My preference is to do something like the product store emails. were you can put in the variables and point to a template that generates the output. This is what i am moving to from the service implementation
my second option is to use the standard outputs as a service. no user intervention. the user can be told where the output is on a page. if you read the feeds you will see that the assigning of where to get the feed from ofbiz is done at the feeds themselves. Scott. sent the following on 10/19/2007 1:17 PM: > Thanks for the reply guys. Here is the way I see it happening > > This is the way I see it happening. > > Open the Data Feed Page. First Choice is to create a name for the data feed. > Let’s use MSN Shopping as an example. > > So we create the name MSN shopping and then we have a whole bunch of > dropdowns that relate to fields in the database. So, using the example > below, we choose from the dropdowns the corresponding fields in our > database. For this particular feed it would be like this; > > OFBiz Database Name Shopping Feed Name Friendly > Name in Database > Poduct.productName Product Name > Widget > Product.description Product Description > Nice Blue Widget > Product.manufacturerPartyId Manufacturer Name My > Company, Sony, Apple (Different than Vendor) > External MSN Categorization > Widget Category > Product.productId MPN/UPC/ISBN/UniqueCode 123456 > Serial Number or Item Number > ProductPrice.Price Price > > $100 (Selling Price) > Product.detailScreen Product URL > ...8080/ecommerce/control/product/~category_id=WIDGETS/~product_id=123456 > Prodct.detailImageUrl Image URL > …/images/Widgets/Blue_Widget.jpg > Inventoryitem.QuantityOnHand Stock Availability Yes > or No > Product.ChargeShipping Shipping Costs > $10, Free, Already set in OFBiz > ProductKeyword.keyword Keywords > Auto Created Keywords already created in catalog manager > > Once we have mapped the database to the filed requirements we would need to > determine the output format and also assign a tracking code and perhaps a > data source for tracking purposes. That would be appended to the url. In > this case it would be a csv file but I guess XML, etc would also be good to > have. Then we would choose where to place the file, enter the file name and > in some instances if the file should be tarballed or zipped. > > Lastly, if we have a location to upload to (i.e. > ftp://msn.com/shopping_feed) and a username and password to allow for that. > > > > > > wikitec wrote: >> >> Hi Scott >> >> I am looking to set up ofbiz as a purely drop ship virtual warehouse, >> whereby, products are displayed purely on amount available filters >> hopefully >> using realtime xml direct links from b2b >> >> Don't know whether this is where you are heading or not >> >> cheers >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Scott. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Friday, 19 October 2007 7:57 AM >>> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org >>> Subject: Shopping Feeds >>> >>> >>> We run a retail B2C business and advertise a fair bit in comparison >>> shopping >>> engines. >>> >>> Has anyone ever put together anything to manage shopping feeds? The >>> information needed in these feeds would be based on the engines format >>> and >>> will change from feed to feed. They are the type of things that need to >>> be >>> updated daily and uploaded to shopping engines ftp sites using various >>> rules, user names and passwords or by being placed our server for the >>> engines to download from us. >>> >>> Is anyone using ofbiz to create this kind of thing? Is there any interest >>> in >>> something like this? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Shopping-Feeds- >>> tf4649990.html#a13284538 >>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >
