The IBM Web Content Manager Multilingual
Solution is a set of tools that are used to manage translated versions
of a store. If your store requires that content be available in multiple
languages, add the IBM Web Content Manager Multilingual
Solution to the integration between WebSphere Commerce and IBM Web Content Manager.
For
more information, see IBM Web Content Manager Multilingual Solution.
Procedure
- On your WebSphere Portal machine, enable the IBM Web Content Manager Multilingual
Solution.
- Open a command-line utility. Go to the following directory:
- WP_installdir\ConfigEngine
- Run the commands to install and deploy the solution
extensions:
- ConfigEngine.bat register-wcm-mls -DWasPassword=mypassword
-DPortalAdminPwd=myadminpassword
- ConfigEngine.bat deploy-wcm-mls -DWasPassword=mypassword
-DPortalAdminPwd=myadminpassword
- Restart the WebSphere Portal Server.
- Install the wcm.wcs.integrator samples.
- In the command-line utility, navigate to the following
directory:
- WP_installdir\ConfigEngine
- Run the command to install the samples
- ConfigEngine.bat deploy-wcm.wcs.integrator-samples -DWasPassword=your_WebSphere_Application_Server_password -DPortalAdminPwd=your_WebSphere_Portal_Admin_password
- Restart the WebSphere Portal Server.
- Prepare the libraries and set permissions
- Log in to WebSphere Portal as an administrative user.
- Click .
- Expand Preferences. Click Edit
Shared Settings.
- Expand Library Selection. Select
the libraries for the WebSphere Commerce integration with IBM Web Content Manager.
Add the libraries to the list of Selected Libraries.
- Click OK. In the Library
Explorer view, ensure that the libraries display.
Note: This library has samples for each
content type. If you want to add content to a library, add the content
before you make any local copies of the library. For more information
about adding content to a library, see the topic "Creating content items" in the IBM
WebSphere Portal product help.
- Add the WebSphere Commerce administrative users to the IBM Web Content Manager administrative
role, and the authenticated users to the user role for the library.
For more information about creating a library, see the topic
"Defining roles within a library"
in the IBM WebSphere Portal product help.
- Create the Multilingual Solution libraries in different
languages.
- Click .
- Select the language that you want to use as the locale.
- Type in the new library name with the convention your_library_name_language.
For example, AuroraEsite_fr for a library
with content in French.
- Click Copy.
- Repeat the preceding substeps to create libraries in
all of the language that you require.
- Update the Multilingual Solution references.
- Open the IBM Web Content Manager application.
- Open the multilingual configuration library.
- In this library, click . Click your library.
- Open the LocalizedConfiguration file
for editing.
- Add the libraries that you created to the Content Libraries
and Content Library Owners lists.
- Scroll to the Content Libraries section.
- Add the libraries that you created after your default content
library separated by commas. For example, AuroraESite_en,
AuroraEsite_fr, AuroraEsite_de
- Scroll to the Content Library Owners section.
- Add the libraries that you created after your default content
library in a list, adding =wcsadmin@aurora.com after
each library.
- Click Save and Close.
- Edit the IBM Web Content Manager preference
for the WebSphere Commerce portlet application. Set the value for
this preference to be the names of the language libraries that you
want to use in WebSphere Commerce.
For more information
about adding a preference to a library, see the topic "Modifying portlet settings" in the
IBM WebSphere Portal product help.
- On your WebSphere Commerce server, verify that the Multilingual
Solution links work successfully.
- Open the Marketing tool.
- From the toolbar, click the Create New icon;
then select Content.
- For the Associated asset table, select URL in
the dropdown menu. Select the Edit managed content button next
to the URL entry in the table. The punch-out window to IBM Web Content Manager opens.
- Use the punch-out window to select a piece of content
in IBM Web Content Manager from
one of the Multilingual Solution libraries and save your selection.
Ensure that the URL to the content you selected in IBM Web Content Manager displays
in Management Center.
- Save your content.
- Right-click the URL in the Associated asset table. Click Open.
The properties for the URL display. Ensure that links for each
language that the content is available for displays in the properties
view.