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WebSphere Commerce site administrator roadmap

Information roadmap for all users

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Prerequisite skills
Product overview
Installing
Migrating
Deploying
Security
Administering
Troubleshooting
Education
 




Prerequisite skills

A WebSphere® Commerce Site Administrator should have the following skills: database administration, Web Server administration, WebSphere Application Server administration, and a basic familiarity with XML.



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Product overview

These documents provide a general overview of WebSphere Commerce.

WebSphere Commerce product overview (Information Center)
The WebSphere Commerce product overview page that introduces the WebSphere Commerce components.


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Installing

The WebSphere Commerce installation guides provide information about hardware and software requirements and cover the installation and configuration of WebSphere Commerce up to the point where you have a WebSphere Commerce instance. Information on installing and configuring the additional software components provided with WebSphere Commerce is found in the WebSphere Commerce Additional Software Guide. Information on custom installations, such as Payments, is provided in the WebSphere Commerce Information Center.

WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Technical Library (Product Documentation)
WebSphere Commerce Professional Technical Library (Product Documentation)
WebSphere Commerce Express Technical Library (Product Documentation)


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Migrating

There is a separate migration guide for each platform and migration path supported by WebSphere Commerce. The WebSphere Commerce Information Center describes database schema and API changes between versions.

Migration from a previous version of WebSphere Commerce (Information Center)
This page contains links to the migration documentation.
WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Technical Library (Product Documentation)
WebSphere Commerce Professional Technical Library (Product Documentation)
WebSphere Commerce Express Technical Library (Product Documentation)


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Deploying

WebSphere Commerce provides you with several starter stores on which you can base your own business (store or site). Starter stores shorten the time, compared to previous releases, from installing WebSphere Commerce to going live with your site. Shortening time is achieved by not only providing commands and JSP files, but also the appropriate organization layout, approval configuration, and subscription to the appropriate access control policy groups for particular business scenarios. Each starter store contains a composite store archive that contains all the assets to create a functional store.

Easy start (Information Center)
The Easy start path details how to set up a store by using the starter, or sample, stores provided with WebSphere Commerce.


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Security

These articles detail WebSphere Commerce security issues and features such as authentication, authorization, and access control policies. This section provides a comprehensive set of information for people responsible for securing your site. The intended audience for this section is the chief security officer or the security administrator for a WebSphere Commerce site.

Securing (Information Center)
The topics in this section cover WebSphere Commerce security issues related to deploying an e-commerce site.


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Administering

The WebSphere Commerce information center describes site administration tasks. In previous releases of WebSphere Commerce, many of these topics were described in the WebSphere Commerce Administration Guide.

Administering (Information Center)
The topics in this section highlight the tasks commonly performed by the Site Administrator. The Site Administrator role discussed is synonymous with the system administrator role found in many companies.


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Troubleshooting

These documents help you diagnosis, understand, fix, and prevent functional problems in WebSphere Commerce.

Troubleshooting (Information Center)
The topics in this section help you understand why your enterprise application, application server, or product installation is not working, and helps you resolve the problem.


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Education

The following is a list of suggested training for those who may not be familiar with some of the technologies that are new to WebSphere Commerce, version 6.0:

Administration of WebSphere Application Server V6 (Classroom Course)
This is a four day classroom course with hands-on labs.
Transition to IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6 (Classroom Course)
This course is relevant for users who have experience using the previous version called WebSphere Studio.


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