https://grep.elasticpath.com/blogs A syndication feed of all the blogs on this system Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:14:21 GMT Clearspace 2.5.7 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-02-11T01:14:21Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2010/02/10/the-new-elastic-path-database-guide Just wanted to draw attention to a new document we've made available on our documentation site: the Elastic Path 6.2 database guide .   Follow the link and you'll see the complete list of tables in the 6.2 EP db schema. Click any table to see Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:55:28 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2010/02/10/the-new-elastic-path-database-guide 2010-02-11T00:55:28Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/the-new-elastic-path-database-guide https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1096 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/10/18/integrating-elastic-path-with-the-alfresco-cms We often get asked whether Elastic Path can be integrated with a CMS. We always answer, "yes, of course!" but I suspect at least a few of us wonder how much effort is really involved. I know I did. Well, now I can say that the effort is minimal (no 6.1 cms alfresco content_management_system Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:49:33 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/10/18/integrating-elastic-path-with-the-alfresco-cms 2009-10-14T20:49:33Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/integrating-elastic-path-with-the-alfresco-cms https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1086 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/validating-user-input-in-the-condition-builder Give them an inch, they take a mile. Any time you give users the ability to enter free form text, there's a potential for something to go wrong . Thankfully, we've already got a variety of pieces in Elastic Path Commerce to validate user input. As of tagging_framework dynamic_content_delivery 6.1.2 tag validation tag_value_type valang Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:09 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/validating-user-input-in-the-condition-builder 2009-08-20T21:23:09Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/validating-user-input-in-the-condition-builder https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1076 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/using-the-condition-builder-ui-widget In 6.1.2, we added a slick condition builder widget to the Dynamic Content Delivery wizard. If you're thinking of using the Tagging Framework for your own purposes, you too can take advantage of this widget. In this article, we'll look at how to create dynamic_content tagging_framework dynamic_content_delivery 6.1.2 condition_builder condition expression Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:27:01 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/using-the-condition-builder-ui-widget 2009-07-23T22:27:01Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/using-the-condition-builder-ui-widget https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1075 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/elastic-path-commerce-612-is-released 6.1.2 brings bug fixes and some enhancements to the Elastic Path Commerce platform, mainly in the areas of the Tagging Framework and CM client usability (list sorting and searching). At a glance: Geo IP tags : 6.1.1 introduced Dynamic Content and the cm_client cmclient dynamic_content tagging_framework 6.1.2 condition_builder Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:05:09 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/08/27/elastic-path-commerce-612-is-released 2009-07-20T17:05:09Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/elastic-path-commerce-612-is-released https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1074 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/06/04/using-dynamic-content-and-tagging-for-sort-by-personalization In a recent post on the Get Elastic blog, Linda talked about personalizing content based on the customer's sorting behavior. For example, price-conscious shoppers might sort categories and search results by price from lowest to highest, so you want to dynamic_content tagging_framework dynamic_content_delivery Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:45:49 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/06/04/using-dynamic-content-and-tagging-for-sort-by-personalization 2009-06-04T19:45:49Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/using-dynamic-content-and-tagging-for-sort-by-personalization https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1066 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/19/targeting-dynamic-content-for-mobile-device-users What if your online store could identify shoppers with mobile devices and deliver content based on the device they're using? With the arrival of Dynamic Content and the Tagging Framework in Elastic Path Commerce 6.1.1, you can do just that.   dynamic_content tagging_framework Tue, 19 May 2009 17:52:46 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/19/targeting-dynamic-content-for-mobile-device-users 2009-05-19T17:52:46Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/targeting-dynamic-content-for-mobile-device-users https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1064 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/11/tagging-framework-101 The Tagging Framework is a new feature in 6.1.1 that allows you to track information about objects in Elastic Path Commerce. Objects can have tag sets, which can contain tags. Each tag contains a piece of information about the object. The values in the Mon, 11 May 2009 17:56:20 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/11/tagging-framework-101 2009-05-11T17:56:20Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/tagging-framework-101 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1062 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/06/dynamic-content-101 Dynamic Content is an exciting new feature in Elastic Path 6.1.1. The idea behind it is to give the Marketing team more control over site content without having to make changes to code (Java or HTML). There is still some initial work for the web 6.1.1 dynamic_content content_space dynamic_content_delivery Wed, 06 May 2009 16:12:55 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/06/dynamic-content-101 2009-05-06T16:12:55Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/dynamic-content-101 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1059 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/04/elastic-path-commerce-611-is-released Elastic Path Commerce 6.1.1 is now available for download. This release includes bug fixes, performance enhancements, and some new features. Here's what's new and noteworthy: Import/Export tool improvements (performance improvements, support for 6.1.1 dynamic_content tagging tagging_framework tag_evaluation Tue, 05 May 2009 00:41:30 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/05/04/elastic-path-commerce-611-is-released 2009-05-05T00:41:30Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/elastic-path-commerce-611-is-released https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1058 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/03/06/has-this-ever-happened-to-you So, you've imported all your Elastic Path projects into Eclipse. You've set up Tomcat to run your Elastic Path web apps from within Eclipse and you've configured the log4j.properties for each web app. You launch the server. Your web apps don't start. openjpa error enhance enhancer argumentexception server start Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:14:48 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/03/06/has-this-ever-happened-to-you 2009-03-06T23:14:48Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/has-this-ever-happened-to-you https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1045 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/02/25/elastic-paths-super-secret-ant-build-targets A lot of people use ant all to build their Elastic Path projects. This is convenient when you're setting up your development environment because it builds the webapps and CM client binaries, and creates projects to import into Eclipse. On the ant eclipse build target Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:18:25 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/02/25/elastic-paths-super-secret-ant-build-targets 2009-02-25T17:18:25Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/elastic-paths-super-secret-ant-build-targets https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1040 https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/01/12/calling-ep-web-services-from-php If you've always dreamed of integrating Facebook/Flickr/WordPress/Mediawiki with Elastic Path, read on. Elastic Path's web services let you access some EP functionality remotely from the client platform of your choice. First, make sure you've deployed integration web_services php shopping_cart wsdl soap soapui Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:53:41 GMT pmonk https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/2009/01/12/calling-ep-web-services-from-php 2009-01-12T21:53:41Z https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/comment/calling-ep-web-services-from-php https://grep.elasticpath.com/community/techblog/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1021