Overview of Business-to-Consumer Web Sites

• Introduction to B2C Web Development

• Features of Commerce Server 2000

• Introduction to the Lab Scenario

Skills:

• Describe the characteristics of a B2C Web site.

• List the main features of Commerce Server that support the development of a B2C Web site.

• Describe a Solution Site and its practical implications.

• Explain how Commerce Server interacts with the other .NET Enterprise Servers.

• Understand the overall structure of the lab scenario.

Introduction to Developing with Commerce Server 2000

• Identifying Prerequisite Software

• Installing Commerce Server 2000

• Using Commerce Server 2000 Solution Sites

• Programming Overview

Skills:

• Identify and configure the software needed to develop a Commerce Server Web site.

• Install Commerce Server.

• Unpackage the Blank Solution Site.

• Define what the general-purpose programming objects are.

• Describe the typical uses for dictionaries in Commerce Server and the kinds of information that are stored in them. 

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Building and Importing Catalogues

• Understanding Commerce Server 2000 Catalogues

• Creating a Catalogue Schema

• Creating a New Catalogue

• Importing Existing Catalogues

• Creating Catalogue Sets and Custom Catalogues

Skills:

• Explaining how Commerce Server uses catalogues.

• Building a catalogue schema.

• Using Commerce Server Business Desk to build catalogues.

• Importing catalogue files.

• Creating catalogue sets and custom catalogues.

Displaying and Searching Catalogue Data

• Displaying Catalogue Data

• Creating a Catalogue Search Page

• Using a LRU Cache

Skills:

• Use Commerce Server objects to build a Web page that displays catalogue data.

• Use Commerce Server objects to build a search-enabled Web page that will search catalogue data.

• Use a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to optimise catalogue searches.

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Identifying and Authenticating Users

• Overview of Identifying, Authenticating, and Profiling Users

• Identifying Anonymous Users

• Identifying and Authenticating Registered Users

• Registering Users

Skills:

• Explaining why you would want to identify and authenticate Web site users.

• Building an anonymous identification system by using AuthFilter and MSCSProfile cookies.

• Building a Registered user authentication system by using AuthFilter and MSCSAuth cookies.

• Building user profile definitions for Anonymous and Registered users.

• Link catalogue sets to Anonymous and Registered user profiles.

Creating a Shopping Basket

• Introduction to Shopping Baskets

• Building a Shopping Basket

Skills:

• Describe the objects used to define and display a shopping basket in Commerce Server and the role that these objects play in implementing the basic features of a shopping basket.

• Implement a simple shopping basket by adding and removing items that are selected by the shopper and displaying the basket.

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Using a Pipeline

• Overview of Commerce Server Pipelines

• Building a New Pipeline

• Working with the Order Processing Pipelines

• Running an Order Processing Pipeline

Skills:

• Define the four types of pipelines in Commerce Server and explain which of these pipeline types support transactions and object pooling.

• Use the Pipeline Editor to create a pipeline configuration file (pcf) that defines the stages and components of a pipeline.

• Define the purpose, stages, and components of each of the Order Processing pipelines in Commerce Server.

• Run a pipeline by using the RunPipe method of the OrderGroup object.

Creating Pipeline Components

• Creating a Scriptor Pipeline Component

• Creating a Compiled Pipeline Component

• Registering a Compiled Pipeline Component

Skills:

• Add a Scriptor pipeline component to a pipeline and customize it by creating VBScript code.

• Use Visual Basic to create a compiled pipeline component.

• Register a compiled pipeline component.

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Creating Campaigns with Business Desk

• Introducing Commerce Server 2000 Campaigns

• Targeting Campaign Items

• Creating an Ad Campaign

• Creating a Discount Campaign

• Creating a Direct Mail Campaign

Skills:

• Provide examples of different types of campaigns.

• Create a target group by using Business Desk.

• Create an ad campaign by using Business Desk.

• Create a discount campaign.

• Create a direct mail campaign item by using Business Desk.

Implementing Campaigns

• Using the Content Selection Pipeline

• Enabling Pages for Advertisements

• Enabling Discounts on a Web Site

Skills:

• Create a Content Selection pipeline (CSP).

• Enable Web pages to display ads from the CSP.

• Run a discount campaign.

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Packaging a Commerce Server 2000 Web Site

• What is Contained in a Package?

• Packaging a Web Site

• Security Concerns

Skills:

• Define the contents and settings that are contained in a site package.

• Package a typical Web site.

• Understand the security issues that are associated with the packaging and unpackaging of a Web site.

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