Nick, Are you working to get BigFish to run on a Postgresql database?
Thanks -Rick ________________________________ From: Nick Rosser <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 AM Subject: Re: OFBiz BigFish eCommerce Enhancements Not on our task list right now, and we would be very reluctant looking into any alpha release. When it's available in stable form we'll definitely take a look. Best Regards, Nick Rosser [email protected] O: 516.742.7888 x221 C: 516.901.1720 On 8/22/2012 6:43 AM, Deepak Agarwal wrote: > Any plans to upgrade the solr to 4.0 alpha? > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Nick Rosser<[email protected]> wrote: > >> OFBiz User Community, >> >> We are pleased to announce a new release of demo sites, with many >> enhancements and features, to our site at http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. >> As always, the best way to see what it's all about is to visit the site, >> click on "demo" and play around with both an eCommerce implementation and >> the Admin Module. >> >> >> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows: >> >> ** Many, many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and >> Admin Modules >> >> ** Check-Out: enhanced features to control single-page-checkout; >> guest-checkout; multi-step-checkout; credit-card-required; store credit >> card for future use etc. All configurable of course via the Admin Module -> >> Admin -> System Parameters. >> >> ** Product Detail Page: ability configure a "recently viewed" component. >> This will display a history of previously viewed products in the >> product-detail page. >> >> ** Product Loader and Feeds functionality: we have defined many incoming >> and outgoing BigFish feeds that our clients can use for daily interaction >> with BigFish from their existing ERP solution. The primary feed is a >> BigFish Product Loader -- clients can use either an XLS or XML format file >> that is used to initially load and subsequently update the entire product >> catalog. We are finishing up writing some scheduled services so that this >> process can be more automated. Outgoing feeds include Customers (registered >> users); Orders; Catalog Requests; and Contact-Us events. Incoming upload >> feeds include Product Catalog and Order Status changes. >> >> ** Real "variant" intelligence: SEO-Friendly-URLs are now generated to the >> variant level. So, for example, www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse >> can now have several variant extensions such as >> www.retailsite/apparel/**special-blouse-red >> etc. This is useful for both SEO purposes and email campaigns (since the >> exact variant link can be put in the email, customer clicks on it, and the >> proper color variant is displayed initially) >> >> ** Product Listing Page: we've expanded the sort options to include "Most >> Viewed" and "Best Sellers". Available options offered are maintained as a >> system parameter. >> >> ** Expanded Content Spots: in the Admin Module -> Content section we've >> added many new content spots. These can be used to provide lifestyle >> content on all the category listing pages, special recurring content on the >> product-detail-page (such as standard social media links) etc. >> >> ** New Admin Screens: Maintain the backend OFBiz Shipping Charges and >> Scheduled Jobs via the BigFish Admin Module. >> >> ** Admin Module Skins: we created a GunMetal-Grey css skin for the Admin >> Module. Ability to create and upload your own skins is now available in the >> Admin -> Tools section. >> >> ** Multi-Site: we've made some progress in being able to support multiple >> Product Stores. The initial challenge was to allow for product catalog and >> all associated content to be segregated by Product Store. This is now >> complete. Next steps is to move forward and create the actual catalog and >> content in order to demonstrate this. >> >> ** DIV-Sequencing: we've spent a ton of time on a concept we're calling >> "DIV Sequencing". Basically each component on a page, say the Product >> Detail Page, maps to a DIV/Class in the CSS. Some clients may want image + >> product-name + color-selector + add-to-cart-button + full-descriptions + >> ratings-and-reviews. Another client may want product-name + image + >> full-descriptions + color-selector + add-to-cart-button. The DIV-Sequencing >> feature allows retail clients to pick and choose which elements should be >> displayed in a particularly page and the actual sequence they should be >> rendered in the mark-up. This significantly simplifies the styling changes >> required in the CSS to get the final look-and-feel since the basic layout >> is setup by the DIV-sequencing. This has applied to all of the key pages. >> The Div-Sequences are maintained in the Admin->Tools section of the Admin >> Module. >> >> ** Docs: we've loaded up our specifications, useful for getting some >> insight into our process and approach >> >> ** NEW CLIENTS: We are anticipating announcements for a couple of our new >> clients being launched on the BigFish platform. Getting production ready >> has proven to be quite tricky given the normal integration efforts that are >> involved in going live with an eCommerce site. See the Product-Loader and >> Feeds section above! >> >> Comments, questions always welcome! >> >> >> Best Regards, >> Nick Rosser >> [email protected] >> O: 516.742.7888 x221 >> C: 516.901.1720 >> >>> On 5/3/2012 1:28 PM, Nick Rosser wrote: >>> >>>> OFBiz user community: >>>> >>>> A quick update for the BigFish eCommerce project. For more details >>>> please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com. The best way to view what >>>> this is all about is to click on the "Demo" link and play around. The >>>> Fashion House and Electronic Store demos show the majority of features that >>>> are available. >>>> >>>> Significant feature enhancements since the last release are as follows: >>>> >>>> ** Many small enhancements and fixes, in both the eCommerce and Admin >>>> modules >>>> >>>> ** Rotating Carousel: Fashion House and Electronic Store both have >>>> implementation examples. Content maintained in Admin Module (Content / Home >>>> page spots). >>>> >>>> ** QuickLook on Product Listing Page (PLP): prototype available, still >>>> needs some tweaks to control the transition >>>> >>>> ** Product "Variant" enhancements. Check out the Fashion House demo at >>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/control/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/control/main>. >>>> Click on Apparel / Blouses. Play with the "swatches", works very well in >>>> Product Detail Page. Also integrated into the SOLR facets. On the Fashion >>>> House demo execute a site search for "pink" -- you'll see the pink variant >>>> image of the "3/4 sleeve button down". Search for "white" and you'll see >>>> the white version. Works nicely. >>>> >>>> >>>> ** Mega Menu. Both Fashion House and Electronic Store demos have >>>> examples of overriding the standard navigation drop-down with a more >>>> expansive "mega menu". Content managed in Admin Module (Content / Product >>>> Category Content). >>>> >>>> ** Under the covers (CSS): we've spent a lot of time consolidating and >>>> cleaning up the CSS, for both eCommerce and Admin. For adopters this should >>>> greatly simplify styling for your desired look-and-feel. Tools in the Admin >>>> Module (Admin / Tools) to store new style sheets and switch CSS files. >>>> Currently working on alternate styles for the Admin Module (for some reason >>>> folks don't seem to like our classic "in your face orange" styling!). >>>> >>>> ** Admin Module, enhancements to support all additional features, >>>> enhanced Order Status changes (on the Orders tab). >>>> >>>> >>>> ROAD MAP ... >>>> >>>> For a complete list of features, what's coming soon, and our road map go >>>> to >>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**bfFeatures.html<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/bfFeatures.html> >>>> . >>>> >>>> There was some previous interest in the multi-site capability of >>>> BigFish. We've made some baseline changes to control the separation of >>>> Product catalog, and the Admin Module understands this separation. We have >>>> a clear idea as to how to separate out the other content (home page, static >>>> pages etc.) and will be implementing this shortly. >>>> >>>> NEW CLIENTS ... >>>> >>>> The community may be interested to know that we're working on two client >>>> implementations, both decent mid-sized companies. Our general sales >>>> prospecting efforts are beginning to pick up some momentum and we typically >>>> have 2 client demos each week ... obviously hoping that we will be >>>> converting some of these into real clients over the coming weeks and >>>> months. We've also found that the BigFish solution stacks up quite well >>>> when comparing to Magento and other pay-for competitors. We don't have any >>>> particular "white papers" or similar documentation but obviously the price >>>> point is a very attractive feature. In terms of integration we are >>>> leveraging our custom software history as a way to ensure prospects of our >>>> capability and our ability to implement a robust, stable, expandable and >>>> flexible solution. The rich functionality of the OFBiz baseline is key here >>>> -- and every BigFish implementation is by nature an OFBiz implementation so >>>> hopefully this will bring more attention to the OFBiz project during the >>>> rest of this year. >>>> >>>> As always, comments, questions, suggestions are welcome! >>>> >>>> >
