first steps

[Lucio Crusca-6]

Hello everybody,

I'm new here and I'd like to try out ofbiz to see if it suits my and my
customers' needs.

So I've downloaded ofbiz9.04, unpacked and launched. Then I fired up my browser
and started having a look around the ecommerce. My first wish was to throw away
the demo catalog and other example catalogs and create a new catalog with real
products. However I couldn't find how to remove the example catalogs. Then I
tried to rename the company, but I couldn't find how to do this either.

I headed google and searched for the end user documentation, which led me to
this page

http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBENDUSER/OFBiz+End+User+Docs+Home

but here I can't understand where should I start from... (I was expecting a
"Getting started for the end user" or such).

Could you please shed some light on my path?

Thanks in advance,
Lucio.


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http://www.virtual-bit.com

[c.schinzer]

Hi Lucio,


I had the very same issue. There is no easy understanding to differentiate
between developer docs and user docs.
If you are interested in using only, start here:

http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBENDUSER/Apache+OFBiz+Business+Setup+Guide
for an overview and guide for setup. THis document also guide you through
the setup and how to modify the demo data to make your own (do NOT delete
the demo catalogue, do NOT rename the company).

(BTW: I've done a translation of this business setup guide to German, so
maybe you want to provide the IT one? Let me know ;-) )


Your more generic entry point would be:
   http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBENDUSER


Feel free to contact me directly for more: Customisation/localisation of tax
authorities, accounting etc. ... Europe businesses are typically not at all
compliant with the US configuration coming with the demo...

Regards


Carsten


2009/7/19 Lucio Crusca <[hidden email]>

> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm new here and I'd like to try out ofbiz to see if it suits my and my
> customers' needs.
>
> So I've downloaded ofbiz9.04, unpacked and launched. Then I fired up my
> browser
> and started having a look around the ecommerce. My first wish was to throw
> away
> the demo catalog and other example catalogs and create a new catalog with
> real
> products. However I couldn't find how to remove the example catalogs. Then
> I
> tried to rename the company, but I couldn't find how to do this either.
>
> I headed google and searched for the end user documentation, which led me
> to
> this page
>
> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBENDUSER/OFBiz+End+User+Docs+Home
>
> but here I can't understand where should I start from... (I was expecting a
> "Getting started for the end user" or such).
>
> Could you please shed some light on my path?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lucio.
>
>
> --
> Virtual Bit di Lucio Crusca
> http://www.virtual-bit.com
>

--

Best

Carsten Schinzer

Waisenhausstr. 53a
80637 München
Germany

[BJ Freeman]

The best is to go throug the demo data and modify/remove it to what you
want then
do an
ant clean-all
and run-install.
if you have an external database you will need to clean it manually.

as a note: you can create a new catalog and replace it in the
productStore through the UI
https://demo904.ofbiz.org/catalog/control/EditProductStoreCatalogs?productStoreId=9000


Lucio Crusca sent the following on 7/19/2009 1:58 PM:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm new here and I'd like to try out ofbiz to see if it suits my and my
> customers' needs.
>
> So I've downloaded ofbiz9.04, unpacked and launched. Then I fired up my browser
> and started having a look around the ecommerce. My first wish was to throw away
> the demo catalog and other example catalogs and create a new catalog with real
> products. However I couldn't find how to remove the example catalogs. Then I
> tried to rename the company, but I couldn't find how to do this either.
>
> I headed google and searched for the end user documentation, which led me to
> this page
>
> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBENDUSER/OFBiz+End+User+Docs+Home
>
> but here I can't understand where should I start from... (I was expecting a
> "Getting started for the end user" or such).
>
> Could you please shed some light on my path?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lucio.
>
>

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http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation
http://bjfreeman.elance.com
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Systems Integrator.