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Velocity Templates

Apache Velocity is a Java-based server-side templating language. ISML templates are contained in your code cartridge and can't be changed without activating a new version of code. But you can change Velocity templates simply by uploading a new version of the file to a WebDAV directory on your instance. Using Velocity templates, you can publish section or page layouts and their content assets to your storefront. You don't have to change your storefront code, effectively decoupling code development and content design.

  • Publish Content Layouts as Velocity Templates
    Velocity templates are most useful for content rich sections of your site whose functionality doesn't change. For example: the home page, category pages, designer blogs, lookbooks, sponsored event pages, or loyalty program pages. You can also publish layouts to external communications, such as email or social media posts. Velocity templates are treated like content and not code. You can change them frequently without the considerations necessary when changing code that can affect the functionality of a site.
  • Render Velocity Templates
    You can render Velocity templates using controllers or pipelines. If you want to share functionality between new and legacy cartridges, we recommend adding your rendering functionality in a utility script that can be used from either controllers or pipeline script nodes. We encourage you to use a controller, even if you intend to overwrite existing functionality that is currently in a pipeline.

Infocenter Retirement: On June 30, 2023, the Infocenter was retired, and documentation currently hosted on the Infocenter will be published to Salesforce Help, Commerce Cloud Developer Center, and Salesforce B2C Commerce Developer Documentation Resources. For more information, see the release note.