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[Yousef Sabbah]

dear sir/madam,


*I found more than one version (archived)of the OFBIZ application;*
apache-ofbiz-09.04.zip     size around 60 MB
ofbiz-trunk-current.zip      size around 235 MB

*- *please, I want to know the difference?
- is there a one source to learning the OFBIZ development and
administration?
- any suggestions to hosting the application? recommended host service
provider?
- what about the license, I'm thinking to start a business using OFBIZ app.,
should I paid any thing ?
- I need to learn about credit cards online business, where and how ?

Thanks A Lot,
Yousef

[BJ Freeman]

Hello
first let me help you over one big hurdle. Don't try to use object
Oriented thinking with ofbiz.
it is true that some classes are3 used, especially in the framework, but
ofbiz does not rely on Object model for dealing with data.
It is a whole different mind set that you would do well to develop.

There is lot of information you should go through that will make you
experience with ofbiz better
https://cwiki.apache.org/OFBADMIN/ofbiz-documentation-index.html
I suggest you create an account and mark pages as favorites so you can
speed refer to them
Also you will see a reference to a built in documentation that is being
built up, feel free to add to this from the Cwiki site.
The advantage to me is I can use the find on the browser easier since it
s all one page.

and Welcome.




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Yousef Sabbah sent the following on 1/16/2011 4:35 PM:

> dear sir/madam,
>
>
> *I found more than one version (archived)of the OFBIZ application;*
> apache-ofbiz-09.04.zip     size around 60 MB
> ofbiz-trunk-current.zip      size around 235 MB
>
> *- *please, I want to know the difference?
> - is there a one source to learning the OFBIZ development and
> administration?
> - any suggestions to hosting the application? recommended host service
> provider?
> - what about the license, I'm thinking to start a business using OFBIZ app.,
> should I paid any thing ?
> - I need to learn about credit cards online business, where and how ?
>
> Thanks A Lot,
> Yousef
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

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Yousef Sabbah wrote:
> dear sir/madam,
>
>
> *I found more than one version (archived)of the OFBIZ application;*
> apache-ofbiz-09.04.zip     size around 60 MB
> ofbiz-trunk-current.zip      size around 235 MB
>
> *- *please, I want to know the difference?

apache-ofbiz-09.04.zip     a release from april (04) 2009 (09), like Ubuntu is versionned
ofbiz-trunk-current.zip      the current development version

In 09.04 only bug fixes are baclported, in trunk new features, improvements, etc. are also committed

> - is there a one source to learning the OFBIZ development and
> administration?

Learning
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Related+Books
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Tutorial+-+A+Beginners+Development+Guide
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo

Setting
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index#OFBizDocumentationIndex-ConfigurationDocuments

> - any suggestions to hosting the application? recommended host service
> provider?
> - what about the license, I'm thinking to start a business using OFBIZ app.,
> should I paid any thing ?

Nothing, and you can do what you want with the code, it's an Apache licence, it means really free!
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/Copyright+and+License
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/About+Apache+Software+Foundation+License+and+more...

Jacques

> - I need to learn about credit cards online business, where and how ?
>
> Thanks A Lot,
> Yousef

[Paul Foxworthy]

Yousef Sabbah wrote:

   any suggestions to hosting the application? recommended host service provider?

If you want an online service to host Ofbiz and an Ofbiz application for you, I'd suggest linode (linode.com). linode offer virtual private servers with your choice of quite a range of Linux distributions. You have root access so you can install anything on your linode. Ofbiz, your favourite database, logging, monitoring, whatever. Their prices are pretty reasonable.

Cheers

Paul Foxworthy

[Paul Foxworthy]

Yousef Sabbah wrote

> I need to learn about credit cards online business, where and how ?

You need to establish a credit card merchant agreement with your bank, and use a credit card payment gateway service that will accept payment notifications from Ofbiz. The gateway authorises credit card charges with the card issuer (like Visa or Mastercard) and deposits the payment in your bank account.

Ofbiz already has support for several payment gateways including Google Checkout, PayPal Express, Authorize.net, Orbital, WorldPay, SecurePay and others. See the list at
https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/browse/ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/src/org/ofbiz/accounting/thirdparty

To learn more:

1. Talk to your bank about getting a credit card merchant facility and payment gateways your bank will work with.

2. Look at the web sites of some payment gateways to get a feel for their services and charges.

3. Look at the Ofbiz code to see how it interacts with a payment gateway. The Fisheye link above is a good place to start.


Cheers

Paul Foxworthy