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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.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Customizing IBM Sales Center
In the IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce there is a set of user interface panels, views and dialogs that contain the most commonly used features. You can add to or configure the user interface to suit your needs, as well as changing the content and format of the data that is passed between the client and the server.
Preference pages
You can set preferences in the IBM Sales Center user interface to make working with orders, customers, and stores easier. For example, you can set a preference to autoselect a particular store, or create customers by default with certain country, currency, and language attributes. There are preference pages for communication preferences, logon preferences, customer preferences, order preferences, store preferences, search preferences, and image preferences. Preference page definitions for default preference pages are in the com.ibm.commerce.telesales.config plug-in manifest file (plugin.xml).
Adding a preference page
You can set preferences in the IBM Sales Center user interface to make working with orders, customers, and stores easier. This page explains how to add a preference page.

Adding a preference page

You can set preferences in the IBM Sales Center user interface to make working with orders, customers, and stores easier. This page explains how to add a preference page.

About this task

To add a preference page:

Procedure

Create a new plug-in to contain your customizations (in our examples, called 'extensions').
In your plugin.xml file, define a new extension using the base Eclipse extension point: org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages to declare your preference page. Refer to the Eclipse platform documentation for information about defining a preference page using this extension point.