In SuiteCommerce, especially when working with Site Management Tools (SMT) pages, it’s often necessary to test design or functionality changes without affecting the live production site. Since SMT scripts apply globally across all domains linked to a webstore, introducing changes directly can unintentionally impact customer-facing environments. To avoid this, developers can use the SC.ENVIRONMENT.currentHostString property, which identifies the domain currently rendering the page. By writing a simple domain check in JavaScript, you can ensure that any custom logic runs only when the site is accessed from a specific domain—such as a test or staging environment. This allows for isolated testing of style adjustments, element visibility, or other client-side features before they are approved for production use.
For example, you might target a promotional banner and apply temporary styling changes only when the site is accessed from a domain like “tst.mystore.com”. This keeps the live site unaffected while giving you the flexibility to validate changes in a controlled environment. The approach is ideal for previewing visual tweaks, validating scripts, or conducting limited-time experiments without risk. This method is lightweight, easy to implement through HTML blocks in the CMS, and helps maintain clean deployment practices by separating test logic from production behavior. In short, using domain-based scripting in SMT pages ensures safe, targeted development within SuiteCommerce’s multi-domain architecture. An example of how to use this is provided below:
<script>
var domain = SC.ENVIRONMENT && SC.ENVIRONMENT.currentHostString;
if (domain === ‘tst.mystore.com’) {
var $banner = jQuery(‘.promo-banner’);
if ($banner.length) {
$banner.css(‘background-color’, ‘#e0e0e0’);
console.log(‘Applied test styling to promo banner’);
}
}
</script>