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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Tutorials
WebSphere Commerce provides many tutorials.
Programming model
WebSphere Commerce provides tutorials that are designed to introduce the various tasks that are related to creating customized code to develop and enhance WebSphere Commerce applications. The following tutorials provide sample guides to customizing elements of the WebSphere Commerce programming model.
Using Struts tags, action forms, and validation
In this tutorial, you learn how to use Struts tags, action forms, and validation in the context of WebSphere Commerce store development. In this tutorial, you replace the default Madisons starter store Contact Us page. The new Contact Us page contains a form to submit comments, and validate that the fields are completed before you submit the form.
Changing the implementation of the Contact Us view
In this step, you change the mapping of the Contact Us view from the original ContactDisplay.jsp page to the MyContactUsDisplay.jsp page you created in preceding steps.

Changing the implementation of the Contact Us view

In this step, you change the mapping of the Contact Us view from the original ContactDisplay.jsp page to the MyContactUsDisplay.jsp page you created in preceding steps.

Procedure

In the struts-config-ext.xml file, switch to the Source view.

Search for the HelpContactUsView/Madisons_storeID string to locate the following code block:


<forward className="com.ibm.commerce.struts.ECActionForward" 
         name="HelpContactUsView/Madisons_storeID" 
         path="/StoreInfoArea/HelpContactUsDisplay.jsp"/>

Replace the value of the path attribute with /StoreInfoArea/MyContactUsDisplay.jsp.
Save your changes, but leave the editor open.