It appears that the citing of Drupal/WordPress/Magento solicited quite a lot of comment. It's a side issue really and whether some houses prefer to integrate existing solutions is besides the point. More importantly, most commentators would agree that theme developement in Ofbiz does require more attention. The vast majority of threads on this ML focuss on backend business rules and processes. That in itself is not a problem - if you regard Ofbiz as a Framework only. It only means that, as far as frameworks go, we need a better framework for theming as well. This will encourage more participation from developers who have more of a front-end orientation. I would support a drive towards better "themeability" in 2014. In this regard I would like to suggest that we take a look at the VisualThemeResource entity which currently is currently poorly defined.
Gavin On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > At least it would be great to have a themeable backend OOTB. Hence, as > much as possible, the widget form for consistency. > Also, though limited, you can always inject js in forms, the price rules > and promotions below are good examples. > > Jacques > > On Saturday, January 04, 2014 7:09 PM anil.pa...@hotwaxmedia.com 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 > > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ > > ApacheCon US 2013 Gold Sponsor > > http://na.apachecon.com/sponsors/ > > > > ----- 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.crum@sandglass-software.comwrote > >> 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 >
