This isn't available today as a configuration option, but it's still something you can do today with minimal updates to your custom viewset.

Creating Custom Viewsets: https://hotcakescommerce....ting-Custom-Viewsets

I've created an issue in GitHub to enhance Hotcakes in a future release to make this a configuration option:

https://github.com/Hotcak...erce/core/issues/114

If you want to make a catalog-only implementation today, you need to do the following:

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[*] Update your custom viewset to not render the cart and checkout buttons.
[*] Add code to redirect the account, cart, and checkout views to another page
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When the site is ready, you'd simply remove those modifications.

If you want to make this configurable today, there's a number of ways to save a "site setting" in DNN to turn this off and on since the viewsets are MVC Razor and can speak to the DNN API.

Thanks Will, this is also an answer to unanswer question posted [url=https://mmmcommerce.com/Forums/g/posts/t/123/HCC-as-catalog-modules]here[/url] to me about three month ago.
The repetition of questions is a consequence of the search feature malfunction of this forum.

Oh, yes, we do this all the time. The reasons to have a "Catalog Mode" that you can turn on with a couple of switches in code or elements that we've used are to:
[list][*] To prepare a site and have it in "catalog mode" with no AddtoCart button and hidden (admin only) checkout/cart pages when the store is never going to sell online. We have this when we create manufacturer websites where they want to show products but be clear that they are not competing with their distributors and dealers by having ecommerce.
[*] To have a site where the editors and site administrators can test and review all of their content in a light Phase I publish before then turning on the ecommerce a month or two later when they're more comfortable with their new site (this happens often!)
[*] To have a site state where we can turn off eCommerce transactions during holidays, times when they do not want to ship, or times where there are banking/payment provider issues and need to temporarily stop any new orders from occurring till the issue is resolved.
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While we update and customize the HotCakes viewsets and checkout processes in the traditional way for many things, for this type of action, we use XMod Pro as a helper module to install on the page and then modify different elements. Having a switch that we can flip to hide the cart-related buttons on the screen and set the specific cart/checkout pages to admin-only is a great help.

Let us know if you'd like to learn more about using XMod Pro to combine with and modify other DNN Modules, it's a great approach!