hi Scott, Ok, no problem. Will discuss further internally first and then decide where to go ...
-- Regards, Michael Xu (xudong) On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Scott Gray <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Personally, I wouldn't do anymore than the most basic CMS work with the > existing OFBiz component, but maybe I'm biased because I want to see it > replaced :-) > > In regards to working together, my spare time is pretty limited so I doubt > that I'll be working very fast and probably nowhere near fast enough for > your needs. > > If people are interested in helping out with my POC then we can always > consider creating a jackrabbit branch in the OFBiz repo that people can use > to collaborate. The main reason I'm looking at a direct Jackrabbit > integration is simply for learning purposes and to get a better > understanding of what the best long term approach will be, there is every > chance that it would never get merged back into the trunk if we later decide > to take a different route. > > Regards > Scott > > On 8/07/2010, at 6:07 PM, Michael Xu (xudong) wrote: > > > hi Scott, > > > > Thanks. > > > > We are customizing ofbiz for a customer here in China. Party, Order, > > Agreement, AP/AR, Birt, Catalog are in the current scope and we feel very > > comfortable with the flexibility offered by ofbiz. Now customer needs > CMS. > > However, current CMS component is not that ready in ofbiz. We are > evaluating > > which way to go: > > > > 1) enhance current ofbiz CMS component > > 2) embed a 3-party CMS as a component > > 3) integrate with a standalone 3-party CMS > > > > Option 1 seems very risky, as we have to re-invent the CMS wheel; Option > 3 > > seems also very risky, as there are many integration points, like > > user/permission, etc. Now I tend to using option 2 just like what you are > > doing. Maybe we can work together on this. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Michael Xu (xudong) > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Scott Gray <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Hi Michael, > >> > >> The idea was to add hippo as a component and use their webapp as an > interim > >> CMS while we build out similar functionality in OFBiz. OFBiz would use > the > >> JCR API to interact with the underlying repository. > >> > >> In terms of progress... none. In my spare time I'll be playing around > with > >> a jackrabbit integration for OFBiz and reading all the articles I can > find. > >> I feel like I need to better understand the JCR and content models in > >> general before doing anything concrete. > >> > >> Regards > >> Scott > >> > >> On 8/07/2010, at 5:27 PM, Michael Xu (xudong) wrote: > >> > >>> "Integrating" here means to put Hippo as a ofbiz component or let it as > a > >>> standalone application but integrating over data/service layer? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Michael Xu (xudong) > >>> www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) > 135 > >> 0135 > >>> 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Brett Palmer <[email protected] > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Scott, > >>>> > >>>> I like the idea of integrating with existing CMS applications. When > we > >> are > >>>> talking about hippo what of their various products are we considering > >> here: > >>>> > >>>> Hippo CMS7 > >>>> Hippo Repository 2 > >>>> Hippo Site Toolkit 2 > >>>> or > >>>> Hippo Portal 2.0 > >>>> > >>>> from www.onehippo.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Brett > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Scott Gray < > [email protected] > >>>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Anybody using or considered using Hippo CMS (onehippo.org) in > >>>> conjunction > >>>>> with OFBiz? > >>>>> - Apache Licensed > >>>>> - Uses Jackrabbit as its repository > >>>>> - Supports Versioning, Internationalization, Publishing Workflows and > >>>> more > >>>>> > >>>>> We could start out by using Hippo's UI to manage content and retrieve > >> it > >>>>> for display within OFBiz using the JCR API. As the various document > >>>> types > >>>>> needed by the OFBiz base applications begin to take shape we could > look > >>>> at > >>>>> ways to allow the content to be modified directly from within OFBiz > >> (once > >>>>> again using the JCR API). > >>>>> > >>>>> Any thoughts, alternatives, ideas or whatever would be appreciated. > >> I'm > >>>>> considering working on a POC in my spare time, not sure how long that > >>>> might > >>>>> take at this stage. I already have a copy of Hippo running inside > >> OFBiz > >>>> but > >>>>> that was just a matter of expanding their WAR distribution and > wrapping > >>>> it > >>>>> in a component, next step would be gaining access to the repo from > >> OFBiz > >>>>> code. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> Scott > >>>>> > >>>>> HotWax Media > >>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >>>> > >> > >> > >
