I understand what you're saying, but at the same time I would hate to see us avoid including meaningful demo data based upon a fear that someone might use it mess things up.
I'll postpone making any changes until others have had an opportunity to comment. -Adrian --- David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm all for more demo data, but I'm not sure how > much a I like > anything that appears to be real... and the main > reason for that is > that it can be error-prone if people accidently load > the data or > something. > > -David > > > On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply! > > > > I'm picturing how the demo data can be built out > so > > that new users can have a better idea of how > > components and processes interact. > > > > Take the existing Demo Customer for example. Why > can't > > that person have a name? In addition to any > existing > > data, I could have them post forum messages about > > items they purchased. > > > > Demo employees in the HR component could have demo > > data all over the place - member of a project team > in > > the project manager, moderator of in-house forums, > > foreman of a manufacturing production run, etc. > > > > Maybe this is a lofty goal, but I think it would > be > > helpful to have demo data that really looks like a > > deployed OFBiz instance. > > > > -Adrian > > > > --- David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Better, and more business oriented, demo data for > >> the content stuff > >> would be really great. > >> > >> Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've > >> been using is > >> "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other > >> words make the names > >> and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) > >> that people will get > >> the idea. Using product names like widgets and > >> gizmos is pretty much > >> along this line. Some may not translate into > foreign > >> languages as > >> much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway > >> (yeah, I've seen a > >> lot of questions from clients around the world > and > >> sometimes in > >> English-speaking places too about what a widget > is > >> and what a gizmo > >> is...). > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >> > >>> I'm working on building out the forum feature of > >> the > >>> Content Manager component. I'm creating a more > >>> comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make > >> the > >>> demo data more meaningful. > >>> > >>> Is there any reason I can't make up names for > >> people > >>> and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note > in > >> the > >>> demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying > that > >> the > >>> data is ficticious and any similarity to real > >>> people/businesses is coincidental. > >>> > >>> What do you think? > >>> > >>> -Adrian > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
