I think I understand what you are saying.... I think. That said, shopping feeds differ from network to network as do their file types and location to upload or download for that matter. Any serious B2C will need them at some point.
If anyone else would consider collaborating on this, I'd be happy to throw $500 in the kitty to kick the ball off. BJ Freeman wrote: > > My preference is to do something like the product store emails. > were you can put in the variables and point to a template that generates > the output. > This is what i am moving to from the service implementation > > my second option is to use the standard outputs as a service. > no user intervention. > the user can be told where the output is on a page. > if you read the feeds you will see that the assigning of where to get > the feed from ofbiz is done at the feeds themselves. > > > > Scott. sent the following on 10/19/2007 1:17 PM: >> Thanks for the reply guys. Here is the way I see it happening >> >> This is the way I see it happening. >> >> Open the Data Feed Page. First Choice is to create a name for the data >> feed. >> Let’s use MSN Shopping as an example. >> >> So we create the name MSN shopping and then we have a whole bunch of >> dropdowns that relate to fields in the database. So, using the example >> below, we choose from the dropdowns the corresponding fields in our >> database. For this particular feed it would be like this; >> >> OFBiz Database Name Shopping Feed Name >> Friendly >> Name in Database >> Poduct.productName Product Name >> Widget >> Product.description Product Description >> Nice Blue Widget >> Product.manufacturerPartyId Manufacturer Name My >> Company, Sony, Apple (Different than Vendor) >> External MSN Categorization >> Widget Category >> Product.productId MPN/UPC/ISBN/UniqueCode >> 123456 >> Serial Number or Item Number >> ProductPrice.Price Price >> >> $100 (Selling Price) >> Product.detailScreen Product URL >> ...8080/ecommerce/control/product/~category_id=WIDGETS/~product_id=123456 >> Prodct.detailImageUrl Image URL >> …/images/Widgets/Blue_Widget.jpg >> Inventoryitem.QuantityOnHand Stock Availability >> Yes >> or No >> Product.ChargeShipping Shipping Costs >> $10, Free, Already set in OFBiz >> ProductKeyword.keyword Keywords >> Auto Created Keywords already created in catalog manager >> >> Once we have mapped the database to the filed requirements we would need >> to >> determine the output format and also assign a tracking code and perhaps a >> data source for tracking purposes. That would be appended to the url. In >> this case it would be a csv file but I guess XML, etc would also be good >> to >> have. Then we would choose where to place the file, enter the file name >> and >> in some instances if the file should be tarballed or zipped. >> >> Lastly, if we have a location to upload to (i.e. >> ftp://msn.com/shopping_feed) and a username and password to allow for >> that. >> >> >> >> >> >> wikitec wrote: >>> >>> Hi Scott >>> >>> I am looking to set up ofbiz as a purely drop ship virtual warehouse, >>> whereby, products are displayed purely on amount available filters >>> hopefully >>> using realtime xml direct links from b2b >>> >>> Don't know whether this is where you are heading or not >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Scott. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Friday, 19 October 2007 7:57 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Shopping Feeds >>>> >>>> >>>> We run a retail B2C business and advertise a fair bit in comparison >>>> shopping >>>> engines. >>>> >>>> Has anyone ever put together anything to manage shopping feeds? The >>>> information needed in these feeds would be based on the engines format >>>> and >>>> will change from feed to feed. They are the type of things that need to >>>> be >>>> updated daily and uploaded to shopping engines ftp sites using various >>>> rules, user names and passwords or by being placed our server for the >>>> engines to download from us. >>>> >>>> Is anyone using ofbiz to create this kind of thing? Is there any >>>> interest >>>> in >>>> something like this? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Shopping-Feeds- >>>> tf4649990.html#a13284538 >>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >> > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Shopping-Feeds-tf4649990.html#a13310611 Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
