Publishing an extended site advanced model in WebSphere Commerce part 1

Extended Site publishing process is a series of store archives publishing, It has more control on Site Organization structure and Stores.

Store archives list for Extended Site Publishing

ExtendedSitesOrganizationStructure.sar

ExtendedSitesHub.sar

ExtendedSitesCatalogAssetStore-FEP.sar

AuroraStorefrontAssetStore.sar(Choose the storefront asset store based on requirement as b2c\b2b)

Follow the below steps to publish an extended sites for set up the high-level organization structure

Step 1 : Publish the organization structure store archive (ExtendedSitesOrganizationStructure.sar) to set up the high-level organization structure.

1. From the Store Archives menu, select Publish.
2. From the View list, select Extended sites.
3. From the Store Archive list, select the check box beside the following store archive: ExtendedSitesOrganizationStructure.sar
4. Click Next. The Parameters page displays.
5. Click Next.
6. Review the Summary page, and then click Finish.
7. Click OK on the message that states the archive is submitted for publishing.
8. The Publish Status page displays.
9. Wait for the Publish Status column to change to Successful. Click Refresh to see an updated status

Step 2: Publish the extended sites hub store archive (ExtendedSitesHub.sar)

1. From the Store Archives menu, select Publish.
2. From the View list, select Extended sites.
3. From the Store Archive list, select the check box beside the following store archive:
4. ExtendedSitesHub.sar
5. Click Next.
6. In the Parameters page, Organization field, select Extended Sites Organization (Root Organization).
7. If required, change any additional parameter values.
8. Click Next.
9. Review the Summary page, and then click Finish.
10. Click OK on the message that states the archive is submitted for publishing.
11. The Publish Status page displays.
12. Wait for the Publish Status column to change to Successful. Click Refresh to see an updated status.

Step 3:  Create two additional extended sites organizations, one to own the catalog asset store and the other to own the storefront asset store.

Please go through the steps in Publishing an extended site advanced model in WebSphere Commerce part 2 For the rest of the steps.

Reference URL:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZLC2_8.0.0/com.ibm.commerce.admin.doc/tasks/tpbpubsa_esite_v2.htm

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZLC2_7.0.0/com.ibm.commerce.admin.doc/tasks/tpbpubsa_esite_v1.htm