Shop Layout

[Torsten Schlabach-2]

Hi all!

I just wonder if there is any documentation that would help me to get
started on adapting the layout of a shop in OFBiz to the style a
customer (not the customer of the shop, my customer, which is the
company running the shop) wants to see.

I think I have understood the idea of the FreeMarker template files as
such and about content elements that I should create in the database
such as Catalogs, Products, whatever. So the task would obviously be to
customize that ftl templates.

Now there are many of them, if I count the storefront, seaches, the
shopping card, even forums, ... Fortunately customizing for me will be a
log about getting rid of stuff as my customer is going to run a quite
simple store with a limited number of products, no polls, no promotions,
no forums, ...

But nevertheless, is there any document which I might have overlooked
which is explaining the sample shop that comes with OFBiz and how the
.ftl files are nested? Or would I be on my own finding this out by using
the source?

Regards,
Torsten

[David E Jones]

The architecture of OFBiz will help you here. Just review the  
controller.xml and screen definitions files and you'll have all of  
the information you need in a format far more concise and to the  
point than any document could be.

-David


On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Torsten Schlabach wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I just wonder if there is any documentation that would help me to  
> get started on adapting the layout of a shop in OFBiz to the style  
> a customer (not the customer of the shop, my customer, which is the  
> company running the shop) wants to see.
>
> I think I have understood the idea of the FreeMarker template files  
> as such and about content elements that I should create in the  
> database such as Catalogs, Products, whatever. So the task would  
> obviously be to customize that ftl templates.
>
> Now there are many of them, if I count the storefront, seaches, the  
> shopping card, even forums, ... Fortunately customizing for me will  
> be a log about getting rid of stuff as my customer is going to run  
> a quite simple store with a limited number of products, no polls,  
> no promotions, no forums, ...
>
> But nevertheless, is there any document which I might have  
> overlooked which is explaining the sample shop that comes with  
> OFBiz and how the .ftl files are nested? Or would I be on my own  
> finding this out by using the source?
>
> Regards,
> Torsten

[Torsten Schlabach-2]

David,

will do. Just wanted to be sure this is the way to do it!

Regards,
Torsten

David E. Jones schrieb:

>
> The architecture of OFBiz will help you here. Just review the  
> controller.xml and screen definitions files and you'll have all of  the
> information you need in a format far more concise and to the  point than
> any document could be.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Torsten Schlabach wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I just wonder if there is any documentation that would help me to  get
>> started on adapting the layout of a shop in OFBiz to the style  a
>> customer (not the customer of the shop, my customer, which is the  
>> company running the shop) wants to see.
>>
>> I think I have understood the idea of the FreeMarker template files  
>> as such and about content elements that I should create in the  
>> database such as Catalogs, Products, whatever. So the task would  
>> obviously be to customize that ftl templates.
>>
>> Now there are many of them, if I count the storefront, seaches, the  
>> shopping card, even forums, ... Fortunately customizing for me will  
>> be a log about getting rid of stuff as my customer is going to run  a
>> quite simple store with a limited number of products, no polls,  no
>> promotions, no forums, ...
>>
>> But nevertheless, is there any document which I might have  overlooked
>> which is explaining the sample shop that comes with  OFBiz and how the
>> .ftl files are nested? Or would I be on my own  finding this out by
>> using the source?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Torsten
>
>