Commerce Server Blog

Whenever we create Commerce web site using visual studio Templates then the following folders/resources will be created:

• Virtual Directories in IIS: Five Virtual directories will be created. i.e., one virtual directory (in total four) for each sub system and one virtual directory for the Site.
• Physical Folders in File system: Five folders will be created in the file system (by default they are created in “C:Inetpubwwwroot”).
• Database Server: Six databases are created on the Database Server. By default .MDF files will be stored in file system at this path “C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLData”
• Global Resources & Site Resources in Commerce Server Manager: In Commerce Server Manager console there will be two nodes.
  • Global Resources &
  • Commerce Sites (In turn will contain Site Resources & Applications folders under each site).

Deleting a site is not a small task. If you would like to delete site manually then you have to manually go to Commerce Server Manager, Database Server, IIS & File system and manually delete each and every resource/folder of that site. This process is tedious & can lead to mistakes.  If the user wants to create Commerce web site with deleted site name and the site deletion doesn’t happen properly then he will face errors.

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