner
>>       o Re-purposed the Store-Locator functionality we developed in BigFish
>>       o Integrated into Google Maps
>>       o OFBiz Entities:
>>           + PARTY (and associated GROUP/ROLE/CONTENT)
>>           + CONTACT_MECH / POSTAL_ADDRESS
>>           + GEO_POINT / PARTY_GEO_POINT
>>   * Private functions (Jobs, Rental Office, Volunteer, Message Board)
>>       o The idea is that this is a private community and allow Alumni to
>>         communicate with other Alumni
>>       o "Postings"
>>           + Jobs: if someone has a Acupuncture practice and are looking
>>             for additional practitioners then a job offering is posted,
>>             and other Alumnis can apply for that position
>>           + Office Rental: someone has additional office space available
>>             for rental
>>           + Volunteer Posting: someone needs volunteers for a specific event
>>           + OFBiz Entities:
>>               # For the primary data collected we created specific
>>                 POSTING entities (e.g. JOB_POSTING)
>>               # With associations back to standard entities within OFBiz
>>                 (PARTY, PARTY_ASSOC, ENUMERATION etc.)
>>       o Message Board: general board to share ideas, thoughts and
>>         solicit feedback etc
>>           + OFBiz Entities:
>>               # we use the CONTENT, CONTENT_ASSOC and CONTENT_TYPE
>>
>> Is that what you meant?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On 10/1/2014 10:30 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the endorsement. Can you elaborate a bit more on how you built
>>> the Alumni Network application? E.g. what kind of functionalities are used
>>> there to accomplish it?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Pierre Smits
>>>
>>> *ORRTIZ.COM<http://www.orrtiz.com>*
>>> Services&   Solutions for Cloud-
>>> Based Manufacturing, Professional
>>> Services and Retail&   Trade
>>>
>>> http://www.orrtiz.com
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser<[hidden email]>   wrote:
>>>
>>>   All,
>>>> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one
>>>> of
>>>> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so,
>>>> seeing
>>>> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge
>>>> sharing
>>>> and good for the community as a whole.
>>>>
>>>> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>>>>
>>>> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
>>>> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
>>>> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a
>>>> great
>>>> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an
>>>> excellent
>>>> source of revenue!
>>>>
>>>> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
>>>> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
>>>> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes.
>>>> As
>>>> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
>>>> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
>>>> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>>>>
>>>> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
>>>> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to
>>>> authenticate
>>>> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such
>>>> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message
>>>> Board.
>>>>
>>>> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
>>>> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/
>>>> control/locatePractitioner
>>>>
>>>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

[Adrian Crum-3]

Congrats Nick! Well done!

Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com

On 10/1/2014 3:23 PM, Nick Rosser wrote:

> All,
>
> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one
> of recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so,
> seeing how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good
> knowledge sharing and good for the community as a whole.
>
> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>
> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and
> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many
> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a
> great way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an
> excellent source of revenue!
>
> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were
> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not
> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes.
> As usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided
> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been
> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>
> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to
> authenticate their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private
> features such as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a
> private Message Board.
>
> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
> function at
> http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/control/locatePractitioner
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>
>

[Jacopo Cappellato-4]

Congratulations!

Jacopo

On Oct 1, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All,
>
> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one of recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so, seeing how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge sharing and good for the community as a whole.
>
> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>
> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a great way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an excellent source of revenue!
>
> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not traditional products but registration for continuing education classes. As usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>
> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to authenticate their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message Board.
>
> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/control/locatePractitioner
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>

[Nicolas Malin-2]

Nice works :)

Nicolas

Le 01/10/2014 16:23, Nick Rosser a écrit :

> All,
>
> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share
> one of recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do
> so, seeing how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good
> knowledge sharing and good for the community as a whole.
>
> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu.
>
> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture
> and personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like
> many educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes
> -- a great way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques
> and an excellent source of revenue!
>
> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There
> were some interesting special requirements given that the offerings
> were not traditional products but registration for continuing
> education classes. As usual we found that the OFBiz data model and
> service layers provided everything we needed to pull off this project
> (we have not yet been stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!).
>
> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network
> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to
> authenticate their Alumni status, and participate in a number of
> private features such as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings
> and a private Message Board.
>
> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner
> function at
> http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/control/locatePractitioner
>
> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
>
> Nick
>
>