Nick, Yes, this is exactly what I intended to be shared with the community. That way community members can learn what the possibilities of OFBiz are and where the intricacies might be when considering customized implementations.
It also shows that people are willing to share experiences and that this is a healthy community. Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Nick Rosser <[email protected]> wrote: > Pierre, > > The custom Alumni Network has some key features: > > * Access > o The Locate a Practitioner is available for general use, given > that they want the general public to be able to find one of > their Alumni practitioners) > o Other features require authentication and user setup > * Authentication > o Alumni use their Student#, First Name and Last Name to gain > access to the site > o We make a callout to a back-end Student Mgmt System -- if > authenticated then a user profile is setup and access granted > * Locate a Practitioner > o Re-purposed the Store-Locator functionality we developed in BigFish > o Integrated into Google Maps > o OFBiz Entities: > + PARTY (and associated GROUP/ROLE/CONTENT) > + CONTACT_MECH / POSTAL_ADDRESS > + GEO_POINT / PARTY_GEO_POINT > * Private functions (Jobs, Rental Office, Volunteer, Message Board) > o The idea is that this is a private community and allow Alumni to > communicate with other Alumni > o "Postings" > + Jobs: if someone has a Acupuncture practice and are looking > for additional practitioners then a job offering is posted, > and other Alumnis can apply for that position > + Office Rental: someone has additional office space available > for rental > + Volunteer Posting: someone needs volunteers for a specific event > + OFBiz Entities: > # For the primary data collected we created specific > POSTING entities (e.g. JOB_POSTING) > # With associations back to standard entities within OFBiz > (PARTY, PARTY_ASSOC, ENUMERATION etc.) > o Message Board: general board to share ideas, thoughts and > solicit feedback etc > + OFBiz Entities: > # we use the CONTENT, CONTENT_ASSOC and CONTENT_TYPE > > Is that what you meant? > > Nick > > On 10/1/2014 10:30 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> Thanks for the endorsement. Can you elaborate a bit more on how you built >> the Alumni Network application? E.g. what kind of functionalities are used >> there to accomplish it? >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> Pierre Smits >> >> *ORRTIZ.COM<http://www.orrtiz.com>* >> Services& Solutions for Cloud- >> Based Manufacturing, Professional >> Services and Retail& Trade >> >> http://www.orrtiz.com >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rosser<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All, >>> >>> I thought it may be interesting for some community members to share one >>> of >>> recent successful implementations. I would welcome others to do so, >>> seeing >>> how OFBiz is being used for real implementations is good knowledge >>> sharing >>> and good for the community as a whole. >>> >>> Check out http://online.swedishinstitute.edu. >>> >>> The Swedish Institute is a leading educator for massage, acupuncture and >>> personal training with a large facility in New York City. Like many >>> educational institutions they offer Continuing Education classes -- a >>> great >>> way for their Alumni to keep up with the latest techniques and an >>> excellent >>> source of revenue! >>> >>> We used our OFBiz extension BigFish for this implementation. There were >>> some interesting special requirements given that the offerings were not >>> traditional products but registration for continuing education classes. >>> As >>> usual we found that the OFBiz data model and service layers provided >>> everything we needed to pull off this project (we have not yet been >>> stumped, OFBiz is truly Open for Business!). >>> >>> In addition to the eCommerce site we built a custom Alumni Network >>> application using OFBiz. This offers any Alumni the ability to >>> authenticate >>> their Alumni status, and participate in a number of private features such >>> as Rental Office offerings, Volunteer Postings and a private Message >>> Board. >>> >>> For a quick look, there is public access to the Locate-a-Practitioner >>> function at http://online.swedishinstitute.edu/alumni/ >>> control/locatePractitioner >>> >>> For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com. >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> >>>
