Vincent
I am not sure why you think so. The data module uses the same
mechanisms we use anywhere else, specifically, the dialogs and
controls you can use in the data module are the same as in the web
repository. In other words, you can have a product detail dialog in
the data module that contains all the rich and nice-looking details
you wish to have. Once it is in there, you can use either search
queries to retrieve matches or simply link to products in a more
static sense.
By the way, this is something we did for the new magnolia.info site,
where we defined a "text-block" in the data module which then can be
referenced from other pages. In particular, we do this for the news
section, where each press release shows an "about Magnolia" block to
the right of the release. This allows us to reuse this info anywhere
on the site, and maintain it in a single place, independently of the
actual site structure.
For another example of this functionality, look at http://www.mepha.com/international/en/products.html
where we use the data module with the scheduler to import data from
an SAP system, augment it using Magnolia's end user dialogs and
finally render it dynamically with a multi-step advanced-search
implementation. (for an example of the latter, select "Anti-malarials"
from therapeutic area, and you will get a second set of search
constraints)
Cheers
Boris
On Jul 6, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Vincent F. wrote:
Hi,
Personally I would use data module only for storing commercial
details (price, stock quantity) and orders. Relying only on the data
and dms modules would make difficult to compose rich and nice-
looking product pages.
Vincent
- Relying heavily on the data module (and the dms module for images)
- Implementing controller classes and beans to minimize the amount
of scriptlets in the JSPs
- Creating custom magnolia dialogs for the data management (of
course importers would be nice too)
- And also implementing one default set of shop pages (JSPs) to
have the module work "out of the box"
Did this answer your question or did I misunderstand you?
-will
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