a lot of work has been done in the content section to allow internationalization of products descriptions.
I say this because IMHO content should be handle there not in catalog manager. So thinking about putting link in the Catalog manage to the Content and fleshing that out the content component seems to be a better way to handle things, like image manipulation, internationalization of content, and themes Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 2/18/2010 5:04 PM: > 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 >>> <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>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:// >>>>>>>>> >>>> <local-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http://%3clocal-ip%3e:8080/ecommerce> >>>> >>>>>> (also >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> using "localhost" instead of <local-ip>). I can get to it >>>>>>>>> externally >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> via my >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> router's WAN IP address: http://<wan-ip>:8080/ecommerce<http:// >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> %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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> >> >
