CMS Style rendering Templates in EPiServer Commerce 7.5

1.       Create a Content Type

We can use CMS-style rendering template in EPiServer Commerce 7.5. to use rendering template for a Node or an Entry, we need to define a content type class e.g.

using EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.ContentTypes;

using EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.DataAnnotations;

using EPiServer.DataAnnotations;

namespace EPiServer.Commerce.XYZ

{

    [ContentType]

    public class FashionItemContent : VariationContent

    {

        [Encrypted]

        [CultureSpecific]

        public virtual string Description { get; set; }

        [SaveHistory]

        public virtual int Size { get; set; }

    }

}

2.       Define templates

It is possible to have several templates defined for the same model. If you want to display a Node/Entry on your site, you can do so by creating a template in the same way as we do with CMS content. e.g.

[TemplateDescriptor(Default = true)]

public partial class DefaultFashionItemTemplate : BlockControlBase<FashionItemContent>

{ }

[TemplateDescriptor(Tags = new string[] { EPiServer.Framework.Web.RenderingTags.Sidebar })]

public partial class SidebarFashionItemTemplate : BlockControlBase<FashionItemContent>

{ }

In MVC to render a ContentArea property you can specify the tag by using Tag attribute as follows
<% Html.PropertyFor(m => m.MyContentArea, new { Tag = EPiServer.Framework.Web.RenderingTags.Sidebar })%>

3. Registering new routing

To use new renderer template, you need to register new routing mode.

using System.Web.Routing;

using EPiServer.Commerce.Routing;

using EPiServer.Framework;

using EPiServer.Framework.Initialization;

namespace EPiServer.Commerce.XYZ

{

    public class RegisterRoutingModuleSample : IInitializableModule

    {

        public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)

        {

            MapRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

        }

        private static void MapRoutes(RouteCollection routes)

        {

            CatalogRouteHelper.MapDefaultHierarchialRouter(routes, true);

        }

        public void Uninitialize(InitializationEngine context) { /*uninitialize*/}

        public void Preload(string[] parameters) { }

    }

}