The Aurora starter store includes
a feature that allows customers to subscribe to e-Marketing Spot feeds
for catalog entry recommendations. To familiarize yourself with the
Aurora implementation, you can enable and test the Subscribe link
for an e-Marketing Spot on the Department page. Then, consider a similar
implementation for your own store.
The Subscribe link
is included in the upper-right corner of an e-Marketing Spot (horizontal
product recommendation widget) in the fourth row of the Department
page:
When a customer
clicks the
Subscribe link, the e-Marketing
Spot feed displays in a browser. To subscribe to the feed, the customer
can copy the URL and paste it into a feed reader.
Before you begin
Ensure that you:
Procedure
- For the Aurora starter store that you published, use the
Store Management tool to enable
the following store function on the Wish Lists and Feeds tab:
This store function enables the Subscribe link
for the [category]Row4_CatEntries
e-Marketing
Spot on the Department page.
- View and test the Subscribe link:
- Launch
store preview.
- Browse to the Apparel department page.
- View the Subscribe link above
the e-Marketing Spot in the fourth row, as shown in the previous screen
capture.
Tip: The code that adds the
Subscribe link
to the Department page e-Marketing Spot is in the following JSP file
for the Aurora starter store:
/Stores/WebContent/Aurora/Layouts/TopCategoryPage.jsp
- Click the Subscribe link.
The browser displays the feed in the manner the browser supports. For example,
some browsers display the formatted feed whereas others display the
XML code. Either way, the feed URL displays in the address bar.
- To subscribe to the feed, copy the feed URL and paste
it into a feed reader.