Tutorial: Creating a multicultural store
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.
Learning objectives
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 WCS 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
Time required
Expect this tutorial to take 2 hours to complete.
Audience
This tutorial is aimed at WebSphere Commerce developers who would like to make their stores accessible to multiple locales.
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:
- Install WebSphere Commerce Server or WebSphere Commerce development environment
- Publish a starter store
ResourcesDownload the zip file containing all the code relating to this tutorial.
Lessons in this tutorial
- Configure bootstrap files
In order to create a multicultural store, first have the bootstrap files to support the new languages and currencies.
- Include language data
In this step of the tutorial, we will learn how to include the language data you created in the previous step, into the WCS instance.
- Create files for the new locales
In this step of the tutorial, you create two different files for the new locales:
- Group locales by country and store
In this step of the tutorial, we will learn how to group the new locales by country and separate then by store and also summarizes the tutorial.