Looking at it another way, with screen widgets you can replace the
existing FreeMarker macros with your own - so the UI can look like anything.
I recently did that for 1Tech Ltd - where I replaced the HTML markup
with Sencha JavaScript.
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 1/4/2014 1:09 PM, Anil K Patel wrote:
My preference is to use freemarker. With Form widgets, Its nearly impossible to
deliver UI/UX for todays users.
Thanks and Regards
Anil Patel
Hotwax Media Inc
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:52:34 AM
Subject: Re: OFBiz In 2014
To be pragmatic, rather than working on new features, a new framework or whatever, I'd like
to work on "Widget & Application HTML clean-up"
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5040
I have heard much complaints about this and I'd really like to 1st replace as
much as possible the Freemarker templates used in backend by widget forms.
I know already some cases where it's impossible, like the geo location.
But in most cases this should be possible and would much facilitate designers
work, when themes or such are needed.
Because we would then have a consistent HTML generation.
And in most cases even a better (consistent) UI, compare the old Price Rules
and Promotions for instance
(still available at
https://demo-old.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProductPriceRules?productPriceRuleId=9000
https://demo-old.ofbiz.apache.org/catalog/control/EditProductPromoRules?productPromoId=9000
)
Because it contained a new FTL template, I recently refused to commit a working patch for
"Improve to allow purchase order ship method options"
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5387
I though must say that I still want to finish pending new features (actually 2
new specialpurpose components)
1) I expect to merge the seo branch soon
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5312.
I only see minor issues now, and anyway at some point you need to have your
feet wet...
2) And to finish the Solr integration
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5042.
I sill have to figure out how bad is the security issue. In a first step
adding a credential acces to the the Solr admin should be enough. But yes
underneath is not totally secured as is...
Jacques
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:55 PM adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com wrote
Maybe we can use the start of the new year as an opportunity to consider
the future of OFBiz and update our road map:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document
