IBM Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition integrates IBM OmniFind Discovery Edition with IBM WebSphere Commerce. The integration helps online retail and catalog companies convert shoppers into buyers by making it easier for people to find the right products and services that match their specific requirements from the Web.

This IBM Redbooks publication provides an introduction to customizing the Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition using OmniFind Discovery Edition APIs. We introduce some of the basic APIs and show examples of using them to run simple searches, refine search results, and navigate within the search results.

Using a sample start store as the case study, we explain how to use the APIs to add or modify existing menus and navigation options and change the appearance and behavior of the existing sample store Web site. We show you how to work with OmniFind Discovery Edition search engine and pass multiple constraints to narrow searches for the online store.

This book is intended to be used by system integrators and solution developers who will be working with the Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition and performing customization for the online stores powered by OmniFind Discovery Edition.

Information center for OmniFind Discovery Edition Version 8.4:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/discover/v8r4/topic/com.ibm.discovery.ds.nav.doc/cdsnav_welcome.html

Primary product support resource for OmniFind Discovery Edition:

http://www.ibm.com/software/data/enterprise-search/omnifind-discovery/support.html

Part 1 Concepts and overview

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Environment setup

Chapter 3 Working with the integrated solution

Chapter 4 Customization overview

Part 2 Implementation

Chapter 5 Introducing OmniFind Discovery Edition APIs

Chapter 6 Adding By Brand View feature

Chapter 7 Displaying new products in your site

Chapter 8 Adding a gift idea page to your site

Chapter 9 Customizing category display page

Chapter 10 Customizing search page