subject:"Beginner questions"

No, I can see that it has replaced the original logo, and I can see the
background color of it - which was originally white, but then I changed it
to gray, which was too dark grey, and then I changed it to a lighter grey,
which now blends with the background grey perfectly, so that the only way to
see the outline of the logo is to click on the area.

So I have been able to notice the changes in colour on the rectangle, but in
all of the above cases the black letters of the logo are not appearing.

Thanks,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Goran:
> Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
> Ruth
>
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Ruth,
>>
>> The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
>> shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45.  Just now I shrunk the
>> image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show.  Rotated it by 90 degrees so
>> it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.
>>
>> I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
>> go on for a while, and I thank you both.
>>
>> Thanks again for the great info,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
>>> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>>>
>>> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
>>> Within
>>> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle,
>>> #right.
>>> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X
>>> 280px,
>>> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
>>> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
>>> container in a way that pleases you.
>>>
>>> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is
>>> in
>>>
>>> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>>>
>>> How large is your logo?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>>
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
 Yey! It worked.

 Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
 properly
 as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

 I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
 before I ask more questions.

 Thanks very much,
 Goran

 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray >>>

> wrote:
>
>



> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
> following
> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change
> the
> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>
> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>
>
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>> Scott,
>>
>> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
>>
>>
>>
>>
> and
>
>
>
>
>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.
>>  I
>>
>>
>>
>>
> can
>
>
>
>
>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
>>
>>
>>
>>
> restarted
>
>
>
>
>> the server after making the modification.
>>
>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>
>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties
>> does
>>
>>
>>
>>
> not
>
>
>
>
>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
>> the
>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>
>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 8080
>
>
>
>
>> to 80.
>>
>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
>> scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set
>>> your
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http
>>
>>
>
>
>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>> specify
>>
>>
>
>
>> the port after the host name.
>>
>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
 Hi Goran:
 You don't need to do that. You can go to th

Re: Beginner questions

2010-02-18 Thread Adrian Crum

--- On Thu, 2/18/10, Ruth Hoffman  wrote:
> Since you brought this topic up: As for the Webapp themes,
> I really like the round over page wrap stuff, but if you or
> anyone else used the Webtools as much as I do and switched
> back and forth all the time between applications, I think
> you will quickly find that without the navigation tabs
> clearly visible (as they are on the flat grey theme), life
> with OFBiz is very painful. I've tried them all and I still
> go back to flat grey because the navigation tabs are clearly
> visible all the time.

True, some people like having the tabs visible all the time. One of the 
drawbacks is they take up screen space when you're not using them. So, it's a 
matter of personal preference - which is one of the reasons the visual themes 
were developed. Pick a theme that suits you and make it your default. Just 
because a particular theme doesn't match your preferences, that doesn't mean 
there is something wrong with it.

-Adrian

Re: Beginner questions

Hi Goran:
Is it not showing up at all? Ever?
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Ruth,

I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
go on for a while, and I thank you both.

Thanks again for the great info,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
getting bogged down in where are the files are:

The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high. Within
that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle, #right.
DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X 280px,
you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
"img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
container in a way that pleases you.

The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in

~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl

How large is your logo?

Regards,
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray

wrote:

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document:

http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Scott,

That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties

and

setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I

can

still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I

restarted

the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does

not

impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from

8080

to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your

http

port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to

specify

the port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file

for

the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the

mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".

Hope that helps.
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do

some

kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,

Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski

wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the

intranet,

via the intranet IP address: http://

:8080/ecommerce

(also

using "localhost" instead of ). I can get to it externally

via my

router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce

%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.

But, I can't get to it v

Re: Beginner questions

Scott,

Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into it tomorrow.

I don't mind getting my hands dirty, as long as I know where to look.  And
once I have read more of the OFBiz documentation, hopefully I will.

Best Regards,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much
> unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the
> demo store.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Yey! It worked.
> >
> > Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up
> properly
> > as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
> >
> > I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> > before I ask more questions.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray  >wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
> >> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
> >> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the
> following
> >> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
> >> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
> >>
> >> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
> >>
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>
> >>> Scott,
> >>>
> >>> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
> >> and
> >>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.
>  I
> >> can
> >>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
> >> restarted
> >>> the server after making the modification.
> >>>
> >>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> >>>
> >>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
> >> not
> >>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild
> the
> >>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> >>>
> >>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
> >> 8080
> >>> to 80.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray <
> scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
>  You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
> >> http
>  port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
> >> specify
>  the port after the host name.
> 
>  Regards
>  Scott
> 
>  HotWax Media
>  http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
> 
>  On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> 
> > Hi Goran:
> > You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> >> for
>  the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>  mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> > Ruth
> >
> > Goran Janevski wrote:
> >> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> >> some
> >> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com
> .
> >>
> >> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>  Best Regards,
> >> Goran
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski <
> goran...@gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> >>> documentation to go on.
> >>>
> >>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>
> >>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
>  intranet,
> >>> via the intranet IP address: http://
> >> :8080/ecommerce
>  (also
> >>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it
> externally
>  via my
> >>> router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce  %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>
> >>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
>  ports
> >>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>
> >>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
> >> I
> >>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to
> change
>  the
> >>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
> >> Why
> >>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the
> >> ofbizLogo.gif
>  with
> >>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but
> it
> >> is
>  not
> >>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements o

Re: Beginner questions

Ruth,

The logo started at something like 700 by 200 px, but I actually tried
shrinking it yesterday, and got down to 128 by 45.  Just now I shrunk the
image to 90 by 34 pix, but still didn't show.  Rotated it by 90 degrees so
it became 34 by 90 pix, still no luck.

I'll continue plugging tomorrow, and you and Scott have given me enough to
go on for a while, and I thank you both.

Thanks again for the great info,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Ruth Hoffman  wrote:

> Hi Goran:
> Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
> getting bogged down in where are the files are:
>
> The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high. Within
> that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left, #middle, #right.
> DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is larger that 80px X 280px,
> you will more than likely have some overlap. Since there isn't any local
> "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it may not sit inside the #left
> container in a way that pleases you.
>
> The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in
>
> ~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl
>
> How large is your logo?
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Yey! It worked.
>>
>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>
>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>> before I ask more questions.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray > >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>>>
>>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>>>
>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
 Scott,

 That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties


>>> and
>>>
>>>
 setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I


>>> can
>>>
>>>
 still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I


>>> restarted
>>>
>>>
 the server after making the modification.

 I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

 Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does


>>> not
>>>
>>>
 impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
 whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

 Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from


>>> 8080
>>>
>>>
 to 80.

 Sorry for being such a newbie.

 Thanks again,
 Goran

 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray >>> wrote:



> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>
>
 http
>>>
>>>
 port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>
>
 specify
>>>
>>>
 the port after the host name.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>
>> Hi Goran:
>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>
>>
> for
>>>
>>>
 the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>
>
>> Hope that helps.
>> Ruth
>>
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>>>
>>>
>> some
>>>
>>>
  kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>>
>>>
 Best Regards,
>
>
 Goran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski >> >
>>>
>>>
>> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>>
 Hi,

 Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
 documentation to go on.

 I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the


>>> intranet,
>
>
>>  via the intranet IP address: http://


>>> :8080/ecommerce
>>>
>>>
 (also
>
>
>>  using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally


>>> via my
>
>
>>  router's WAN IP

Re: Beginner questions


lol :-)

I'll get right on it!

Ruth



Scott Gray wrote:

Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real life 
users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and not what 
developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.

Ruth



I shall look forward to your report.

Regards
Scott

Re: Beginner questions

> Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real life 
> users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and not what 
> developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.
> 
> Ruth

I shall look forward to your report.

Regards
Scott

smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: Beginner questions


CM = Catalog Manager.

David E Jones wrote:

On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

  

If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file 
with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with 
it.

  

I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take the 
time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't obvious at 
first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes. Why not provide 
an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog Manager is an amazing 
application with tremendous potential. Why are you so set against making it all 
it can be?



That sounds fine. There is nothing stopping you or anyone else from developing 
such a thing.

  

That's not too hard, is it?

For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp 
that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to 
be customized.
 
  

I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really good 
demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how hard or easy 
it is to change screens around.  We don't need a new webapp. We need the 
original stuff working the way it was originally intended to work.



What is the "CM"?

About the other, sorry, I don't agree with your design approach and I'm 
guessing others won't either. I wasn't really involved in the design or 
development of the theme-based ecommerce configuration, but I do think it is a 
dramatic improvement over what was there before.
  
-David

Re: Beginner questions




David E Jones wrote:

On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

  

IMO...

David E Jones wrote:


The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is 
meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out 
than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to 
know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?

 
  

Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable. Not to 
say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than it has to be. 
This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an oversight and not for 
any technical reason. Therefore, it is a regression introduced when someone 
changed the UI  without first understanding what was there before the change 
was made.



I'm not sure where you got this impression. If you have something to site about 
it, please do.

The reality is that this was an intentional change as part of the theme 
functionality in the ecommerce app, which greatly increases the configurability 
and flexibility of the templates. Maybe you should look into them...

  
Really? Which templates are now more flexible and configurable? And, why 
does the Freemarker header file still look for Catalog logo overrides?


BTW, I've looked at the themes. They don't do much for the ecommerce demo.

Since you brought this topic up: As for the Webapp themes, I really like 
the round over page wrap stuff, but if you or anyone else used the 
Webtools as much as I do and switched back and forth all the time 
between applications, I think you will quickly find that without the 
navigation tabs clearly visible (as they are on the flat grey theme), 
life with OFBiz is very painful. I've tried them all and I still go back 
to flat grey because the navigation tabs are clearly visible all the time.


Sorry, but someone needs to do some human factors studies based on real 
life users. Design considerations should be based real life usage and 
not what developers think is the latest coolest thing to do.


Ruth

-David

Re: Beginner questions


On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

>> If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file 
>> with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file 
>> with it.
>> 
> I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take the 
> time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't obvious at 
> first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes. Why not provide 
> an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog Manager is an amazing 
> application with tremendous potential. Why are you so set against making it 
> all it can be?

That sounds fine. There is nothing stopping you or anyone else from developing 
such a thing.

>> That's not too hard, is it?
>> 
>> For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp 
>> that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant 
>> to be customized.
>>  
> I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really good 
> demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how hard or 
> easy it is to change screens around.  We don't need a new webapp. We need the 
> original stuff working the way it was originally intended to work.

What is the "CM"?

About the other, sorry, I don't agree with your design approach and I'm 
guessing others won't either. I wasn't really involved in the design or 
development of the theme-based ecommerce configuration, but I do think it is a 
dramatic improvement over what was there before.

-David

Re: Beginner questions

On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> IMO...
> 
> David E Jones wrote:
>> The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, 
>> it is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and 
>> comment them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the 
>> visual L&F you need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. 
>> Is that really too much to ask?
>> 
>>  
> Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable. Not to 
> say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than it has to 
> be. This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an oversight and not 
> for any technical reason. Therefore, it is a regression introduced when 
> someone changed the UI  without first understanding what was there before the 
> change was made.

I'm not sure where you got this impression. If you have something to site about 
it, please do.

The reality is that this was an intentional change as part of the theme 
functionality in the ecommerce app, which greatly increases the configurability 
and flexibility of the templates. Maybe you should look into them...

-David

Re: Beginner questions

On 18/02/2010, at 6:57 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Hi Ruth,
>> 
>> I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully 
>> changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem 
>> is that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would 
>> like
> Actually, the CM version worked a little better. It was easier to see when an 
> image didn't fit in properly.

Regardless, if you don't know some css basics your site isn't going to look 
anything close to what it could if you did.

>> Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is 
>> changeable via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for 
>> configuring themes as yet.  I understand your frustration but there isn't 
>> really anything I can do about it.
>> 
>>  
> All the more reason it should never have been removed from the CM.

Why, because I can't do anything about it?  That's hardly a reason for anything 
and since I didn't remove it I'm not really sure why we're having this 
discussion.

>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about 
>>> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been 
>>> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0.  And there is no reason why a new 
>>> OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for 
>>> the store using the existing store management application - the Catalog 
>>> Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store images?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>
 The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: 
 framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
 Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much 
 unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the 
 demo store.
 
 Regards
 Scott
 
 On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
 
   
> Yey! It worked.
> 
> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
> 
> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> before I ask more questions.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray 
> wrote:
> 
>   
>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>> 
>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> Scott,
>>> 
>>> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
>>>   
>> and
>>   
>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I
>>>   
>> can
>>   
>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
>>>   
>> restarted
>>   
>>> the server after making the modification.
>>> 
>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>> 
>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>>>   
>> not
>>   
>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>> 
>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>>>   
>> 8080
>>   
>>> to 80.
>>> 
>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray >> wrote:
>>> 
>>>   
 You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
   
>> http
>>   
 port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
   
>> specify
>>   
 the port after the host name.
 
 Regards
 Scott
 
 HotWax Media
 http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
 
 On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
 
   
> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go

Re: Beginner questions

Scott Gray wrote:

Hi Ruth,

I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully
changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem is
that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would like
Actually, the CM version worked a little better. It was easier to see
when an image didn't fit in properly.

Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is changeable
via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for configuring themes as
yet. I understand your frustration but there isn't really anything I can do
about it.

All the more reason it should never have been removed from the CM.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Scott:
With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your
"hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked
like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to
load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management
application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store
images?

Regards,
Ruth

Scott Gray wrote:

The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much
unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo
store.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Scott,

That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties

and

setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I

can

still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I

restarted

the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does

not

impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from

8080

to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your

http

port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to

specify

the port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file

for

the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".

Hope that helps.
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do

some

kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,

Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski

wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the

intranet,

via the intranet IP address: http://

:8080/ecom

Re: Beginner questions

IMO...

David E Jones wrote:

The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it is
meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment them out
than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you need to
know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too much to ask?

Yes. Maybe the new user is a Java developer and not CSS knowledgeable.
Not to say they can't become knowledgeable, but why make it harder than
it has to be. This worked before. IMO, it was left out of 9.04 as an
oversight and not for any technical reason. Therefore, it is a
regression introduced when someone changed the UI without first
understanding what was there before the change was made.

If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file
with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with
it.

I think that is what he did. Bravo for Goran. Most new users won't take
the time to try and figure out where that file is. It certainly isn't
obvious at first blush where it might be and where the replacement goes.
Why not provide an upload link in the CM to do just this? The Catalog
Manager is an amazing application with tremendous potential. Why are you
so set against making it all it can be?

That's not too hard, is it?

For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp
that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to
be customized.

I think you missed the point David. This worked before and was a really
good demonstration of how the CM can be used to manage a store. Not how
hard or easy it is to change screens around. We don't need a new
webapp. We need the original stuff working the way it was originally
intended to work.

Any volunteers?

-David

On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Scott:
With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about getting your
"hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been changed. It worked
like a charm in 4.0. And there is no reason why a new OFBiz user shouldn't be able to
load up an image and use it as a logo for the store using the existing store management
application - the Catalog Manager. We can do that for product images, why not store
images?

Regards,
Ruth

Scott Gray wrote:

The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much
unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo
store.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Scott,

That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties

and

setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I

can

still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I

restarted

the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does

not

impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from

8080

to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your

http

port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to

specify

the port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
You don't need to d

Re: Beginner questions

Hi Ruth,

I think we're talking about different things here, Goran has successfully 
changed the image (admittedly using less than ideal means) but the problem is 
that the css isn't accommodating his image size in the way that he would like.

Regarding the image selection, as discussed previously the image is changeable 
via the theme, problem is that no one has built a UI for configuring themes as 
yet.  I understand your frustration but there isn't really anything I can do 
about it.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Scott:
> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about 
> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been 
> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0.  And there is no reason why a new 
> OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the 
> store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. 
> We can do that for product images, why not store images?
> 
> Regards,
> Ruth
> 
> 
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: 
>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much 
>> unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the 
>> demo store.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>> 
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>> 
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>> 
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>
 Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
 framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
 Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
 two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
 port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
 
 You'll find some other useful information in this document:
 http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
 
 Regards
 Scott
 
 On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
 
  
> Scott,
> 
> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
>
 and
  
> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I
>
 can
  
> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
>
 restarted
  
> the server after making the modification.
> 
> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> 
> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>
 not
  
> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> 
> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>
 8080
  
> to 80.
> 
> Sorry for being such a newbie.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray  wrote:
> 
>
>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>  
 http
  
>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>  
 specify
  
>> the port after the host name.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>
 for
  
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>  
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> Ruth
>>> 
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
 Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
  
 some
  
 kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
 
 When I figure it out, I will report back.
  
>> Best Regards,
>>  
 Goran
 
 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
  
>> wrote:
>>  
  
> Hi,
> 
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
> 
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>

Re: Beginner questions


The target for the ecommerce templates is not to be used completely as-is, it 
is meant to be inclusive because it is easier to disable things and comment 
them out than it is to dig up details to add things in. For the visual L&F you 
need to know some basic CSS in order to modify the CSS file. Is that really too 
much to ask?

If someone wants to just replace the logo image then they can create a file 
with their logo in the GIF format and then replace the ofbizLogo.gif file with 
it.

That's not too hard, is it?

For a really simplified ecommerce app IMO we should create a separate webapp 
that really is meant to be configured and used as-is rather than being meant to 
be customized.

Any volunteers?

-David


On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Scott:
> With all due respect and not to beat a dead horse, but the point about 
> getting your "hands dirty" is exactly why this should never have been 
> changed. It worked like a charm in 4.0.  And there is no reason why a new 
> OFBiz user shouldn't be able to load up an image and use it as a logo for the 
> store using the existing store management application - the Catalog Manager. 
> We can do that for product images, why not store images?
> 
> Regards,
> Ruth
> 
> 
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: 
>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
>> Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much 
>> unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the 
>> demo store.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Yey! It worked.
>>> 
>>> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
>>> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
>>> 
>>> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
>>> before I ask more questions.
>>> 
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>
 Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
 framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
 Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
 two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
 port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
 
 You'll find some other useful information in this document:
 http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
 
 Regards
 Scott
 
 On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
 
  
> Scott,
> 
> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
>
 and
  
> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I
>
 can
  
> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
>
 restarted
  
> the server after making the modification.
> 
> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> 
> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>
 not
  
> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> 
> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>
 8080
  
> to 80.
> 
> Sorry for being such a newbie.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray  wrote:
> 
>
>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>>  
 http
  
>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>>  
 specify
  
>> the port after the host name.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>>>
 for
  
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>  
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> Ruth
>>> 
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>>>
 Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
  
 some
  
 kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
 
 When I figure it out, I will report back.
  
>> Best Regards,
>>  
 Goran
 
 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
  
>> wrote:
>>  
  
>>

Re: Beginner questions

Hi Goran:
Just in case you are not a CSS or Freemarker heavyweight or you start
getting bogged down in where are the files are:

The store header is defined by a CSS DIV container set to 80px high.
Within that DIV container are three other DIV containers: #left,
#middle, #right. DIV#left is set to 280px wide. So if your image is
larger that 80px X 280px, you will more than likely have some overlap.
Since there isn't any local "img" styling, if your image is smaller, it
may not sit inside the #left container in a way that pleases you.

The CSS is in ~ecommain.css the Freemarker file that defines the HTML is in

~specialpurpose/ecommerce/webapp/ecommerce/includes/header.ftl

How large is your logo?

Regards,
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Scott,

That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties

and

setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I

can

still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I

restarted

the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does

not

impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from

8080

to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your

http

port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to

specify

the port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file

for

the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".

Hope that helps.
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do

some

kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,

Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski

wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the

intranet,

via the intranet IP address: http://

:8080/ecommerce

(also

using "localhost" instead of ). I can get to it externally

via my

router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce

%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.

But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP

ports

80, 8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.

downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change

the

logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).

Why

would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the

ofbizLogo.gif

with

one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it

not

showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo

any

other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions

Regards,
Ruth

Scott Gray wrote:

The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page:
framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much
unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo
store.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

Scott,

That actually did not work. After I modify the port in url.properties

and

setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only. I

can

still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it. I

restarted

the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does

not

impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from

8080

to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your

http

port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to

specify

the port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file

for

the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".

Hope that helps.
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do

some

kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,

Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski

wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the

intranet,

via the intranet IP address: http://

:8080/ecommerce

(also

using "localhost" instead of ). I can get to it externally

via my

router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce

%3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.

But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP

ports

80, 8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.

downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change

the

logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).

Why

would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the

ofbizLogo.gif

with

one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it

not

showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo

any

other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions

The image is most likely sized via the css file for the page: 
framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css
Here you'll have to get your hands dirty I'm afraid, but it's pretty much 
unavoidable if you want your store to look in any way different from the demo 
store.

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

> Yey! It worked.
> 
> Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
> as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.
> 
> I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
> before I ask more questions.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
> 
>> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
>> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
>> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
>> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
>> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>> 
>> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>> 
>>> Scott,
>>> 
>>> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
>> and
>>> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I
>> can
>>> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
>> restarted
>>> the server after making the modification.
>>> 
>>> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
>>> 
>>> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
>> not
>>> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
>>> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
>>> 
>>> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
>> 8080
>>> to 80.
>>> 
>>> Sorry for being such a newbie.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray >> wrote:
>>> 
 You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
>> http
 port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
>> specify
 the port after the host name.
 
 Regards
 Scott
 
 HotWax Media
 http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
 
 On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
 
> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
>> for
 the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
 mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Ruth
> 
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
>> some
>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>> 
>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
 Best Regards,
>> Goran
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
 wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>> 
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>> 
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
 intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address: http://
>> :8080/ecommerce
 (also
>>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally
 via my
>>> router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>> 
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
 ports
>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>> 
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>> I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
 the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>> Why
>>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the
>> ofbizLogo.gif
 with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
>> is
 not
>>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
>> or
 any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
 
 
>> 
>> 



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Re: Beginner questions

Yey! It worked.

Now if I can just figure out why my gif picture is not showing up properly
as the ofbizLogo.gif, I will have reached my first milestone.

I will read the technical production setup guide, and a couple of others
before I ask more questions.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

> Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
> framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
> Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following
> two property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the
> port properties to 80 and 443 respectively.
>
> You'll find some other useful information in this document:
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties
> and
> > setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I
> can
> > still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I
> restarted
> > the server after making the modification.
> >
> > I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> >
> > Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does
> not
> > impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> > whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> >
> > Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from
> 8080
> > to 80.
> >
> > Sorry for being such a newbie.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray  >wrote:
> >
> >> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your
> http
> >> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to
> specify
> >> the port after the host name.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> HotWax Media
> >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
> >>
> >> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Goran:
> >>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> for
> >> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> >> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps.
> >>> Ruth
> >>>
> >>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>  Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> some
>  kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> 
>  When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >> Best Regards,
>  Goran
> 
>  On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
> >> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> > documentation to go on.
> >
> > I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >
> > 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
> >> intranet,
> > via the intranet IP address: http://
> :8080/ecommerce
> >> (also
> > using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally
> >> via my
> > router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce >> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> > But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >
> > I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
> >> ports
> > 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >
> > Can anyone help with this, please?
> >
> > 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.
>  I
> > downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> >> the
> > logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>  Why
> > would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the
> ofbizLogo.gif
> >> with
> > one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
> is
> >> not
> > showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
> or
> >> any
> > other image displayed on the web page?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Goran
> >
> >
> 
> 
> >>
> >>
>
>

Re: Beginner questions

David,

I am happy to help out the project.  Let me first say that the comment I
made on lack of documentation should have been qualified to say "relative to
the OsCommerce project", because that is the other open source solution
which I considered.  So my apologies.  And it's probably not a fair
comparison;  OsCommerce has been around since 2000 I think.

 But of course OFBiz is so much more than just an eCommerce store, which is
why I want to use it.

I actually started by looking at what books are available [I generally
prefer books, because all the info is in one place]. I went to ofbiz.org,
and  I found the Apache OFBiz Development: The Beginner's Tutorial
.
", but that is for developers [I may still end up going through that one].

I also saw Ruth's two books, both the catalog book, may also buy the other
one.

But that is it.  That is the grand sum total of books on OFBiz.

Then I looked at the "Apache OFBiz Getting Started " on ofbiz.org.

In there, I could see several items that I would find useful: End-User
Documentation, Technical Training Videos, Configuration Documents,
specifically the Apache OFBiz Business Setup Guide (for users), etc. [but
the link to the technical training videos is broken, and there isn't even a
FAQ - it came back empty].

Before all that, I just wanted to see my basic web site, with my domain
name, the name of the business and the logo on it, because it was so easy to
get the demo store up and running, and customize the theme and company name.
  However getting rid of ports and the other stuff from the domain name,
would have been hard without people's help on this mailing list.  Is that
documented anywhere?

Now if I am going the wrong way about reading the documentation and not
looking in the right places, please let me know.

But in general I would say that if OFBiz is to be successful, there needs to
be more business-owner oriented documentation.  And as I go along with this
process, I will take notes, and be happy to pass them on to you in the end,
with suggestions what would have worked for me.

Regards,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, David E Jones  wrote:

>
> Goran,
>
> Your comments are interesting. Based on them I was wondering if you could
> help out the project by answering a couple of questions:
>
> 1. which documents did you look at as you got started?
> 2. how did you go about finding documentation?
>
> -David
>
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Ruth,
> >
> > That worked.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Goran
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Goran:
> >> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file
> for
> >> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> >> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >>
> >> Hope that helps.
> >> Ruth
> >>
> >> Goran Janevski wrote:
> >>
> >>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do
> some
> >>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> >>>
> >>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>  Hi,
> 
>  Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
>  documentation to go on.
> 
>  I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> 
>  1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
> intranet,
>  via the intranet IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce %3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>
>  (also
> 
>  using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally
> via
>  my
>  router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce  %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> 
>  But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> 
>  I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
> ports
>  80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> 
>  Can anyone help with this, please?
> 
>  2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
>  downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> the
>  logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).
>  Why
>  would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>  with
>  one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it
> is
>  not
>  showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo
> or
>  any
>  other image displayed on the web page?
> 
>  Thanks,
>  Goran
> 
> 
> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>

Re: Beginner questions

Sorry I missed the rest of the settings:
framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml
Find the container named catalina-container and within that the following two 
property elements: http-connector and https-connector and change the port 
properties to 80 and 443 respectively.

You'll find some other useful information in this document: 
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setup+Guide

Regards
Scott

On 18/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

> Scott,
> 
> That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties and
> setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I can
> still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I restarted
> the server after making the modification.
> 
> I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.
> 
> Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does not
> impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
> whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?
> 
> Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from 8080
> to 80.
> 
> Sorry for being such a newbie.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
> 
>> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http
>> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify
>> the port after the host name.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>> 
>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Goran:
>>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>>> 
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> Ruth
>>> 
>>> Goran Janevski wrote:
 Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
 kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
 
 When I figure it out, I will report back.
>> Best Regards,
 Goran
 
 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
>> wrote:
 
 
> Hi,
> 
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
> 
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> 
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
>> intranet,
> via the intranet IP address: 
> http://:8080/ecommerce
>> (also
> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally
>> via my
> router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> 
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
>> ports
> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> 
> Can anyone help with this, please?
> 
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
>> the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>> with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>> not
> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>> any
> other image displayed on the web page?
> 
> Thanks,
> Goran
> 
> 
 
 
>> 
>> 



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Re: Beginner questions

Scott,

That actually did not work.  After I modify the port in url.properties and
setting it to 80, I can not access the web site with the domain only.  I can
still access the web site using port 8080, but not without it.  I restarted
the server after making the modification.

I also tried another random port (8088), with the same result.

Which leads me to believe that changing the port in url.properties does not
impact the port being used, *unless: *do I need to recompile/rebuild the
whole thing in order for the port change to take effect?

Or, is there some other place that I also need to change the port from 8080
to 80.

Sorry for being such a newbie.

Thanks again,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

> You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http
> port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify
> the port after the host name.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
> > Hi Goran:
> > You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> > Ruth
> >
> > Goran Janevski wrote:
> >> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
> >> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
> >>
> >> When I figure it out, I will report back.
> >> >> Best Regards,
> >> Goran
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> >>> documentation to go on.
> >>>
> >>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >>>
> >>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the
> intranet,
> >>> via the intranet IP address: 
> >>> http://:8080/ecommerce
> (also
> >>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally
> via my
> >>> router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
> >>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
> >>>
> >>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP
> ports
> >>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone help with this, please?
> >>>
> >>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
> >>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change
> the
> >>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
> >>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
> with
> >>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
> not
> >>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
> any
> >>> other image displayed on the web page?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Goran
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Re: Beginner questions

Goran,

Your comments are interesting. Based on them I was wondering if you could help 
out the project by answering a couple of questions:

1. which documents did you look at as you got started?
2. how did you go about finding documentation?

-David

On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

> Ruth,
> 
> That worked.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> Goran
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Goran:
>> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
>> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
>> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>> 
>> Hope that helps.
>> Ruth
>> 
>> Goran Janevski wrote:
>> 
>>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>> 
>>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 Hi,

 Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
 documentation to go on.

 I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
 via the intranet IP address: 
 http://:8080/ecommerce
 (also

 using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via
 my
 router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce>>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.

 But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

 I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.

 Can anyone help with this, please?

 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
 downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
 logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
 would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
 with
 one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
 not
 showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
 any
 other image displayed on the web page?

 Thanks,
 Goran

>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>

Re: Beginner questions

Ruth,

That worked.

Thanks very much,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman  wrote:

> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for
> the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the
> mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".
>
> Hope that helps.
> Ruth
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Goran
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>>
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>>
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address: 
>>> http://:8080/ecommerce
>>> (also
>>>
>>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via
>>> my
>>> router's WAN IP address: http://:8080/ecommerce>> %3cwan-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce>.
>>>
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>>
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>>
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
>>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>>> with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>>> not
>>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>>> any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Beginner questions

You can also modify framework/webapp/config/url.properties to set your http 
port to 80 and the https port to 443 so that users do not need to specify the 
port after the host name.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 18/02/2010, at 3:30 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Goran:
> You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file for the 
> ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the mount-point 
> entry to be mount-point="/".
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Ruth
> 
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>> Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
>> kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.
>> 
>> When I figure it out, I will report back.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Goran
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski  wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
>>> documentation to go on.
>>> 
>>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>> 
>>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
>>> via the intranet IP address: 
>>> http://:8080/ecommerce (also
>>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
>>> router's WAN IP address: 
>>> http://:8080/ecommerce.
>>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>> 
>>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
>>> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>> 
>>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
>>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
>>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
>>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
>>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
>>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Goran
>>> 
>>>
>> 
>>  



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Re: Beginner questions


Hi Goran:
You don't need to do that. You can go to the ofbiz-component.xml file 
for the ecommerce component (~specialpurpose/ecommerce) and change the 
mount-point entry to be mount-point="/".


Hope that helps.
Ruth

Goran Janevski wrote:

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski  wrote:

  

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
via the intranet IP address: 
http://:8080/ecommerce (also
using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
router's WAN IP address: 
http://:8080/ecommerce.
But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
80, 8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions

Actually, now that you helped me figure this out, I can probably do some
kind of DNS mapping through GoDaddy to get down to www.mydomain.com.

When I figure it out, I will report back.

Best Regards,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Goran Janevski  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
>
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address: 
> http://:8080/ecommerce (also
> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address: 
> http://:8080/ecommerce.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
> 80, 8080, and the https port on my router.
>
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Goran
>

Re: Beginner questions

Jacopo,

First of all, thank you very much, it worked! (and I am officially
embarrassed for not thinking to try it, although I did try other variations
of it).

But more importantly, I have to say: *seriously?*  Surely I can't expect my
customers to type that???  The same way that I don't have to type
www.amazon.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main.

In other words, how do I simplify the url so that my customers only have to
type www.mydomain.com?

Thanks very much in advance,
Goran
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:

> Hi Goran,
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> > documentation to go on.
> >
> > I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> >
> > 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
> > via the intranet IP address:
> > http://:8080/ecommerce
> > (also
> > using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via
> my
> > router's WAN IP address:
> > http://:8080/ecommerce.
> > But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>
>
> did you try with:
>
> http://www.mydomain.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main
>
> ?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jacopo
>
> >
> > I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
> 80,
> > 8080, and the https port on my router.
> >
> > Can anyone help with this, please?
> >
> > 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
> > downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> > logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
> > would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
> with
> > one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
> not
> > showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
> any
> > other image displayed on the web page?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Goran
>
>

Re: Beginner questions

2010-02-18 Thread Jacopo Cappellato

Hi Goran,

On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Goran Janevski wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
> documentation to go on.
> 
> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
> 
> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
> via the intranet IP address:
> http://:8080/ecommerce
> (also
> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
> router's WAN IP address:
> http://:8080/ecommerce.
> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.


did you try with:

http://www.mydomain.com:8080/ecommerce/control/main

?

Kind regards,

Jacopo

> 
> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports 80,
> 8080, and the https port on my router.
> 
> Can anyone help with this, please?
> 
> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
> other image displayed on the web page?
> 
> Thanks,
> Goran

Re: Beginner questions

2010-02-18 Thread Vivek Mishra

Ruth, Goran,

I do agree with you but my main concern was to answer Goran's this line
which gives me an impression that he is a developer/programmer.

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

Not much but enough documentation to at least get start on this
including a beginner level practice application to handling business
processes.

Thanks!
-- Vivek Mishra

Goran Janevski wrote:

Vivek,

Thanks for your responses.

I will do the beginner's tutorial, just to see what's underneath the hood of
OFBiz. But I believe Ms.Hoffman is right on this, I shouldn't have to.

Another little snag: the Framework diagram PDFs and videos are not
available at
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Framework+Introduction+Videos+and+Diagrams

Could someone make those available somewhere, please?

Thanks,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Vivek Mishra

wrote:

Hi Goran,

Please start with this practice application:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk

HTH

-- Vivek Mishra

Goran Janevski wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz. First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name. I can get to it on the intranet,
via the intranet IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce

(also
using "localhost" instead of ). I can get to it externally via
my
router's WAN IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce.

But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this. I opened up TCP ports
80,
8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4. I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!). Why
would this be removed? So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
not
showing properly. Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
any
other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions

Vivek,

Thanks for your responses.

I will do the beginner's tutorial, just to see what's underneath the hood of
OFBiz.  But I believe Ms.Hoffman is right on this, I shouldn't have to.

Another little snag:  the Framework diagram PDFs and videos are not
available at
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Framework+Introduction+Videos+and+Diagrams

Could someone make those available somewhere, please?

Thanks,
Goran

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Vivek Mishra  wrote:

> Hi Goran,
>
> Please start with this practice application:
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk
>
> HTH
>
> -- Vivek Mishra
>
> Goran Janevski wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
>> documentation to go on.
>>
>> I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:
>>
>> 1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
>> via the intranet IP address:
>> http://:8080/ecommerce
>>
>> (also
>> using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via
>> my
>> router's WAN IP address:
>> http://:8080/ecommerce.
>>
>> But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.
>>
>> I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports
>> 80,
>> 8080, and the https port on my router.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this, please?
>>
>> 2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
>> downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
>> logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
>> would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif
>> with
>> one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is
>> not
>> showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or
>> any
>> other image displayed on the web page?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Goran
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Beginner questions


Hi Vivek:
With all due respect, why?
You don't need to be a programmer/developer to use OFBiz.

Regards,
Ruth

Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoff...@myofbiz.com


Vivek Mishra wrote:

Hi Goran,

Please start with this practice application: 
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk


HTH

-- Vivek Mishra

Goran Janevski wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the 
intranet,

via the intranet IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce
(also
using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally 
via my

router's WAN IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce.
But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP 
ports 80,

8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the 
ofbizLogo.gif with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it 
is not
showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo 
or any

other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions


Hi Goran:
Can't help much with the domain issue except to ask if you ever had 
anything working using that domain name? Because the DNS translation is 
transparent. It sounds like there may be a DNS issue.


As for the logo bit, sorry but I tried to fight that battle already. No 
committer saw fit to put this back in place. IMO, it is a bug and 
regression and should have been fixed a long time ago.


Thanks for pointing that out! Maybe someone will look at it again.

Regards,
Ruth

Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoff...@myofbiz.com

Goran Janevski wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
via the intranet IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce
(also
using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
router's WAN IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce.
But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports 80,
8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Re: Beginner questions

2010-02-18 Thread Vivek Mishra


Hi Goran,

Please start with this practice application: 
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cQFk


HTH

-- Vivek Mishra

Goran Janevski wrote:

Hi,

Just trying to get started on OfBiz.  First impression: not much
documentation to go on.

I was able to get the vanilla OfBiz running, but:

1) I can't get to it via a domain name.  I can get to it on the intranet,
via the intranet IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce
(also
using "localhost" instead of ).  I can get to it externally via my
router's WAN IP address:
http://:8080/ecommerce.
But, I can't get to it via www.mydomain.com.

I made sure there are no firewalls blocking this.  I opened up TCP ports 80,
8080, and the https port on my router.

Can anyone help with this, please?

2) I purchased Ms.Hoffman's catalog book, but it refers to oFBiz 4.  I
downloaded oFBiz 9 (current), and in it, there is no place to change the
logo on a store (whereas it was clearly available in OfBiz 4) (!).  Why
would this be removed?   So I proceeded to overwrite the ofbizLogo.gif with
one of my own, and I can see that it replaced the ofbiz logo, but it is not
showing properly.  Is there some resolution requirements on the logo or any
other image displayed on the web page?

Thanks,
Goran

Beginner questions