WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

Starting with an existing asset store

You should start with an existing storefront asset store. This reduces the potential for problems and ensures that you have everything that you need to make your own working asset store.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the following directory:
    • WC_installdir/starterstores/ConsumerDirect
    • WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWCDE_installdir/starterstores/ConsumerDirect
  2. Select the existing Aurora.sar asset store.
    You can use the Aurora.sar archive as a basis for the creation of customized stores.
  3. Copy the Aurora.sar asset store into a working directory.
  4. Extract the contents of the copied asset store archive into the working directory.
    Note: Looking into the sar file, there are five directories:
    • META-INF
    • SAR-INF
    • StoreAssetsDir
    • tools
    • WEB-INF
    Do not change the contents of the META-INF directory during your customization process. SAR-INF contains information about the .sar file itself, such as what the organization of the file looks like and how it is to be unpacked. The contents of this directory normally should not be affected by customization efforts.