Starter stores - differences between releases

The following chart shows the different Starter store capabilities between editions and supported releases.

	WebSphere Commerce V6	WebSphere Commerce V5.6.1	WebSphere Commerce V5.6	WebSphere Commerce V5.5
Store publish browser based tool to create a store	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Web assets added into the store archives (SAR)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Store publishing updates all cluster members	x	x
Sample templates provided for starter stores	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Use of flexflow tags to control what functions are include in a store at store publish time	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Starter stores JSP pages now implement Java Server Tag Library (JSTL)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
New customer facing - direct sales - B2C starter store (Consumer Direct)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
New customer facing - direct sales - B2B starter store (AdvancedB2B direct)	x			x			x
New customer facing - direct sales - simple B2B starter store (B2B direct)		x	x		x	x		x	x		x	x
Customer facing - Extended sites Hub	x			x			x			x
Customer facing - Extended sites Store	x			x			x			x
Customer facing - Commerce Plaza (channel Hub)	x			x			x			x
Customer facing - Reseller Store	x			x			x			x
Customer facing - Supply Chain Store	x			x			x			x
Customer facing - Supplier Store	x			x			x			x
Non-Customer facing - Asset Stores	x			x			x			x
Non-Customer facing - Distributor proxy store	x			x			x			x
Non-Customer facing - Supplier proxy store	x			x			x			x

Related Concepts

Starter store archives
Differences between editions and releases