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Navigate to: Store and Reps > Store > Manage > URLs
Administrators can manage the URL(s) associated with the store through the URLS tab.
Each Store must be associated with a URL, activated under the “Tools” menu, and Published before it is available to the public.
Associating a URL with Store
Navigate to: Stores and Reps > Manage > Store > URLs
The store needs a domain before the customer can access the particular store.
- Use the "Add New" button and complete the following details
URL Name The unique domain name for the store, ex. http://www.znode.com/ Application Define the type of store you're creating as API, Admin, or Webstore. "Enable this URL" box Checkbox to enable URL - Save progress using the "Save" button. The page reloads with action confirmation and redirects to the URL Landing Page.
- (Optional) Administrators can now use Actions to manage URLs from the URL Landing Page, seen below.
- URL has been successfully added
"Edit" action Edit URL Name & change Application Type "Clear Cache" action Clears cache for the entire application. Enable/Disable Enable or Disable a URL for a specified Store Delete" action Delete a domain
Configuring a Store URL that has a WWW prefix
In order to configure a store URL with the ‘www.' prefix in the domain string, the following configuration is needed in both the SDK and DB.
- Add a rewrite rule like the following inside the Webstore > web.config
<rule name="RedirectNonWwwToWww" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^ " />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
2. Update the DB by adding the new www URL directly. You can use SSMS and add the www URL to the Domain Table (dbo.ZnodeDomain).
URL Enhancement (Applicable from v9.6.6.1 except v9.7)
Administrators now have the flexibility to add the URL with a different valid scheme (i.e. www, only the domain name) apart from http. When a new URL is entered it is saved in the same format and is not replaced with http, this gives Administrators the ability to add the different formats of the URL.
URL’s
When an administrator add the following URLs they are shown exactly as they are added.
- When www.<abc>.<com> is entered
- Visible Url will be - www.<abc>.<com>
- When http://<abc>.<com> is entered
- Visible Url will be - http://<abc>.<com>
- When https://<abc>.<com> is entered
- Visible Url will be - http://<abc>.<com>
Connection with SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
The purpose of the SSL is to provide the Web Store the capability to interact with secured web servers using the SSL protocol. The setting is available on the Stores > Store > Manage > General > Security > Enable Secure Socket Layer (SSL) For This Store.
- Ex: if the setting is checked, the URL will be https://abc.com
- When the setting is unchecked the URL will be http://abc.com
- If the URL does not have http or https and has www or just the domain name, no changes are applicable and the URL remains the same.
- If the URL is added as https://abc.com and the SSL setting is off then the URL visible on the listing page is http://abc.com