Rick,
Hooking BF up to Postgresql should work just fine. We are aware of a
problem in the Admin Module Dashboard function but other than that we're
not aware of other issues.
We don't typically use Postgresql for development or client
implementations so this isn't something that we're completely up on.
Best Regards,
Nick Rosser
[email protected]
O: 516.742.7888 x221
C: 516.901.1720
On 8/22/2012 11:00 AM, Richard Fleming wrote:
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!
