I am wondering how to understand this: better to not use ftl elsewhere than in macro
Is not every ftl template providing macro functionalities? Do you desire that this project moves away from using ftl templates in any other place than in a theme? Best regards, Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Julien NICOLAS <julien.nico...@nereide.fr> wrote: > If I understand well, yes. > > All html structure must be managed by the theme. In OOTB, it could be > really better to not use ftl elsewhere than in macro. This is a way that > could be good to follow to have consistency for all screens in OFBiz. > > Julien. > > > On 06/12/2016 11:59, Pierre Smits wrote: > >> So you are considering the following: >> >> ‘A more flexible and extensible approach is to use the FTL XML >> processing >> features directly instead of going through Java classes. With this >> approach >> adding an attribute or support for a whole new element in the widget XML >> files is just a matter of adding it to the FTL macros that process XML >> elements’ >> >> >> ? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Pierre Smits >> >> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> >> >> OFBiz based solutions & services >> >> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace >> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Julien NICOLAS <julien.nico...@nereide.fr >> > >> wrote: >> >> Pierre, >>> >>> I don't know if we'll need it or not for now. There is so many thing to >>> define but it seems interesting. We will have to start this discussion on >>> the new theme topic. >>> >>> Julien. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 02/12/2016 11:55, pierre wrote: >>> >>> Hi Julien >>>> >>>> Is there any interest into the integration of a java UI framework such >>>> as vaadin? >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> >>>> Pierre >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/12/2016 23:26, Julien NICOLAS wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I start a page about the POC for the UI improvement. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if the content is enough but I was wanted to create it. >>>>> We can now start some... Jira ? I was wondering one main Jira linked >>>>> to 4 other sub-jira. >>>>> >>>>> thanks to those Jira, we can have 4 teams or workgroup to go ahead in >>>>> both ways. >>>>> >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/UI+Improvement >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if I'm doing well, >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Julien. >>>>> >>>>> PS : I'm currently checkout the common-theme provided by Nicolas's >>>>> github (https://github.com/nmalin/ApacheOFBiz/tree/common-theme) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 28/11/2016 11:28, Sharan Foga wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone >>>>>> >>>>>> Another one of the topics that came up during the brainstorming in >>>>>> Seville was around the UI. In fact we had at least 2 presentations >>>>>> from the OFBiz track at Apachecon that were about how we could >>>>>> improve our UI. >>>>>> >>>>>> If the UI was the main focus - what could the strategy look like >>>>>> - User Interface - have 2 versions of the UI, one very clean and >>>>>> simple, the other more advanced. (Our current UI could be the >>>>>> advanced one....? >>>>>> - Separate the web part from the widgets >>>>>> - We have too many fields on one screen (many of them are not >>>>>> mandatory and are just included as optional). What if we slimmed down >>>>>> all the screens to have a sensible default UI for users. The UI could >>>>>> also be modifiable by service providers. Simplify the screens with >>>>>> defaults >>>>>> - Use Bootstrap / CSS / Angular >>>>>> - Isolate web related >>>>>> - Define a graphics charter to be used for the screens >>>>>> - Have a CSS convention >>>>>> - Remove web from the framework - it shouldn't be there >>>>>> >>>>>> What do people think? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Do people think it would be a good idea to have 2 versions of the >>>>>> UI? (a simple one and a more advanced one?) >>>>>> >>>>>> - Are these the things we would need to focus on or have in place if >>>>>> we wanted to focus on the UI? >>>>>> >>>>>> (Also I know Nicolas has mentioned that he has already started work >>>>>> on a Proof of Concept for a common theme - so do we need to make >>>>>> sure we agree conventions etc before much more work is done?) >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Sharan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >
