Part - I - B2B Elite Store - Overview

This tutorial will let you know how to publish B2B Elite Store , Registering User/Organizations, Approving the Requests and Test Shopping Overview .

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfNDBrdXNvbDByYjQ/edit?usp=sharing 

VIDEO LINK : B2B Starter Store Overview

RedBook on Extended Sites

To Know More about Extended Sites, B2B,Organizations i've attached a RedBook Link

PDF LINK : http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=121313488560117305#audiencestats

Scheduler Command in WCS via DB Scripts

Any Offline process in commerce store  can be run as a  scheduler jobs For Eg.Clearing Junk Carts, Incomplete Checkout Entries etc ., Manually doing the DBClean was headsup to all . So Do the Logic in Usual Controller Command and call the controller command through commerce scheduler engines at a specific time in regular frequency.Now creating such scheduler command is so easy. Use the DB Scripts and hit the commerce Database and that's it .This Query made an entry in SCHCONFIG and SCHACTIVE tables, then scheduler starts running at the specified time mentioned in query .The Pdf/Tutorial Below Contain the Scripts .

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfeENNWlRHNkVocFE/edit?usp=sharing

Facebook Integration & Social Activity Promotion - Aurora FEP5

Social Commerce provides social networking capabilities, enabling a store to integrate user-generated content into the storefront. Although social networking content can be viewed by any customer, it can be created only by registered customers. Facebook integration is supported on the Aurora store [FEP5] .In this POC I integrated FaceBook and Offering promotion for the users who are doing social activity in our WCS Store.

PDF LINK :https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfSWVKT3d0MXRBTm8/edit?usp=sharing

Search Rule Implementation - WCS IBM

Search rules can be triggered by one or more keywords entered by the shopper. Based on certain conditions such as purchase history, browsing patterns, or the date and time, business users can define a set of actions. Actions such as promoting certain products up or down the search results based on a certain attribute value or property are supported.Implement Search Rule and Enjoy Searching !!!

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfbWY3NGJ2Yl9XdVE/edit?usp=sharing

Search Term Associations - WCS IBM

Search term associations suggest additional, different, or replacement products in search results of WebSphere Commerce Store. They can also link search terms to a selected landing page in the store. Search term associations are used as a product recommendation strategy to increase store sales when customers search for products.

Just open CMC -> Catalog ->Select Master Catalog Categories ->Search Term Associations , and associate search key words 

Thus the search submission is modified to increase or target search results. This tutorial will guide you to optimize the search . Thanks for being a reader  of my blog . 

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfMXZJS19EcG95QVU/edit?usp=sharing

Creating Custom PageLayout - FEP5 Feature

Creating A new Page Layout is a new feature in Feature Pack 5  commerce 7.Here we can create a pagelayout and assign to a specific page in the E-commerce Store .In this tutorial, we are going to customize a new product page layout for dress product pages. Then we are going to assign this layout to the product page layout section of the Dresses category. For the purpose of this POC, we are going to make a minor but noticeable change such as removing some code from the original default product page layout and adding css to create a new page layout.

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfZVp2TW1LY01MalE/edit?usp=sharing

Enabling Currency Conversion Of a E-Commerce Store with respect to Client's Location Based On IP

Normally the store is exposed in one currency as default [say USD]. But a client [say from India ] using our E-commerce store to purchase some items. In such scenerio the client may  feel discomfort to view all items in USD. So,In this tutorial i embeded location based currency conversion,that will show the approximate value according to client's location i.e. Price of item/products in INR.In Other Words , displaying the price of item/product with respect to client location based on Public IP.

 
PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfRE9NeDlhcUQ1Q28/edit?usp=sharing

If Store Categories/Category Navigation doesn't displayed in store after publishing sar/store enhancements sar - WebSphere Commerce

Usually we publish a store in webSphere commerce and do some customization on top of it. Just like that I published B2B Elite Store and on top of it to enable SOLR I also published store-enhancements sar too. After publishing the store and store enhancements I didn’t find any store categories in the store.This tutorial/poc will describe how  to enable the store categories/category navigation in store .

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfOFlZNE9CS01zREE/edit?usp=sharing

Induce the Customers to shop more by Giving Proximity Alerts - WebSphere Commerce

Proximity alert is very nice feature introduced in Feature Pack 3. If you want to set an alert to be displayed on the shopping cart based on the cart value, it can be done using Proximity alert. For example, if there is a promotion on the purchase of more than 100$ and cart value is between 50-99$, display a message to the customer notifying about the promotion. The Following PDF will guide you through Step by Step in creating proximity alert. Thanks for Being as my blog reader . 

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfaENobllDWmc1VEE/edit?usp=sharing

To Add a New Currency Into WebSphere Commerce as a Site Supported Currency

 When we publish a store in WebSphere Commerce by default there are about 12 currency supported by WCS . If we want to add a currency [say INR ]  its not supported by default on commerce store . In such cases we need to add it explicitly into the store and we can make the store to display the price details as we desired. The Following pdf-tutorial  will describe how to add a new currency into our store .

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Jho-K3lSOfNVZWTUxETk9rcTQ/edit?usp=sharing