Overview

Znode Storefront is a Adaptable Storefront Platform™ that has been architected from the ground up to be 100% customizable. Virtually every aspect of the storefront can be customized including the User Interface, Business Logic, Process Workflow and Integration with other systems.

Philosophy

The overall goal behind the Znode Storefront architecture is to provide you with a standards based platform that implements all the base e-commerce functionality. Developers can then extend this functionality to their own specific requirements. This significantly reduces the learning curve as Znode does not use proprietary technology to implement basic website architecture but instead relies on the Microsoft Prescribed Best Practices for N-Tier application design.

Installation Pre-Requisites

To install Znode Storefront on a server you need to have a reasonably good understanding of Internet Information Services (IIS) and SQL Server 2005. The following components are required to install Znode Storefront:

•	IIS 6 or above

•	.Net Framework 2.0 or 3.5

•	SQL Server 2005. Znode Storefront does not support SQL Server 2000

•	Requires Full Trust on the server (Check with your hosting service to ensure compatibility)

•	ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0 (Not required if using Visual Studio 2008)

Development Pre-Requisites

Here are the pre-requisites for customizing Znode Storefront

•	Visual Studio 2005 or 2008

•	SQL Server 2005 with SQL Management Studio

•	IIS 6.0 or 7.0 with .NET 2.0 Enabled