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Mastering Adobe Commerce Frontend

By : Jakub Winkler
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Mastering Adobe Commerce Frontend

By: Jakub Winkler

Overview of this book

Navigating the frontend realm of the Adobe Commerce platform can often feel like a labyrinth, given its multifaceted systems and intricate layering. This book demystifies Adobe Commerce frontend development, guiding you through its paths with clarity and precision. You'll learn how to set up your local environment, paving the way for a smooth development experience and navigate the platform's theming ecosystem, exploring layout XML systems and the power of templates. As you progress through the book, you'll leverage an array of JavaScript libraries and frameworks that Adobe Commerce boasts of, with special emphasis on RequireJS, jQuery, Knockout.JS, and UI Components. Additionally, you'll gain an understanding of the intricacies of Adobe Commerce CMS, explore frontend-related configurations in the admin panel, and unlock the secrets of frontend optimization. Practical exercises provided in the book will enable you to create top-notch Adobe Commerce sites that are functional, optimized, user-centric, and a step ahead in the ever-evolving frontend landscape.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Category-level customizations

There are some interesting settings for categories that change the category page’s look, or even if they are added to the main navigation menu on the page. Let us see what is brewing under those settings. To check this, open any category page by clicking on it on the category tree in the Admin Panel under Catalog | Categories. It should be highlighted in orange:

Figure 12.21 – A selected category in the Admin Panel

Figure 12.21 – A selected category in the Admin Panel

Just like the design configuration, the category edit form (visible on the right section of the page) is organized into tabs, resembling an accordion structure. The first section, called General, above the content accordion has the following fields:

Form field

Role

Enable Category

Defines whether a category can be accessed on the front-end by the customer. A disabled category...