Thanks Jacques! However, I've read through the document you linked to and all I have really discovered is that OFBiz can almost certainly do what I want - but it doesn't really tell me how!
For instance, will OFBiz replace the shop and cart facility that my client already has in place, or will I need to re-write this code to enable me to serve the product details stored in OFBiz through the shop? I am just trying to understand where OFBiz lies in the structure of the application - is IT the application, or does it provide methods by which I can write an application around IT? Or both?? Thanks Jay On 8/10/07, Jacques Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Might be interesting : http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Is+OFBiz+for+Me > > Jacques > > De : "James Hargreaves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Torsten > > > > Thanks for your reply. I think the client is after a stock control > system > > and online shop, which will be linked together. I don't know much about > > OFBiz - it seems it can do this but I don't know a) what kind of > application > > OFBiz is, even what language (Java, Perl, etc) it is written in b) what > kind > > of hosting is required c) what kind of back-end DB is required or if > OFBiz > > uses an internal storage format. > > > > Ideally I would like to design and develop the shop myself and link into > > OFBiz to retrieve a list of products I should display - the stock > control > > can then all be handed off to OFBiz. But I don't know how realistic this > is. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Jay > > > > On 8/10/07, Torsten Schlabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jay! > > > > > > IMO it heavily depends on what exactly you mean by "integration". I > know > > > that people will probably ask you the question as fuzzy as you are > asking it > > > here, so it might make sense to sort out what's the goal, then check > > > available technologies. > > > > > > OFBiz does not come with any out of the box integration kind of tools > and > > > I think it might be somewhat misleading that there are some portions > in > > > OFBiz which are called CMS. OFBiz definitely isn't a general purpose > CMS at > > > all. > > > > > > Can you provide some details on what you are looking at in terms of > > > integration? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Torsten > > > > > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > Datum: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:42:33 +0100 > > > Von: "James Hargreaves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > An: user@ofbiz.apache.org > > > Betreff: OFBiz Integration > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I have been asked to look into a proposed integration with the OFBiz > > > > product > > > > on a website I am working on. However, I cannot determine from your > > > > documentation what form the integration should take. > > > > > > > > Do you provide the entire web-authoring service or am I able to > access > > > > your > > > > services through some API? > > > > > > > > The site is currently published in plain HTML, but I am considering > a > > > > switch > > > > to Perl or Ruby on Rails. Do you support this development > environment? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > a: 1 Oak Cottage, Town Lane, Mobberley, WA16 7HJ > > t: 01565 873 019 | 07899 872 306 > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- a: 1 Oak Cottage, Town Lane, Mobberley, WA16 7HJ t: 01565 873 019 | 07899 872 306 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
