Posted by
byersa on
Sep 01, 2005; 3:57pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-would-like-to-change-the-content-management-component-of-OfBiz-tp135715p135725.html
Andrew Sykes wrote:
>Al,
>
>Thanks for your input, I think this makes things a lot clearer.
>
>Regarding the CMS. Are there designs in place that have yet to be
>implemented?
>
>If so, where can we see them?
>
>Kind Regards
>
>
Andrew,
To be quite honest, I don't think I have the full picture of what CMS
can or should be. That is why Arash's input was nice - the foundation is
there; it is good to think in terms of features.
One obvious implementation that is needed is a strong content editing
facility. It seems like this is a place for a pilot project involving
widget technology, AJAX and Web 2.0 (whatever that is). It seems like it
would involve having widget style templates that get processed
differently by a different screen handler. It would put borders around
all content areas and populate them with placeholders if empty. Then
AJAX could be used to pop up entry areas, send them to the server for
storage and display them in the template instantly. Any other ideas here?
The ContentAssoc entity with its from/thru dates lends itself to
scheduled content display. While I have done a few sites using OFBiz
CMS (my site will be back up soon), I still don't think I have a clear
view of what a "general" CMS site should do or what tools it needs. In
particular, I can't picture a tool for designing layouts or if it is
even needed. With the move to CSS control of layout, more things should
be possible. It is probably true the the OFBiz is much closer to being a
general tool for doing CMS sites than I see and it just needs some usage
to polish off rough edges. Another thing that it has is a strong
permission system for allow only authorized personnel to perform certain
functions. I suppose the OFBiz Ecommerce site is not a bad example of
CMS, but it might be a place to expand and enhance.
As Arash said, adding RSS capability would be nice. That would involve
someone else getting involved in the code, as I don't see myself ever
having that time. CMS needs a new, strong "owner". I could work with
anyone that is interested. I still have content commit privileges, but
not widget. But I could run submitted code by David and generally give
that person the help needed to come up to speed. OFBiz only has a
handful of core developers and it is not practical to let there be many,
but the CMS is one area where a strong, steady member is needed.
The folks at Integral are going to be sponsoring some work that should
strength the document management features ending in a system that will
allow digital signing of PDFs and workflow control for signing off on docs.
-Al
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