HTML5 Reference Storefront

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Installing and Running

The HTML5 Reference Storefront requires the following installed:

Once those are installed, proceed to Install HTML5 Reference Storefront Sources and then run the Storefront either locally or remotely.

Installing HTML5 Reference Storefront Sources

  1. Fetch HTML5 Reference Storefront sources:
    https://github.com/elasticpath/html5-reference-storefront
  2. Install the Storefront’s dependencies by navigating to HTML5 Reference Storefront directory and running:
    npm install

Running HTML5 Reference Storefront Locally

Running locally means all your applications, Cortex API, Search, HTML5 Storefront, etc, are running on your local computer on these ports:

localSetup

To run locally:

  • Set the Cortex end-point configuration to point to your local Cortex instance

    • Open ui-storefront/Gruntfile.js and change the CORTEX_HOST, CORTEX_PORT variables as follows:

      var CORTEX_HOST = 'localhost';
var CORTEX_PORT = '9080';

  • Start the app

    • Open a command line, navigate to your HTML5 Storefront directory, and run
      grunt start

  • Access HTML5 Reference Storefront

    • Open your browser and navigate to
      localhost:3007/html5storefront/

Running HTML5 Reference Storefront Remotely

Running remotely means your HTML5 Reference Storefront runs locally on port 3008, but Cortex API, Search, Commerce Engine, etc, run on an external server. When running remotely, we expect your Cortex API is using Elastic Path Integrator, see http://docs.elasticpath.com for more information on Integrator.

localSetup

To run remotely:

  • Set the Cortex end-point configuration to point to a remote Cortex instance

    • Open ui-storefront/Gruntfile.js and change the CORTEX_HOST, CORTEX_PORT variables as follows:

        var CORTEX_HOST = '54.213.124.208';
  var CORTEX_PORT = '8080';

    • Start the app

      • Open a command line, navigate to your HTML5 Storefront directory, and run
        grunt start

    • Access HTML5 Reference Storefront

      • Open your browser and navigate to
        localhost:3007/html5storefront/


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