Modifying existing JavaServer Pages (JSP) files to interact with new JSP files

When you add a new JSP file to a storefront, you must modify other existing storefront pages to interact with the new file. The interaction is accomplished by creating links from existing JSP files to the new JSP file.

Before you begin

  • Create and register your new JSP file
  • Determine on which pages you want to create links to your new JSP file.
  • Define any store text that you want to use in the store text properties file.

Procedure

  1. Open HCL Commerce Developer
  2. In the Enterprise Explorer view, expand Stores > WebContent > storeName
  3. Continue to navigate to the subdirectory that contains the JSP file you want to modify.
  4. Add code similar to the following example to create a URL link. In this example, the link connects to a registered view called RecipeSection. 
    		<c:url var="RecipeSectionURL" value="RecipeSection">
			<c:param name="langId" value="${langId}" />
			<c:param name="storeId" value="${WCParam.storeId}" />
			<c:param name="catalogId" value="${WCParam.catalogId}" />
			<c:param name="categoryId" value="${topCategory.categoryId}" />
			<c:param name="isRecipeSection" value="true" />
		</c:url>
		<a href="<c:out value="${RecipeSectionURL}" />" class="m_link"
			id="WC_CachedHeaderDisplay_Link_10"><fmt:message key="ProjectsType"
			bundle="${storeText}" /></a>
    In the preceding example, five parameters are supplied to the new page. The isRecipeSectionis an example of a custom parameter that can be used on the RecipeSection page.
  5. Test your customization by navigating through the links that you created.