eCommerce app related (UI) question

[Rob Montalvo]

Dear gurus,
I recently discovered OFBiz and all I can say is WOW!I am excited about the possibility to make a contribution to this great effort.
At this time, however, I have much to learn and it will be several weeks before I can jump on board and attempt to give something back in return.
From an outsider point of view, there is a lot of documentation available, some of which is very helpful.
I want to make some "very minor" (at least in my mind) modifications to the eCommerce UI, but I have not been able to find any pointers on how to do what I want to do.
Specifically, I want to:
1. change the background color on the (eCommerce) web app,2. use a .png file as background at the top (banner?) of the landing page, and3. remove some of the elements (widgets?) which I consider to be non-essential and (potentially) distracting for certain audiences (like the catalog selection, the polls, and others).
Regarding the first two points above, I have come across some documentation that mentions .CSS files, but I have not found enough to take a stab at this.With respect to the third point, I am guessing that I would have to modify a configuration file of some sort...  not sure which, though.
That said, is it possible to accomplish what I want to do in OFBiz?
If so, can anyone please refer me to any documentation that I could consult to try to achieve what I set out to do?If such documentation does not exist, can anyone please point me to the files/code I would have to modify to obtain the desired outcome?
Thank you very much in advance!
Respectfully,Rob

[Rob Montalvo]

Wow...
Not sure what happened here, but the formatting of this e-mail completely disappeared, for some reason.
The email I sent out looked very different from what I see now was delivered to the mailing list, folks.
I hope you guys don't punish me too severely for this... :)
Thanks for the understanding.
Rob

      From: Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]>
 To: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
 Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:43 AM
 Subject: eCommerce app related (UI) question
   
Dear gurus,
I recently discovered OFBiz and all I can say is WOW!I am excited about the possibility to make a contribution to this great effort.
At this time, however, I have much to learn and it will be several weeks before I can jump on board and attempt to give something back in return.
From an outsider point of view, there is a lot of documentation available, some of which is very helpful.
I want to make some "very minor" (at least in my mind) modifications to the eCommerce UI, but I have not been able to find any pointers on how to do what I want to do.
Specifically, I want to:
1. change the background color on the (eCommerce) web app,2. use a .png file as background at the top (banner?) of the landing page, and3. remove some of the elements (widgets?) which I consider to be non-essential and (potentially) distracting for certain audiences (like the catalog selection, the polls, and others).
Regarding the first two points above, I have come across some documentation that mentions .CSS files, but I have not found enough to take a stab at this.With respect to the third point, I am guessing that I would have to modify a configuration file of some sort...  not sure which, though.
That said, is it possible to accomplish what I want to do in OFBiz?
If so, can anyone please refer me to any documentation that I could consult to try to achieve what I set out to do?If such documentation does not exist, can anyone please point me to the files/code I would have to modify to obtain the desired outcome?
Thank you very much in advance!
Respectfully,Rob

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Rob,

Welcome!

As the Apache Software Foundation is using a basic mail manager all
formatting is removed. This is a given, and doesn't worry me much.

Re your questions, see inline:

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
OFBiz based solutions & services

OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]
> wrote:

> Wow...
> Not sure what happened here, but the formatting of this e-mail completely
> disappeared, for some reason.
> The email I sent out looked very different from what I see now was
> delivered to the mailing list, folks.
> I hope you guys don't punish me too severely for this... :)
> Thanks for the understanding.
> Rob
>
>       From: Rob Montalvo <[hidden email]>
>  To: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:43 AM
>  Subject: eCommerce app related (UI) question
>
> Dear gurus,
> I recently discovered OFBiz and all I can say is WOW!I am excited about
> the possibility to make a contribution to this great effort.
> At this time, however, I have much to learn and it will be several weeks
> before I can jump on board and attempt to give something back in return.
> From an outsider point of view, there is a lot of documentation available,
> some of which is very helpful.
> I want to make some "very minor" (at least in my mind) modifications to
> the eCommerce UI, but I have not been able to find any pointers on how to
> do what I want to do.
> Specifically, I want to:
> 1. change the background color on the (eCommerce)
>

This can be done in the associated theme.

web app,2. use a .png file as background at the top (banner?) of the
> landing page, and
>

 Do a search/find for ofbiz_logo.gif This will show where the static image
is referenced.

> 3. remove some of the elements (widgets?) which I consider to be
> non-essential and (potentially) distracting for certain audiences (like the
> catalog selection, the polls, and others).
>

This is a bit more complex. Look in the browser source how the files (.xml
screen widgets or .ftl Freemarker templates) are named. Then do a
search/find in your preferred IDE and removed the referenced elements. This
doesn't require a re-build/reboot, so you can use the cut/paste methodology
to see the effect.


> Regarding the first two points above, I have come across some
> documentation that mentions .CSS files, but I have not found enough to take
> a stab at this.With respect to the third point, I am guessing that I would
> have to modify a configuration file of some sort...  not sure which, though.
> That said, is it possible to accomplish what I want to do in OFBiz?
>

Yes. It can be done.


> If so, can anyone please refer me to any documentation that I could
> consult to try to achieve what I set out to do?If such documentation does
> not exist, can anyone please point me to the files/code I would have to
> modify to obtain the desired outcome?
>

Various files in the ecommerce component. But keep in mind, some files may
be located in other components.


Thank you very much in advance!
> Respectfully,Rob
>
>
>