Re: Users - looking at Ofbiz

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Nguyen Minh Triet wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Thank you for the answers.
>
>1. I tried what you suggested and it works. I am wondering if the same
>principle is/can be applied on a catalogue instead of a particular
>product?
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>2 and 4. For the user group and security. Can you give me starting point
>that will help me understand how to implement these functionalities?
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Look in applications/party/data/PartySecurityData.xml.  We recently
re-factored it with more granular permissions, so it should give you a
good idea of how to implement security data.

Then look at the tutorial on security in
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/tutorials.php

>3. For the product type (Digital Good). Can you describe the different
>steps to create a downloadable product (PDF or HTML)? I tried doing it
>and I am getting errors (I am probably missing some prerequisite
>knowledge of the structure of a product and its digital content). I am
>looking to be able to create the digital good and to be able to download
>it from the ecommerce application.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Minh
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>Message: 6
>Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:15:21 +0000
>From: Andrew Sykes <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - looking at Ofbiz
>To: OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion <[hidden email]>
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>Minh,
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>>1. Create a product in a category but set it as INACTIVE (so we don't
>>see it in the client WebSite). I see that there is a way to filter out
>>ACTIVE versus ACTIVE AND INACTIVE but have yet to find a way to set
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>this
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>>attribute.
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>ACTIVE and INACTIVE refers to the "from" and "thru" dates for the
>product-->category association. By setting a "from" greater than the
>current time, or a "thru" before the current time, your product will be
>considered INACTIVE.
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>>2. Can I create a Group of users. For example, the master user would
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>pay
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>>for the product to which a list of users would have access.
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>You can, though you'd have to do a little modification yourself to make
>it happen.
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>>3. Digital products. Can I create a digital product that the user can
>>buy and download?
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>Yes, see the "product type" setting.
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>>4. User security can be achieved by the usual Login and password but
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>is
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>>there currently a way to apply security rules based on IP address?
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>This would take a little work on your part but shouldn't be too
>difficult.
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>>5.Are there any features that allow for subscription? A user would
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>have
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>>access to X number of products for Y period of time upon purchase of a
>>subscription?
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>Yes, this will become more apparent as you look into the digital good
>thing.
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>>6. Billing and receipts. What is required to do to implement this?
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>There's pretty significant stuff in this area already, so it really
>depends what you need.
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>Good luck with it all.
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