Preview behavior

• When you click the preview button, the preview session refreshes.

• Preview runs in its own Web application, on a non-standard port so that it can be protected by a firewall.

• Only one store preview window opens at a time. If a preview window is open and you click OK on the store preview options page, the preview opens in the existing window.

• By default, the store preview options page displays the home page URL of the store with which you are working in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

  • You can enter any valid store URL in the What store URL do you want to preview? field. However, if you enter a URL for a store other than the store you are logged into in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, the preview does not reflect the date, time, and inventory options you choose.

  • When you preview your store, if you change stores in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, the preview window closes.

  • When you launch preview, you are a guest user. If you enter a store URL that is not accessible by a guest user, you might see an error page.

• You can disable commands from running within preview. For more information, see Command and view restrictions in preview.

• If you perform analytics on user traffic, someone testing the site using preview should not be logged since they are not an actual user. To avoid logging the user traffic of a person using preview, user traffic logging is disabled within preview by default. If desired, you can configure caching to capture user traffic data.

• If you have created customized business contexts for the business context engine, use these business contexts within preview. For more information, see Adding customized business contexts to preview.

 

Related Concepts

Store preview
Command and view restrictions in preview

 

Related tasks

Previewing a store
Add customized business contexts to preview
Disable and enabling commands and views in preview
Configure caching to capture user traffic data