Previewing Site Templates

You can preview the template used by a store to see how it will change the layout, features, and behavior of the store.

Required Role: Site PreviewerA user role that allows the user to preview the store. Search this file for the "user role definitions" topic for more information.andinternal userRefers to an internal, Digital River user of the Command Console. Internal users have access to features or settings that clients do not, usually because the feature or setting could really affect commerce on the store or is complicated to set up or manage.

In the icon well, hover over the Preview Store option.
From the Locale list, select the locale in which you want to preview the site template.
For the Preview State option, select whether you want to view the design version or live version of your store. What you select here should reflect the version of the custom page you want to preview but you can always change the state selection while you are previewing your store and custom pages.

Design – The design version of your store shows objects with "design" status, including any items that have a future start date (like an offer, or a product). The design status is given to any object that has been created and saved, but not yet been deployed to the store. If an object does not have a version with design status the version with deployed status will be seen.

Keep in mind that an object can have a version that is in design status and a version that is in deployed status. Design status does not mean the object has never been deployed, just that the specific version that is in design status has not been deployed.

Note: If you select to view styles, themes, content layouts, or offers with design status you will see those objects with either design status or deployed status. This includes any offers that have a start date set in the future (but not those that have expired).

If you select to view Site Optimizer tests with design status, you will see any test that has the following status: draft, pending start, and in progress. If you choose to view Site Optimizer tests with deployed status you will see any test with the in progress status.

Live – The live version of your store shows objects with "deployed" status. The deployed status is given to the last version of the object that was deployed to the store.

Note: If you cannot change a toggle from design to live (the toggle is set to Design and disabled) it means that there is not a deployed/live version of the object to preview.

For the Test Order option, make sure Off is selected. To change what is selected for this option just click on toggle switch and the option will change.
Click Launch Preview. A new tab or window will open showing your store with the options you selected.
Navigate around your site to see how the site template is affecting the pages on your store. If there are specific changes you want to preview, make sure you visit the page where those changes can be seen.