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Hi All,

I managed to run the broad-leaf demo sources, webshop-site. I can move in the web-shop etc... While reading the documentation on broadleafcommerce.org, I have seen as if the admin component offered some tools to load products in the web-shop. I don't know it for sure as there is not much information about the admin component.

So my question would be a rather conceptional question: how can I load new products in the demo webshop, moreover, does the admin component also offer tools to change the layout of the web-shop pages or does one have to change the layouts in the code?

Thank you also in advance,
Tamas

how can I load new products in the demo webshop

If you already have the demo site frontend up and running locally, then running the admin application is as simple as running the ant task 'jetty-demo' in the admin project. You should then be able to access localhost:8444/admin and login with admin/admin to see the admin panel.

does the admin component also offer tools to change the layout of the web-shop pages or does one have to change the layouts in the code?

Short answer: you will have to change them in code
Slightly longer answer: some parts of the frontend we have opened up to edit with a WYSIWYG editor. For instance, all of the text on the product details page (like product description) or category names etc. We also have content management features like individual pages (see the faq page in the demo site) and structured content (like banner ads). However, even these CMS features need a backing Thymeleaf template to drive their layout.

It's definitely on our roadmap to add full Thymeleaf template editing through the admin, but this will more than likely not happen until Broadleaf 3.0 when we roll out our new admin (I would estimate somewhere around 6 months).

Thank you a lot for the quick reaction,
Tamas