Practical Next.js for E-Commerce: Create E-Commerce Sites with the Next.js Framework

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A. LibbyPractical Next.js for E-Commercehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9612-7_2

2. Laying the Foundations

Alex Libby¹  

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BELPER, UK

 

We’ve got our tools in place and worked out what we’re going to build – so it’s time to build our shop!

As I am sure anyone will say, laying good foundations is essential; throughout this chapter, we will set up our initial site and add critical elements such as page structure, header, images, and navigation. We have a lot of work to do, so let’s crack on first with a quick overview of the site architecture, so you can see how the pages will come together to form our site.

Displaying the Site Architecture

Although it may ...