Manage website elements with Configured Commerce and CMS
Decide whether to use Optimizely Configured Commerce or CMS to manage different website elements
With two such powerful tools, there are a lot of features and functionality at your disposal. Use this table as a reference to know which application to use to manage different elements of your website.
See also Configured Commerce + CMS 12 and Install Configured Commerce + CMS 12 articles.
| Element | Product | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation | CMS 12 | Link navigation items to Optimizely Configured Commerce content or CMS 12 content. | Navigation (CMS 12) |
| Website user authentication | Configured Commerce | Create and manage website users. | Add website users (Optimizely Configured Commerce) |
| Admin user authentication | Both | Create admin users in both systems. | Add admin users (CMS 12) Add admin users (Configured Commerce) |
| Product catalog and categories | Configured Commerce | Create and manage products and categories. | Manage products (Configured Commerce) Manage categories (Configured Commerce) |
| Search | Both | Manage the search indexes in each system separately. Build the website’s search results page to leverage the appropriate search index result. | Search index (CMS 12) Search Index (Configured Commerce) |
| Content editing | CMS 12 | On-page editing is available for CMS-related content and static pages. | Content editing (CMS 12) |
| Content creation | CMS 12 | Create content using pages or blocks. | Create content (CMS 12) |
| Collaboration and workflows | Both | CMS 12 manages content-related approval workflows. Configured Commerce manages order workflows for budgets, RFQs, etc. | Content approval (CMS 12) Order workflows (Configured Commerce) |
| Content personalization | CMS 12 | Use audiences to personalize CMS content. | Audiences (CMS 12) |
| Segmentation | Both | Manage segments independently in Configured Commerce and CMS 12, but apply both to a page to leverage each one's benefits.
| Customer segments (Configured Commerce) Audiences (CMS 12) |
Optimizely Configured Commerce Apps
Mobile App
Optimizely build the Optimizely Configured Commerce Mobile app to interact with Optimizely Configured Commerce only, not CMS, so the app will function as it does today, and:
- All mobile content will come from the Optimizely Configured Commerce environment
- The Mobile SDK enables a broader use of the app from various tools, like CMS
PIM
You do not need to make any changes to the PIM integration with Configured Commerce when using CMS 12. Product data you manage in PIM will continue to feed into Configured Commerce, but CMS 12 will render it on your website.
Updated 5 months ago