Experience Manager Configuration

Endeca applications accessed by ATG should be created using the product catalog-specific deployment template. This template creates pages and content collections based on Oracle Endeca’s Discover reference application. These pages and content collections must be removed and replaced with pages and content collections that are appropriate for the ATG sample query application. This section provides instructions on how to do this.

To delete the existing pages and content collections:

  1. In a browser, go to your Endeca Workbench. If you used the defaults during your Endeca installation, the Workbench URL is:

    http://localhost:8006

  2. Enter your Workbench username and password (admin/admin are the defaults) and choose your production application from the Application menu. If your environment has separate production applications for each language (for example, ATGProden, ATGProdes, or ATGProdde), choose any one of them. You will have to repeat these procedures for all of your language-specific production applications.

  3. Click Experience Manager.

  4. Delete all of the existing pages and content collections. To delete an item, highlight it, click its Actions arrow, and choose Delete. Click Delete again to confirm the removal.

To create a /browse page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Pages and choose Add Page.

  2. Enter browse for the Name/URL and click Create.

    Note: Do not change the name of this page. The Assembler integration API relies on the name browse.

  3. Click Select Template. The Select Template window appears.

  4. Select PageSlot and click OK.

  5. Click Save.

To create the content collections for the /browse page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Content and choose Add Collection.

  2. Enter browseCollection for the name, choose Page from the Content Type Allowed menu, and click Add.

  3. Click New Page.

  4. Click Select Template, choose TwoColumnPage, and click OK.

  5. On the Content Editor tab, click headerContent to specify the cartridges that will appear in the header area of the two column page.

  6. Under Section Settings, click Add. Choose the SearchBox and click OK.

  7. Click secondaryContent to add content to the left hand rail of the two column page.

  8. Under Section Settings, click Add. Choose Breadcrumbs and click OK.

  9. Under Section Settings, click Add again. Choose ContentSlotSecondary and click OK.

  10. Click mainContent to add content to the main portion of the two column page.

  11. Under Section Settings, click Add again. Choose ContentSlotMain and click OK.

  12. Click the Activate link, then click Save Changes.

To configure the /browse page to use the browseCollection:

  1. In the Pages listing, click the browse page.

  2. Click the Content Collection menu and choose /content/browseCollection, then click Save Changes.

To configure the secondary content on the /browse page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Content and choose Add Collection.

  2. Enter secondaryCollection for the name, choose SecondaryContent from the Content Type Allowed menu, and click Add.

  3. Click New SecondaryContent.

  4. Click Select Template, choose GuidedNavigation, and click OK.

  5. On the Content Editor tab, click Generate Guided Navigation. The Generate Guided Navigation window appears.

  6. Click Select All, then click Generate Cartridges.

  7. Click the Activate link, then click Save Changes.

  8. Expand the browseCollection item and click New Page.

  9. On the Content Editor tab, under secondaryContent, click Secondary Content Slot.

  10. Click the Content Collection menu and choose /content/secondaryCollection, then click Save Changes.

To configure the main content on the /browse page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Content and choose Add Collection.

  2. Enter mainCollection for the name, choose MainContent from the Content Type Allowed menu, and click Add.

  3. Click New MainContent.

  4. Click Select Template, choose ResultsList, and click OK.

  5. Make sure that Relevance Ranking is set to Margin Bias.

  6. Set the Default Sort to Default.

  7. Click the Activate link, then click Save Changes.

  8. Expand the browseCollection item and click New Page.

  9. On the Content Editor tab, under mainContent, click Main Content Slot.

  10. Click the Content Collection menu and choose /content/mainCollection, then click Save Changes.

To create a /product page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Pages and choose Add Page.

  2. Enter product for the Name/URL and click Create.

    Note: Do not change the name of this page. The Assembler integration API relies on the name product for the product detail pages.

  3. Click Select Template. The Select Template window appears.

  4. Select PageSlot and click OK.

  5. Click Save.

To create the content collections for the /product page:

  1. Click the Actions arrow for Content and choose Add Collection.

  2. Enter productCollection for the name, choose Page from the Content Type Allowed menu, and click Add.

  3. Click New Page.

  4. Click Select Template, choose OneColumnPage, and click OK.

  5. On the Content Editor tab, click headerContent to specify the cartridges that will appear in the header area of the one column page.

  6. Under Section Settings, click Add. Choose the SearchBox and click OK.

  7. Click mainContent to add content to the main area of the one column page.

  8. Under Section Settings, click Add. Choose ProductDetail and click OK.

  9. Click the Activate link, then click Save Changes.

To configure the /product page to use the productCollection:

  1. In the Pages listing, click the product page.

  2. Click the Content Collection menu and choose /content/productCollection, then click Save Changes.

To promote your changes to the Endeca application:

  1. In a command prompt or UNIX window, go to the /control directory for the application you just configured, for example, usr/local/Endeca/Apps/ATGProden/control or C:\Endeca\Apps\ATGProden\control.

  2. Run the promote_content.sh|bat script.

IMPORTANT: For environments that have a separate production application for each language (for example, ATGProden, ATGProdes, or ATGProdde), repeat these procedures for each application.

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