CLICKABLE CATEGORY SPECIFIC PROMOTION IMAGE AD IN PLP IBM WCS

There are Six Major activities Need to perform the Above Task as mentioned below.

Make the DEFAULTCATEGORYPAGELAYOUT as NOT default for CATEGORIES DISPLAY

Steps:

·         Go to Database open the table "PAGELAYOUT"

·         Filter the row for "DEFAULTCATEGORYPAGELAYOUT" and make its corresponding column IsDefault=”0”

(OR)

·         Run the below Query in DB.

update PAGELAYOUT set ISDEFAULT='0' where NAME=’ DefaultCategoryPageLayout’  and PAGELAYOUTTYPE_ID=' Category'

Steps to configure Category Ad promotions

Steps:

·         Logon to Management center and open Commerce Composer.

·         Open the Default category Page Layout

·         Move to Design Layout Tab.

·         In the design Expand the 4th Slot Named "Promotion Ad Widget" which is dedicated for Category Promotion Banners.

·         Change the Espot Type to "Page Specific EMSpot"

·         Give the Espot Suffix (this suffix we will be using in the further steps so make a note of this)

Eg: CategoryAd

·         Save the Layout.

Creating the Espot for particular Category

Here we will be creating ESPOT.

Note: for Each Category we have to create a Espot with the Above Given Suffix (Eg:categoryAd).

Steps:

·         Create a Espot then find the name of the Catalog pages names for the category to which you are creating this Espot (to find this go to Commerce composer and click on the StoreCAS folder and you will get the list of catalog pages, From  there retrieve the Page Name for respective category)

·         Use the Page Name in the Espot Name and add the Suffix without spaces

Syntax

CategoryPageName+Suffix

Eg: PantsCategoryAd

IMPT NOTE: No need to give default title content and default content

Creating the Content for particular Category

Steps:

·         Give any name to Content

·         Select the Content Type of Select box to be "Text For Store page display"

·         In the Text field add the Image URL.

Eg:

<img src="/wcsstore/BOSTESStorefrontAssetStore/images/promo1.png">

<img src="/wcsstore/BOSTESStorefrontAssetStore/images/promo2.png">

·         Number of click actions : "Single".

·         Click action type: "Predefined click action for a Promotion"

·         Content Behavior : "Static"

Creating a Web Activity for Promotion recommendations

Steps:

·         Create a Webactivity as "Promotion Recomendation" as the Template.

·         Select all other required fields and give value as requirement.

·         Now add Espot Name where the content shld be displayed.

·         Add the Promotion which is to be displayed and add the content that is to be displayed in the ESPOT.

·         Refer the below Web Activity Images

Eg:

Web-Activity-1

Web-Activity-2

Make the DEFAULTCATEGORYPAGELAYOUT as default for CATEGORIES DISPLAY .

Steps:

·         Go to Database open the table "PAGELAYOUT"

·         Filter the row for "DEFAULTCATEGORYPAGELAYOUT" and make its corresponding column IsDefault=”1”

(OR)

·         Run the below Query in DB.

update PAGELAYOUT set ISDEFAULT='1' where NAME=’ DefaultCategoryPageLayout’  and PAGELAYOUTTYPE_ID=' Category'

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