Awesome work Nick. The BigFish project is an amazing product. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Nick Rosser <[email protected]> wrote:
> All, > > The latest release of our OFBiz / BigFish eCommerce platform is available. > > For more details please visit http://bigfish.salmonllc.com, the "Demo" > section will provide a good overview of both an eCommerce implementation > and the BigFish Admin Module. > > Of particular note, in this release: > > * Support for Mobile (small devices) > o a very cool implementation! > o implemented for the Fashion House demo > > (http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:**8082/online/shop/main<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com:8082/online/shop/main> > ) > o whenever the browser screen size gets to 450 pixels or less then > the "small device CSS" will kick-in (so called "responsive") > o try resizing your browser down to 450 pixels wide, try from a > phone, it works! > o a little rough at the edges, we will be fine tuning this over > the coming month or so > > * Feeds, Services and Scheduled Jobs > o a significant amount of work has been done in this area > o many services and scheduled jobs built around clients who want a > BigFish eCommerce front-end solution but also need to continue > using their existing ERP solution for fulfillment > o scheduled jobs to extract New Customers, New Orders and import > into the back-end ERP > o scheduled jobs to accept new files from clients for Product > Updates, Order Status Updates and Store Locator updates > > * Smart Variant Feature Awareness > o Ability to understand a primary feature, associate to a specific > variant and act accordingly > o examples from the Fashion House demo: > + search for "pink", if there is a pink colored variant it > will be shown (try "white", you'll see the same product but > the white variant will be displayed) > + facets: click on a "red" facet filter, all products with a > red variant will show the red version > + sticky: if the list page is showing a specific variant (blue > color) then the detail page will show the same > o all configurable, not just for "color" although this would seem > the natural usage given that this feature will naturally lead to > variant specific imagery > > * Help System in Admin Module > o The beginnings of a BigFish Admin Module help system > o We have help for the functional pages > o But our focus will continue to be in the "How To" and "Guides" areas > o Basically approach is that the Admin screens are pretty self > explanatory, but how to do something from a business point of > view is more difficult to understand because several aspects of > the Admin Module may be involved > o Check out the first How-To and General-Guides, click on "Help" > in any Admin Module instance > > * Performance / Scalability > o Many changes to take advantage of OFBiz caching > o Everything cached in the eComm implementation, nothing cached in > the Admin Module > o We couldn't find any useful documentation for this ... if anyone > is interested we have a help document available > > And many smaller tweaks, fixes and enhancements As always, questions and > comments are welcome. > > > Best Regards, > > Nick Rosser > [email protected] > O: 516.742.7888 x221 > C: 516.901.1720 > >
