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Object Oriented CommerceBuilder
Framework
AbleCommerce
websites are built around a set
of compiled libraries known as CommerceBuilder.
This is a set of object oriented
classes that powers the ecommerce
features of the site. It isolates
complex business code from your
web scripts so that during custom
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Published Integration
APIs
AbleCommerce
works with many third party
tools for shipping rates, payment
processing, and tax calculation
right out of the box, for example
AuthorizeNet, Paymentech, FedEx,
USPS, and many more. If by chance
your desired third party provider
is not represented, there is
good news. The CommerceBuilder
framework uses a provider model
where you can integrate a new
service without ANY customization
to Commercebuilder itself and
without the need for any of
our compiled source code. All
you need to do is inherit from
the abstract base class and
then add your provider specific
code in the empty methods. For
each type of integration point
we publish the API documentation
as well as a fully operational
source example.
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ASP.NET Themes
AbleCommerce
makes use of ASP.NET themes for
styling the look and feel of the
store website. You can completely
redesign the look of the website
site purely by working with the
skin, CSS, and image files within
a theme. AbleCommerce ships with
over a dozen pre-defined themes
that you can use as a starting point.
Master Pages and Base Inheritance
AbleCommerce
script files make use of two techniques
to help implement site-wide look
and feel. These include the user
of master pages and a custom base
class for pages to inherit from.
These provide integration points
where sitewide customizations can
be made.
Scriptlets and nVelocity
Through the
use of scriptlets, a large majority
of the site content can be altered
directly from the web based merchant
admin site. We also leverage the
nVelocity scripting language to
allow dynamic content to be included.
This is especially useful in the
email template system where you
can script virtually any content
as part of an order notification
or other system messages.
Easy Script Customization
If the use
of themes and the built in customization
tools aren't enough, AbleCommerce
can be customized almost endlessly
with direct script modification.
The website project is compatible
with Visual Studio 2005 and higher,
so you can use the WYSIWYG editing
features to design your site.
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Source Code Available
We
generally discourage changes
to the source code of the
CommerceBuilder framework.
In general it leads to extra
hassles for upgrades and
almost always it is not
necessary to customize the
framework to achieve your
goals. However we continue
to make the source code
available for an additional
fee. If you have truly specific
customization requirements,
the source code will let
you make changes to the
framework itself.
More Information:
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Do I need the CommerceBuilder
API source? |
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Purchase the CommerceBuilder
Source code |
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Wiki.ablecommerce.com
- documented API |
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