CMS Style rendering Templates in EPiServer Commerce 7.5

1.       Create a Content Type
We can use CMS-style rendering template in EPiServer Commerce 7.5. to use rendering template for a Node or an Entry, we need to define a content type class e.g.
using EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.ContentTypes;
using EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.DataAnnotations;
using EPiServer.DataAnnotations;
namespace EPiServer.Commerce.XYZ
{
    [ContentType]
    public class FashionItemContent : VariationContent
    {
        [Encrypted]
        [CultureSpecific]
        public virtual string Description { get; set; }
        [SaveHistory]
        public virtual int Size { get; set; }
    }
}
2.       Define templates
It is possible to have several templates defined for the same model. If you want to display a Node/Entry on your site, you can do so by creating a template in the same way as we do with CMS content. e.g.
[TemplateDescriptor(Default = true)]
public partial class DefaultFashionItemTemplate : BlockControlBase<FashionItemContent>
{ }
[TemplateDescriptor(Tags = new string[] { EPiServer.Framework.Web.RenderingTags.Sidebar })]
public partial class SidebarFashionItemTemplate : BlockControlBase<FashionItemContent>
{ }
In MVC to render a ContentArea property you can specify the tag by using Tag attribute as follows
<% Html.PropertyFor(m => m.MyContentArea, new { Tag = EPiServer.Framework.Web.RenderingTags.Sidebar })%>
3. Registering new routing
To use new renderer template, you need to register new routing mode.
using System.Web.Routing;
using EPiServer.Commerce.Routing;
using EPiServer.Framework;
using EPiServer.Framework.Initialization;
namespace EPiServer.Commerce.XYZ
{
    public class RegisterRoutingModuleSample : IInitializableModule
    {
        public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
        {
            MapRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        }
        private static void MapRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            CatalogRouteHelper.MapDefaultHierarchialRouter(routes, true);
        }
        public void Uninitialize(InitializationEngine context) { /*uninitialize*/}
        public void Preload(string[] parameters) { }
    }
}

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