Alfresco WCMS with Spring MVC (Dynamic HTML FORM for SITE)

[nazakatqureshi1]

hi,
i was working on Alfresco CMS (Enterprise Version) from last more then one year. I am new in Alfresco WCMS.
we are thinking to use WCMS as well for our our client side (e-commerce Site) and i have don lot of work as well.

I have following question.
1- As a WCMS user, I can easily add, edit product information (this includes the product name, style #, brand, description, colors, color swatches, companions, pricing, catalog page, spec sheets, product measurements, product image, video, logo placement (and soon to come related to search product specific information fabric type, occupation, etc.). These product information is from our Website DB.
2- As a WCMS user, I can easily create different types of Forms
3- Create, assign, and modify product categories

4- and most important how can I render the page using spring MVC or STRUTS, or using any front framework of my Client side.

Example:
i have a HTML form from Spring MVC say PIZZA dilivery Request. on my Main page this form was displayed. now i want to remove the form from my main page and just by drag and drop i can add the same form on the other page with out any Coding

Thanks in Advance
Qureshi

[nazakatqureshi1]

Can some body help me out. I am STUCK, I LOVE ALFRESCO but now i am nearly to change my mind for WCMS

Regards,
qureshi

[mrogers]

It's no good saying "I'm stuck."   Without being more specific.

I suggest you look at WQS which is a Spring MVC example application?

Or are you trying to use Alfresco WCM.   In which case you will need to work out what is managed by Alfresco and what's managed in your external database. You will have to do some coding to use WCM since the application framework is yours, so you won't get the "drag and drop" without some effort.   

You can also use another tool with alfresco, so its not neccessarily one tool or another, it could be both.

[nazakatqureshi1]

Thanks mrogers for such a quick response.

actually we have Servlet base application developed in before 2000, its an huge site. we can't change the whole site at once but client is looking to re-developed it. but at the moment we have to work with existing source code.

There is no jsp we only have servlet. how can i proceed. please guide. The site itself contain the Custom Site which are developed in different framwork(spring MVC,JSF) but the entry point is servlet app. so how can i allow cms user to change or modify the content which are in servlet without going into the servlet Code.

Thanks
qureshi

[nazakatqureshi1]

i am waiting for your response, please guide
I make it a bit simple
i have an application developed with SpringMVC + hibernate. I can preview and edit the jsps but how the URL.

It Seems alfresco is only supporting the static site not the dynamic. by dynamic i mean that it does not allowed or give the control to the user to add his/her own module (jsp from the controller).

After lot of efforts i think alfresco WCMS does not support the application developed in

SpringMVC+hiberante,

Struts, or

in JSF based application.  What else lift. its means its better to be for static site like blogs, News Site etc etc where lot of Static content most frequently changed. its only give you the Restful API

If i am wrong then please correct me. if any of the above is possible, kindly briefly explain how any of the above is possible.

Thanks in Advance
Qureshi

[nazakatqureshi1]

can Some one Help me out please, waiting for the above query  :shock:

[mrogers]

I'm struggling to understand your badly worded questions.   And please don't "bump" your own topics its means you are less likely to get answers.

I was rather lost when you said you had a servlet based application that you wanted to change without changing its code.    There's two possible approaches one is to put another web app in front of your application that delegates to the old and new parts of your app or you have to change the existing servlet to delegate to something else, like alfresco.

Alfresco WCM is implementation agnostic so it does support dynamic web sites based on Struts, JSF, .Net etc.    However its not "drag and drop" simple.

Alfresco WQS is a sample SpringMVC application.    Have you even looked at it yet?

[nazakatqureshi1]

Thanks a lot for your such a detail oriented reply.

I have installed and download WQS application, Its seems an excellent example. My Question are

1- can i get the source code of WQS application
2- Is there is any technical guide available for developing such an extensive application.

Regards,
qureshi

[zaizi]

1- can i get the source code of WQS application

Check out Alfresco source code. It's in there.

2- Is there is any technical guide available for developing such an extensive application.

None that I'm aware of.

Ainga