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Google Search's new interface

Google is trying out a new version of it's popular search engine interface google.com. although it can not be accessed directly, you ca...


Manually Configuring Remote Database with WCS Toolkit

The default configuration of WCS toolkit in version 7 comes with embedded Apache Derby database, in the older versions of WCS this used to b...


Finally Got Access To Google Wave

I finally got an invitation from google to join the Google Wave Beta Program. It was a pleasant surprise to me to access google wave accoun...


WCS DynaCache and WebSphere eXtreme Scale Cache Provider

Caching strategy is one of the key design artifacts for any application, in terms of application performance, it is important to evaluate ca...


WCS AJAX Framework

WCS out of the box supports AJAX controllers which is essentially the Struts extensions.  The starter stores use the WCS DOJO extension for ...


AccessControlUnitTest="true" : Disable Access Control Policy

One of the regular TASKS for a developer while creating new Views and controllers is to define the access control policy, Although it is a m...


Cache Policy for WCS OOTB Commands

If you have been wondering why you do not see any entries in the cachespec.xml file in your WCS 7 toolkit, you got to take a look at the Ini...


Error: The system could not find the resource "storetext_dynamic" in the path

I happened to come across this error on my toolkit the other day, when you access the store the Store UI showed up this message. "The...


Enabling Personalization ID in WCS 7

Concept In simplest terms PersonalizationID (USERS.PERSONALIZATIONID) ties together Generic, Guest and Registered user id's together. ...


Sites Built on IBM WebSphere Commerce

I have been thinking about putting together a list of sites which are built on IBM WebSphere Commerce technology, it might be a good pointer...


WebSphere Commerce V7 Announcement

The much awaited announcement from IBM on V7 was made on Oct 27th. WebSphere Commerce V7 Announcement IBM WebSphere Commerce V7 Highlight...


Must have additional configuration for WCS Toolkit

These are two must to do steps after installing your WCS toolkit, these steps will ensure better performance of toolkit and all of the admin...


WebSphere Commerce Toolkit Out of Memory Error

I'am sure many of you would have faced this issue while using Commerce test environment in your WCS toolkit. it is very common to see an...


WebSphere Commerce Administration Tools

I was browsing through the information center the other day to get a dummies view of all supporting tools that WCS provides, did not really ...


Make your eCommerce Catalog Data Searchable on Google

Google has a beta program code named "Google Merchant Center", As part of this Suite, Google Base is another wonderful offering b...


Caching improvements in WCS 6.0.0.4

In WebSphere Commerce 6.0.0.4, there are significant changes to the caching framework in the WebSphere Commerce base code that can noticeabl...


WCS 6 Quick Start Links

1. IBM did some major overhauling to the MVC framework in WCS 5.6.1, WCS 6 and later editions comes with Struts framework extensions for WCS...


Configuring WCS 6 Toolkit with Oracle

This is the second part of my blog on how to configure oracle with WCS toolkit. Please refer to the blog titled " WebSphere Commerce Ve...


WebSphere Commerce Version 6 Developer Toolkit Configuration with Oracle Database

This will be a two step Post, in the first Post we will talk about Oracle database installation in loopback mode in case you have your lapto...


WCS 6 and 7 integration with Sitemap

As of WCS version 6 Feature Pack 2 and WCS 7, IBM is providing Out of the box integration with sitemap protocol. What does this mean to the ...


Upgrading RAD 6.0 Manually

RAD products are getting bulkier with every release, it is not feasible to do an online update of RAD as most of us have a limited or slow b...