Integration Methods

To get Exorbyte Commerce to work properly, you have to meet some basic requirements:

Use Browsers with activated JavaScript and versions of at least: FireFox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, Chrome 4, Safari 4
Your Shop System should use JQuery 1.4.2 or should be compatible to that.
Your Web Server should use one of the languages: ASP, PHP, Java
Your Product Data has to be available via any URL (password protection is optional) and has to be stored there in a supported data format (see below).

Exorbyte Commerce is integrable basically into every shop system via a simple code snippet.

If you may have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our support. We are happy to help you.

t exorbyte Commerce Search voll funktionsfähig läuft, sollten lediglich folgende Voraussetzungen erfüllt sein:

¡ Nutzung von Browsern mit aktivem JavaScript bzw. Active Scripting und folgenden Mindestversionen:

FireFox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7 und 8, Chrome 4.0.24, Safari 4

¡ Ihr Shop-System sollte JQuery 1.4.2 nutzen bzw. dazu kompatibel sein.

¡ Ihr Webserver sollte eine der Sprachen nutzen: ASP, PHP oder Java

¡ Ihre Produktdaten müssen über eine beliebige (passwortgeschützte) URL abrufbar sein und dabei in einem

unterstützten Datenformat abgelegt werden (siehe unten).

Falls Sie hierzu Fragen haben sollten, zögern Sie bitte nicht, unseren Support zu kontaktieren.

Wir helfen Ihnen gerne weiter.

Step 1: Choose a package and register

Select your desired Exorbyte Commerce package and click on "30-day trial". Create an account by easy registration. You are logged into your account immediately and the 30-day trial period begins. Once your package selection has been confirmed, you have basically created a project. This takes you directly to the project settings.

Step 2: Prepare and store product data

Supported Data Formats

Exorbyte Commerce accesses your product information via a URL (password protection is optional), and automatically indexed for searching. This requires that the product information is exported in a supported format. Several common data formats are supported. As a rule, these can be created or exported directly from your shop system.

If you need help for this, please click on one of the suppliers. There you will find clear instructions on creating the respective data formats.

File Formats	Billiger.de	Google (UK, US)	Elm@r	Shopping.com	Yahoo
CSV (tab)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
Excel CSV	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-
XML RSS1	-	Yes	-	-	-
XML RSS2	-	Yes	-	-	-
Atom 0.3/1.0 XML	-	Yes	-	-	-
Shopping XML	-	-	-	Yes	-
Yahoo XML	-	-	-	-	Yes

Data Field Names

Billiger.de	Google (UK, US)	Elm@r	Shopping.com	Yahoo	Description
aid	id	privateid	Merchant SKU	id	Product number: required, used by Auto-Suggest and Search, not displayed
name	title	name	Product Name	description	Product name: required, used by Auto-Suggest and Search, displayed
link	link	url	Product URL	url	Direct URL to the product: required, called when the user clicks on the product
price	price	price	Price	baseprice	Price: required, Plichtfeld, unit-separator character must be "." (e.g. 5.99), can be filtered on the results page, is displayed in the Search, can optionally be displayed in Auto-Suggest (please contact support if required)
brand	brand	brand	Brand / Manufacturer	brand	Brand: displayed as facet on the results page and can be filtered, can be configured to be displayed in Auto-Suggest, is searched by Auto-Suggest and Search
shop_cat	product_type	type	Category ID / Category Name	path	Product category: displayed as facet on the results page and can be filtered, can be configured to be displayed in Auto-Suggest, is searched by Auto-Suggest and Search. Note on Shopping Format: If the Category_ID field is present, the category IDs of the shopping format during import are replaced by the relevant category descriptions.
isbn, ean, mpnr	isbn, mpn, upc	isbn, ean	ISBN, MPN, UPC, EAN	isbn, ean, mpnr	Other product numbers (such as isbn, ean, mpnr): searched by Auto-Suggest and Search, is not displayed
desc	description	longdescription/ shortdescription	Product Description	caption	Product description: is searched by Search but not by Auto-Suggest, is displayed on the results page Note on the Elm@r Format: Longdescription or Shortdescription: If Longdescription ist present, then only this is searched.
image	image_link	pictureurl	Image URL	picture	URL to the product image: the images are displayed on the results page
dlv_time	availability	deliverable	Estimated Ship Date	availability	Availability: arbitrary content (e.g.: in stock / dispatched in 3-5 days / delivery date on request), can be used for displaying delivery status on the results page (please contact support for details)
bias	bias	bias	bias	bias	Bias: percental weighting of the match quality, values between 0 and 100 Example: normal products have a bias value of 100, so the calculated match is not devalued. Accessories have a bias value of 80, so accessories are devalued and are displayed below unbiased products when similar. Important: If you use biasing, all products must be assigned a bias value. Products without a bias value are evaluated as 0 and are thus devalued.
alias	alias	alias	alias	alias	Alias: additional keywords for the product, separate multiple aliases with pipe-characters ("\|") (), searched by Auto-Suggest and Search, words are not displayed Note: use concise terms with which the product should additionally be found, do not use long descriptions (roughly between 1 and 3 keywords). () Do not use pipe to separate aliases if pipe is also used as the field separator in a CSV file. In this case, multiple single words can be separated by a blank space. Alternatively, use a field seperation character other than pipe in the CSV file.
filter	filter	filter	filter	filter	Filter: additional attributes of the product as a key-value pair can be used as a filter to restrict search results. Several attributes are concatenated with "&". Format: key = value1, value2 Example: color = red = & Equipment Air Conditioning, Power Steering Note: Use matching attribute name for all products.

Store Product Data and Test

Your logged into the Management Console and you are on the page „Project Settings“

Click on “Data Configuration” and specify the URL that leads to your product feed file. If you wish, the URL can be password protected.

Directly click on “Save”, so the system detects automatically the data format and fills out the rest of the fields itself. If necessary, you can adapt the settings afterwards and click on “Save” again.

Click on “Submit for Setup”. You will receive an email requesting to test your data firstly on our demo page. Just click on “Test Your Search Interface” in the navigation bar on the left. Go to next step, when your search queries are shown accurately.

Step 3: Integrate into Your Online Store / Portal

Click on “Shop Integration” in the navigation bar on the left and fill out all necessary fields. Please choose the approach “Pure JavaSript”, so you do not have to install Exorbyte Commerce on your own webserver.
Click on “Test Your Integration Now" in the navigation bar on the left to see your store with the new search. Test the search simply with some search queries. Please note that you have not made any design settings yet.
Please click on “Submit for Setup” if everything is shown properly. You will receive an email requesting to integrate the attached code snippet into the header (head tag) of each page the search is utilized.

So the basic integration is done. Now you can configure the search as required.

Note: If you would like to install Exorbyte Commerce on your own webservers and/or have more than 100,000 searches per month, we recommend that you proceed as described in this pdf.

If you may have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our support. We are happy to help you.

Exorbyte Commerce Search ist generell in alle Shop-Systeme per einfachem Code-Snippet integrierbar.

Step 4: Configure your project as required

Now you can configure your new search software Exorbyte Commerce as required, according to your chosen package. Please bear in mind that you have to click on "Submit for Setup" for each change. When integrating with JavaScript, it is not necessary to adapt the code.