Tutorial: Creating a multicultural store

 

Introduction

This tutorial shows you how to implement a multicultural store in the IBM WebSphere Commerce product. The example we use follows a store that operates in the U.S.A. and Canada. Two languages are involved: English and French. Also, two currencies are involved: USD and CAD.

After completing this tutorial, you should be able to complete the following tasks:

• Update bootstrap files
• Create multi-language bootstrap files
• Include language data in the WebSphere Commerce instance
• Create properties files for new locales
• Create image files for new locales
• Load language data into stores
• Group locales by country and separate by store

 

Audience

This tutorial is aimed at WebSphere Commerce developers who would like to make their stores accessible to multiple locales.

Time required

Expect this tutorial to take 2 hours to complete.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you should be familiar with the following terms and concepts:

• Bootstrap files
• WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Before beginning the tutorial, ensure you have completed the following prerequisites:

1. Install WebSphere Commerce Server or WebSphere Commerce development environment
2. Publish a starter store

 

Tutorial tasks

This tutorial is divided into the following steps:

1. Configure bootstraps
2. Include language data
3. Create files for the new locales
4. Group locales by country and store

 

Resources

Download the zip file containing all the code relating to this tutorial.

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