Consumer direct starter store: Hints and tips

 

Promotion evaluation sequence

To reconcile the order of promotion display with the order of promotion evaluation (that is, product-level promotions before order-level promotions) in stores based on the consumer direct starter store:

  1. Exit from the store.

  2. Open the following file in a text editor: 
    

    WC_installdir/instances/instance/xml/PromotionEngineConfiguration/WCSPromotionEngineConfig.xml

  3. Locate the PromotionExecutionSequenceBuilder element.

  4. Change the value of its impl attribute from com.ibm.commerce.marketing.promotion.runtime.DefaultSequenceBuilder to com.ibm.commerce.marketing.promotion.runtime.StaticSequenceBuilder.

  5. Launch the store.

 

 

Sales catalog support

Sample code for switching from the master catalog to a sales catalog in a store based on the consumer direct starter store can be found in the following file:

WC_eardir/Stores.war/ConsumerDirect/index.jsp

To view the sample housewares sales catalog in your store:

  1. Exit from the store.

  2. Open the index.jsp file in a text editor.

  3. Search for the following string: 
    //* Start: Code sample to get appropriate sale catalog ID.

  4. Follow the instructions provided in the file.

  5. Launch the store.

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