For anyone needing to start using the Catalog Manager, I suggest this document it is clear and concise: http://www.blogjava.net/Files/hugh/OFBizBasicProductionSetup.pdf
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Justin Robinson <jus...@venturenet.co.za> wrote: > Firstly I'd just like to say thanks to the list for the little tips, > insight, and resource suggestions with regards to minilang...had > finally got my head round it & find it a really cool feature of ofbiz > making certain jobs quicker and easier to write and debug. > > I've just started on defining products in the catalog, so I haven't > read all available resources yet. But from what I've seen so far > looking at configurable products the product type determines to some > extent how the product is handled and what options are available. > > From what I can tell the 'Catalog Manager' is purely ofbiz, which is a > relief(I hope I'm right about this & don't put my foot in it again) > because I have to say the opentaps forum hasn't been much help so far, > they are quite selective on the sorts of things they do help with. > This mailing list and it's archives are generally way more > informative. > > I work for an ISP so most of our products have to be along the lines > Configurable Digital Service Products, is it possible to combine these > product types or do products have to be of one type only? > > Secondly with the Configurable product hierarchy, is it possible to > have a Virtual product that contains Configurable products, that in > turn contains config items? Or some other way to configure products > that are made up of other configured products. > > Lastly since most of our services are charged monthly, it would seem > that subscriptions suit our needs best since they can be automatically > renewed, is it possible to define configurable subscriptions? > > I don't expect a full explanation I'm just wondering if these aims are > achievable, before I venture forth and maybe where to start would be a > great help to. > Thanks. > > > -- > Regards, > Justin > Venture-Net Research & Development > -- Regards, Justin Venture-Net Research & Development
