Overview

  Previous topic Next topic JavaScript is required for the print function Mail us feedback on this topic! Mail us feedback on this topic!  

The e-commerce module provides several web parts that allow you to integrate it into your web site:

 

Shopping cart - displays the shopping cart content and ensures the check-out process. For more info please see the Shopping cart chapter.
Shopping cart preview - displays the links to the shopping cart, to my account and to my wishlist and the total value of the shopping cart content. For more info please see the Shopping cart preview chapter.
My account - displays the details of the current user, such as personal settings, addresses, orders, invoices and allows user to change the password. For more info please see the My account chapter.
Wishlist - displays the wishlist of the currently logged-on user. For more info please see the Wishlist chapter.
Similar products by sale - displays products which were purchased together with the current product by previous customers. For more info please see the   Similar products by sale chapter.
Random products - displays random N products that correspond to the criteria specify in the content filter. For more info please see the Random products chapter.
Product datalist - display products based on their e-commerce product (SKU) properties instead of displaying the standard CMS documents.
Top N products by sales -displays N best-selling products. For more info please see the Top N products by sales chapter.

 

These web parts can be used also as independent user controls placed on the ASPX pages.

 

How to organize the pages

 

A typical content tree structure of an e-commerce-enabled web site looks like this:

 

- Home (page)

- Products (page)

 - Category 1 (page; contains Repeater or DataList web parts displaying products with links to shopping cart)

- Product 1 (product specification document; it's marked as a product)

- Product 2 (product specification document; it's marked as a product)

 - Category 2 (page; contains Repeater or DataList web parts displaying products with links to shopping cart)

- Sub category 1  (page; contains Repeater or DataList web parts displaying products with links to shopping cart)

- Product 3 (product specification document; it's marked as a product)

- Product 4 (product specification document; it's marked as a product)

- News (page)

- Special pages

  - Shopping Cart (page; it contains the Shopping cart web part and can be configured to be hidden in the navigation and site map)

  - My Account (page; it contains the My account web part and can be configured to be hidden in the navigation and site map)

Page url: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/ecommerceguide/index.html?integration_overview.htm