Virto Commerce Storefront Kit
 
Official online shopping website based on Virto Commerce Platform written on ASP.NET Core. The website is a client application for VC Platform and uses only public APIs while communicating.
It is possible to run multiple different stores (web sites) on top of Virto Commerce. Each store (website) might have its own theme with a specific layout still being based on the same catalog and customer data.
It is possible, for example, to create sites with a different design for different product categories still having all products in the same backend.
Another option is to create different sites for different regions so that a specific product set will be available to a specific region, is still based on one product data.
It is also possible to connect Virto Commerce to multiple touchpoints so that customers will get a real omnichannel experience.
Key features
- Multi-Store support
- Multi-Language support
- Multi-Currency support
- Multi-Themes support
- Faceted search support
- SEO friendly routing
- Server-side rendering
- Client-side rendering
- Optimization for Desktop
- Optimization for Tables
- Optimization for Mobile
Business Requirements
- Home page
- Catalog browsing
- Product page
- Cart
- Bulk add to cart
- Multiple Whish lists and Mark favorites
- Product compare
- Anonymous Checkout process
- Checkout process
- Address verification
- Integration with Tax providers
- Integration Shippment and Payment methods
- Place orders
- Order Approve process
- Offers
- My Account
- My Orders History
- Reorder
- New Account verification
- Self-registration
- Forgot password
- User permissions to manage their own account page
- Catalog personalization
- Price personalization (List and Sales prices)
- Promotions
- Coupons
- Recommended products
- Banner and dynamic content
- User Groups - to build personalization
- Configurable Branding and customization
- Configurable navigation
- CMS to build Static, Landing, Blog pages
References
- Public Demo
- Virto Commerce Documentation: https://www.virtocommerce.com/docs/latest/
- Home: https://virtocommerce.com
- Community: https://www.virtocommerce.org
- Download Latest Release
Sample themes
B2B theme
View B2B theme on GitHub.
Technologies and frameworks used
- ASP.NET MVC Core 6.0 on .NET 60
- ASP.NET Identity Core 3.1.0
- GraphQL
Prerequisites
- Install
vc-platform3.x the latest version. Deploy on Windows or Deploy on Linux - Install
vc-module-experience-apimodule. Getting started - Install vc-module-profile-experience-api module.
- Install Node v.16.X
- Install yarn package manager
npm install --global yarn
Continuous Integration Supported by Browserstack
Cross-browser compatibility of the storefront is generously provided by Browserstack.
Deploy Storefront
If Platform and Storefront are deployed in the same on-premises environment, Storefront should be deployed on different port then Platform. You can do it by
dotnet run CLI
Install the vc-storefront
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Download latest release and unpack in to a local folder
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Or Clone https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-storefront in to a local folder
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Open the appsettings.json file in a text editor.
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In the Endpoint section change Url, UserName, Password with correct path and credentials for Virto Commerce Platform:
...
"Endpoint": {
"Url": "https://localhost:5001",
"UserName": "admin",
"Password": "store",Setup B2B Mercury theme
# Clone repo into the folder where storefront is installed
git clone https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-b2b-vue.git "C:\vc-storefront\VirtoCommerce.Storefront\wwwroot\cms-content\themes\{store-name}\default"
# Change the current directory
cd C:\vc-storefront\VirtoCommerce.Storefront\wwwroot\cms-content\themes\{store-name}\default
# install dependencies
yarn
# Start theme in development mode with HMR support
yarn dev
# or build theme to get installable artifact
yarn compressRun vc-storefront application
# change the current directory
cd C:\vc-storefront\VirtoCommerce.Storefront
# build and run storefront application
dotnet run
# In future, if you don't need to rebuild you can use that
dotnet run --no-buildFAQ
Running the Storefront only on HTTP schema
- In order to run the platform only at HTTP schema in production mode, it's enough to pass only HTTP URLs in
--urlsargument of thedotnetcommand.
dotnet VirtoCommerce.Storefront.dll --urls=http://localhost:5002Running the Platform on HTTPS schema
- Install and trust HTTPS certificate
Run to trust the .NET Core SDK HTTPS development certificate:
dotnet dev-certs https --trustRead more about enforcing HTTPS in ASP.NET Core
dotnet VirtoCommerce.Storefront.dll --urls=https://localhost:4302/- Trust the .Net Core Development Self-Signed Certificate. More details on trusting the self-signed certificate can be found here
Forward the scheme for Linux and non-IIS reverse proxies
Apps that call UseHttpsRedirection and UseHsts put a site into an infinite loop if deployed to an Azure Linux App Service, Azure Linux virtual machine (VM), Linux container or behind any other reverse proxy besides IIS. TLS is terminated by the reverse proxy, and Kestrel isn't made aware of the correct request scheme. OAuth and OIDC also fail in this configuration because they generate incorrect redirects. UseIISIntegration adds and configures Forwarded Headers Middleware when running behind IIS, but there's no matching automatic configuration for Linux (Apache or Nginx integration).
To forward the scheme from the proxy in non-IIS scenarios, set ASPNETCORE_FORWARDEDHEADERS_ENABLED environment variable to true.
For more details on how it works, see the Microsoft documentation.
License
Copyright (c) Virto Solutions LTD. All rights reserved.
Licensed under the Virto Commerce Open Software License (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://virtocommerce.com/opensourcelicense
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.