brands: specifies which brands to display.
To edit a filter value, expand a filter and click the value you wish to change under the Content column.
Click OK to save the changes and close the XML Editor.
Tip: For further details on configuring the Advanced Search options, see Advanced storefront
search in the Developer Guide.
Store Setup Overview
When you set up a store in Elastic Path, there are some eCommerce configuration tasks you must perform using the Commerce Manager. These are done through the Configuration activity and are described in this guide.
1. Configure Shipping Regions and options.
2. Set user roles and permissions.
3. Configure catalog attributes, data types, and brands.
4. Set Tax Configuration.
5. Import or create a catalog.
6. Import or create products.
Creating a Store
Tip: For an online tutorial on this topic, see the Elastic Path Documentation page http://docs.elasticpath.com
.
1. Select Activity > Configuration.
2. On the Configuration tab, click Stores.
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3. Click Create Store.
4. In the Summary tab, enter values in the following fields:
Field Description
Store Code The unique identifier for the store. The code cannot be changed once the store is created.
Note: Due to a limitation in the DCAPI system, the storefront code must consist of only alphanumeric characters.
Special characters are incompatible.
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Field Description
Store Name The name of the store.
Store Description The description of the store. This field is optional and is not displayed to customers.
Store URL The URL that will be used to access the store. If you are testing locally, the host name must match the host name specified in the hosts file. For example, if your hosts file contains the mystore.example.com
host name, enter the following: http://mystore.example.com
Store Timezone The time zone used for setting timestamps.
Store Country The country where the store is located.
Store Sub-Country The sub-country (state or province) where the store is located. This is only displayed if the selected Store Country has sub-countries.
5. In the Localization tab, configure the following settings:
Field Description
Selected
Languages
Selected
Currencies
Default
Language
The list of languages supported by the store. Select and add at least one language from the Available Languages list.
The list of currencies supported by the store. Select and add at least one currency from the Available Currencies list.
The default language used to display content in the store.
Note: When selecting a language, make sure you also select the correct locale. Depending on the locale, your prices will be displayed differently.
For example: With US locale, your price will appear as $14.25. With
Finland as your locale, your price will appear as 14.25$, following the
European format.
Default
Currency
The default currency used to display pricing information in the store.
6. In the Catalog tab, select the catalog that the store will use.
Note: The store's catalog cannot be changed after the store is created.
7. In the Theme tab, select the theme you want to associate with the store. The theme name must match the name of a subdirectory in the themes directory. (The location of the themes directory is specified in the
COMMERCE/STORE/theme
setting.)
8. In the Warehouse tab, select the warehouse that the store will use.
9. In the Taxes tab, select the tax jurisdictions and tax codes to apply to the store.
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10. In the Payments tab, configure the payment options that the store will support. Enter values in the following fields:
Field Description
Credit Card
Payment
Gateway
The payment gateway that the store will use. Choose an item from the drop-down list to display a list of cards in the Supported Card Types table.
Paypal
Express
Payment
Gateway
Gift
Certificates
Payment
Gateway
Enable CC
CVV Code
Note: The null payment gateways are for testing purposes and do not process payments.
Specifies whether to enable Paypal Express for the store.
Specifies whether to enable Gift Certificates for the store.
Save full CC# with Orders
Specifies whether you want the Card Validation Value enabled for the store.
CVV is a three or four digit number used by credit card companies to reduce online fraud. When this option is enabled, locals must enter the CVV code located on the back of their credit card while making an order.
For more information about CVV, go to http://www.sti.nasa.gov/cvv.html.
Specifies whether to save the customer's credit card number in the order.
This is not recommended and is disabled by default.
Important:
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has established a set of security guidelines for credit card information retention. If this option is enabled, you need to assess the compliance of your system with those guidelines. Failure to comply can result in loss of the ability to process credit card payments, fines, or other measures.
For more information, see the PCI SSC web site
(https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.sht
ml).
Supported
Card Types
The credit cards that the store supports.
Note: Changes to payment gateway settings do not take effect until the web applications are restarted.
11. In the Shared Customer Accounts tab, select the stores whose existing customers can log on to the new store with.
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Note: Customers of the store you are creating will not be allowed to log on with their accounts to any other stores, unless otherwise specified in the other stores’ configuration options.
12. In the Marketing tab, configure the following settings:
Field Description
Store From Email
(Friendly Name)
Store From Email
(Sender Address)
Store Admin Email
Address
Display Out Of Stock
Products
Specifies the sender name on all outgoing e-mails generated by the store.
Specifies which e-mail account will be used to send out systemgenerated e-mails.
Specifies the store administrator’s e-mail address.
Specifies whether you want the store to display out of stock products.
13. In the System tab, select Store HTML Encoding and click Edit Value. Enter UTF-8 and click
Save.
14. Save your changes.
15. Click Change Store State and choose one of the following:
Restricted Access The store cannot be accessed by customers.
Open The store can be accessed by customers.
16. In the Configuration tab, click System Configuration.
17. Set the secure storefront URL and passcode. This will enable users to access the storefront from the Commerce Manager.
18. Under Property Name, select COMMERCE/STORE/storefrontUrl and click New.
19. Enter the following:
Context The store code. For example, for the Snap It Up store, enter
SNAPITUP .
Value The secure (HTTPS) storefront URL. If the store URL is http://mystore.example.com:8080 , enter https://mystore.example.com:8080/storefront .
20. Click OK.
21. Under Property Name, select
COMMERCE/STORE/restrictedAccessPasscode
and click New.
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