Tutorial: Adding a new locale for Management Center
WebSphere Commerce is available in thirteen languages. If required, you can add additional languages to WebSphere Commerce stores and WebSphere Commerce tools. This tutorial demonstrates how to add United Kingdom English (en_GB) to Management Center.
Learning objectives
- Add a new locale to Management Center.
Expect this tutorial to take about 2-3 hours to complete.
Skill level
Intermediate
Audience
This tutorial is intended for WebSphere Commerce developers who customize the Management Center.
Prerequisites
To complete this tutorial, you should be familiar with the following terms and concepts:
Before beginning the tutorial, ensure you have completed the following prerequisites:
- Installed WebSphere Commerce Developer
Lessons in this tutorial
- Configure and load bootstrap files
In this step of the tutorial you complete the following tasks: customize bootstrap files to include a new locale; create multi-language bootstrap files.
- Include locale information into WebSphere Commerce configuration file
In this step of the tutorial, you include the locale information by updating the instance configuration file.
- Create files for the new locale in Management Center
In this step, you add properties files and resource bundle files for the new locale. WebSphere Commerce defines static text such as prompt text and messages in properties file.
- Test the customization
In this step of the tutorial, you verify that the customization is successful.