Making Content Findable in Drupal 6

Interesting and useful content is a necessity on any web site, particularly on those built around a Content Management System. However, this may not be the only necessity. Another necessity is making the browsing experience on your site pleasant for the visitor, and in this context, making the content easy to find. Having content on the front page of the site is one way to make it findable, but the amount of content is limited to a point before the page becomes unwieldy. In this article by J. Ayen Green, we will make it easier for site visitors to find our content in a number of ways.

Data Migration Scenarios in SAP Business ONE Application- part 2

In this article by Wolfgang Niefert, you will learn about the Advanced data migration tools, xFusion Studio in particular. You will also get to know a few tips and recommendations which you could use in your own project.

Apache OFBiz Service Engine: Part 1

In this two-part article by Jonathon Wong and Rupert Howell, we will be exploring the Service Engine. Services in OFBiz operate in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). These services not only have the ability to invoke other services internally, but can also be 'opened up' and invoked by remote applications using, amongst other methods, the widely adopted messaging protocol SOAP.

Besides serving as a platform for interoperability, OFBiz services also offer us additional capability to organize our code. The traditional organizational strategies in object-oriented Java were a great improvement over the procedural paradigm. Wrapping both methods and variables together into objects to form a powerful "behavioral model" for code organization (where object's methods and variables define their behavior). Similarly with OFBiz services we are able to bundle groups of behavior together to form a coherent "service". We can say that OFBiz services, in terms of code or software organization, operate at a higher level than Java object-oriented organizational strategies.

In this part, we will be looking at:

• Defining and creating a Java service
• Service parameters
• Special unchecked (unmatched) IN/OUT parameters
• Security-related programming

ER Diagrams, Domain Model, and N-Layer Architecture with ASP.NET 3.5 (part2)

This is the second part of two-part article by Vivek Thakur on N-Layer Architecture with ASP.NET 3.5. In the first part we saw the need for a 3-layered solution and examined ER-diagrams, domain models and UML. In this part we will we will explore a 1-tier 3-layer Architecture using a Domain Model and Object Data Source Controls.

ER Diagrams, Domain Model, and N-Layer Architecture with ASP.NET 3.5 (part1)

In this two-part article by Vivek Thakur, we will learn about ER Diagrams, Domain Model, and N-Layer Architecture with ASP.NET 3.5. The 1-tier 1-layer architecture is the default style in ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2005/2008. To overcome the limitations of this style, we can further break the application code into n-layers, where the number "n" actually depends on the project requirements.

In this article we will:

• Learn the 2-layer style
• Understand ER diagrams
• Understand what a domain model is, and what UML relationships are
• Learn the 3-layer style
• Learn about object data source controls

DWR Java AJAX User Interface: Basic Elements (Part 1)

In this two-part article by Sami Salkosuo, we will develop samples based on DWR, which show how to dynamically change the common user interface elements such as tables and lists as well as field completion. The section on dynamic user interfaces shows how to get started with a DWR application, and it presents a user interface skeleton that will be used to hold the tables and lists sample, and the field completion (aka. autosuggest/autocomplete) sample.

The following are the sections in this article:

• Creating a Dynamic User Interface—starts with creating a web project and a basis for samples mentioned in this article
• Implementing Tables and Lists—shows us how to use DWR with them
• Implementing Field Completion—has a sample for typical field completion

Building Personal Community in Liferay Portal 5.2

In this article by Jonas Yuan, we will learn how to build My Street — an example of a personal community, which is a customizable web space for parents and children. We will also address the best practices to use My Community efficiently, including dynamic query API, pop-up JavaScript, My Community settings, My Account Control Panel, user account extension, and user preferences. We will also learn how to individualize the built community using personalized preferences.