Hi Mridul:
Well, first, I put in a shameless plug for my Catalog Manager book:
http://www.myofbiz.com/control/bookdetail?id=CMV01_OEGR4_09_2009
From there you can see how the Catalog Manager works OOTB. Then, I'd
think about doing the following: (Note: this is a very high level
process flow:)
1) Change the Catalog Manager UI to add some status information about
product content so that you have an initial product "state" (For
example, product has just been added to the catalog. Or, product is
subject to multi-level review process etc.)
2) Change the Catalog Manager to add a few screens for managing product
content workflow. [And I think this goes here - and not in the CMS
component - because the person(s) approving product content including
images are probably the same person(s) who play the "Product Manager"
role within the Enterprise. These same person(s) would be coming up with
product pricing and merchandising information.] Of course, you would use
the Content component's entities and perhaps some of existing services
to implement this.
3) Add a few status records (using CONTENT_PURPOSE or whatever) that
audit the status of product content review(s) and change existing
services (or write your own - depending on what is there already) to
only allow product's that require content review be added to a
catalog/category once the proper status is in place.
4) If you want actual workflow with multi-level reviewing, something
like: A data entry person first enters in the content and then a
supervisor or product manager approves that "entry" and then the company
president approves the "entry", then you will need to add some role
based security to the actual pages that control workflow actions (the
approvals). Or, you might consider using email as a workflow
coordination tool - such that the approver's don't actually have to
login to approve something, they can just use email or other OFBiz
messaging service to indicate approvals.
Just my first pass at this.
Regards,
Ruth
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asitkumar....@tcs.com wrote:
Hi Ruth\Mridul
Thanks for replying ...But as i have seen in product catalog
management of ofbiz only one workflow is present for Product review which is
not a part of content management system. Can you please provide me
information where to start with , for implementing a work flow for content
management system.
Mridul Pathak-2 wrote:
Asit,
As Ruth has already pointed here, I believe that what you are trying
to achieve can be done with current OFBiz CMS implementation. CMS in
ofbiz already have the workflow in place which is controlled through
Content Purpose and Operation based security. There might be some
issues here and there, but those can be fixed once found out. And
finally some modification to Product Content Management can lead to
the desirable behavior.
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Thanks,
Mridul Pathak
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
On 04-Dec-09, at 7:10 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
Hello Divesh:
If all you want to do is control the addition/removal of images to
product catalog(s) using a 2 level approval process, then this seems
to me a very simple modification to the existing Content Manager
application. Lots easier then trying to integrate and then support
another CMS.
Regards,
Ruth
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Shi Yusen wrote:
In OpenCms, the default publish workflow is controlled by roles or
permissions.
You can try OpenCms's mail list to get help on this.
在 2009-12-03四的 21:43 -0800，asitkumar....@tcs.com写�：
Hello Divesh
So , i should go for content management system
outside ofbiz
and have the work flow process there & i can associate the image
with
product after the approval. currently looking OpenCMS 7.5.1 but
can not find
any work flow management system in it.
Divesh Dutta wrote:
Hello Asit,
This is currently not supported in OFBiz OOTB. But as this is
specific need and not generic, surely this can be achieved by
writing custom code.
Thanks
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Divesh Dutta
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
asitkumar....@tcs.com wrote:
Hi
Divesh, Thanks for replying. If current Ofbiz system is able
to add
any
image to a product (not overriding simple fields as it picks
image from
runtime folder.). I want the image content to be added to produt
as this
way.
Adding a image to a product in (e commerce) application from
content
management system. The image will be shown associated in web
store after
two
levels of approval from specific users or usr groups. If ofbiz
content
management system can handle this scenario.
Thansk
Asit
Divesh Dutta wrote:
Hi Asit,
What exactly you want here? Do you want to integrate, any
specific CMS with OFBiz ? Or you are looking for steps to
associate images with any specific product so that it appears in
front end application (ecommerce), because OFBiz supports
content management in built.
Thanks
--
Divesh Dutta
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
asitkumar....@tcs.com wrote:
Hi
Can anyone help me to integate any CMS with workflow system
available.
Currently i want to manage images in the conent management
system
associate
the product catalog management(ecommerec) with it. After two
levels of
approval(workflow), the image will be asocaited with the
produt and can
be
viewd in ofbiz application. Thanks in advance for your valuable
suggestion.
