config/ste.medusa-starter.design.json

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+[
+  {
+    "Nav": {
+      "props": {},
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "Div": {
+            "props": { "className": "flex items-center h-full" },
+            "children": [
+              {
+                "LocalizedClientLink": {
+                  "props": {
+                    "href": "/",
+                    "label": "Medusa Store",
+                    "className": "bg-black txt-compact-xlarge-plus hover:text-ui-fg-base uppercase",
+                    "data-testid": "nav-store-link"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "Div": {
+            "props": { "className": "flex items-center gap-x-6 h-full flex-1 basis-0 justify-end" },
+            "children": [
+              {
+                "LocalizedClientLink": {
+                  "props": {
+                    "href": "/account",
+                    "label": "Account",
+                    "className": "hover:text-ui-fg-base  bg-black",
+                    "data-testid": "nav-account-link"
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "Suspense": {
+                  "props": {
+                    "fallback": [
+                      {
+                        "LocalizedClientLink": {
+                          "props": {
+                            "href": "/cart",
+                            "label": "Cart (0)",
+                            "className": "bg-black hover:text-ui-fg-base flex gap-2",
+                            "data-testid": "nav-cart-link"
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  "children": [
+                    { "CartButton": {} }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  { "CartMismatchBanner": { "show": true } },
+  { "FreeShippingPriceNudge": { "variant": "popup" } },
+  { "PropsChildren" : {}},
+  { "Footer": { "copyrightText": "© 2025 MyShop" } }  
+]

src/app/[countryCode]/(main)/layout.tsx

@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import { listCartOptions, retrieveCart } from "@lib/data/cart"
 import { retrieveCustomer } from "@lib/data/customer"
 import { getBaseURL } from "@lib/util/env"
 import { StoreCartShippingOption } from "@medusajs/types"
-import CartMismatchBanner from "@modules/layout/components/cart-mismatch-banner"
-import Footer from "@modules/layout/templates/footer"
-import Nav from "@modules/layout/templates/nav"
-import FreeShippingPriceNudge from "@modules/shipping/components/free-shipping-price-nudge"
+import { DynamicLayoutRenderer } from "../../../vibentec/renderer"
+import { LayoutContext, LayoutComponentNode,  } from "../../../vibentec/component-map"
+import { loadDesignConfig } from "vibentec/configloader"
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   metadataBase: new URL(getBaseURL()),
@@ -24,22 +23,14 @@ export default async function PageLayout(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
     shippingOptions = shipping_options
   }
 
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Nav />
-      {customer && cart && (
-        <CartMismatchBanner customer={customer} cart={cart} />
-      )}
+  const nodes: LayoutComponentNode[] = await loadDesignConfig()
+  const context: LayoutContext = {
+    customer,
+    cart,
+    shippingOptions,
+    contentChildren: props.children,
+  }
 
-      {cart && (
-        <FreeShippingPriceNudge
-          variant="popup"
-          cart={cart}
-          shippingOptions={shippingOptions}
-        />
-      )}
-      {props.children}
-      <Footer />
-    </>
-  )
+
+  return <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={nodes} context={context} />
 }

src/modules/layout/templates/vt-footer/index.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { listCategories } from "@lib/data/categories"
+import { listCollections } from "@lib/data/collections"
+import { Text, clx } from "@medusajs/ui"
+import { FooterProps } from "vibentec/component-props"
+import LocalizedClientLink from "@modules/common/components/localized-client-link"
+import MedusaCTA from "@modules/layout/components/medusa-cta"
+
+
+export default async function VtFooter({copyrightText}:FooterProps) {
+  const { collections } = await listCollections({
+    fields: "*products",
+  })
+  const productCategories = await listCategories()
+
+  return (
+    <footer className="border-t border-ui-border-base w-full">
+      <div className="content-container flex flex-col w-full">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-6 xsmall:flex-row items-start justify-between py-40">
+          <div>
+            <LocalizedClientLink
+              href="/"
+              className="txt-compact-xlarge-plus text-ui-fg-subtle hover:text-ui-fg-base uppercase"
+            >
+              Medusa Store
+            </LocalizedClientLink>
+          </div>
+          <div className="text-small-regular gap-10 md:gap-x-16 grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3">
+            {productCategories && productCategories?.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-2">
+                <span className="txt-small-plus txt-ui-fg-base">
+                  Categories
+                </span>
+                <ul
+                  className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-2"
+                  data-testid="footer-categories"
+                >
+                  {productCategories?.slice(0, 6).map((c) => {
+                    if (c.parent_category) {
+                      return
+                    }
+
+                    const children =
+                      c.category_children?.map((child) => ({
+                        name: child.name,
+                        handle: child.handle,
+                        id: child.id,
+                      })) || null
+
+                    return (
+                      <li
+                        className="flex flex-col gap-2 text-ui-fg-subtle txt-small"
+                        key={c.id}
+                      >
+                        <LocalizedClientLink
+                          className={clx(
+                            "hover:text-ui-fg-base",
+                            children && "txt-small-plus"
+                          )}
+                          href={`/categories/${c.handle}`}
+                          data-testid="category-link"
+                        >
+                          {c.name}
+                        </LocalizedClientLink>
+                        {children && (
+                          <ul className="grid grid-cols-1 ml-3 gap-2">
+                            {children &&
+                              children.map((child) => (
+                                <li key={child.id}>
+                                  <LocalizedClientLink
+                                    className="hover:text-ui-fg-base"
+                                    href={`/categories/${child.handle}`}
+                                    data-testid="category-link"
+                                  >
+                                    {child.name}
+                                  </LocalizedClientLink>
+                                </li>
+                              ))}
+                          </ul>
+                        )}
+                      </li>
+                    )
+                  })}
+                </ul>
+              </div>
+            )}
+            {collections && collections.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-2">
+                <span className="txt-small-plus txt-ui-fg-base">
+                  Collections
+                </span>
+                <ul
+                  className={clx(
+                    "grid grid-cols-1 gap-2 text-ui-fg-subtle txt-small",
+                    {
+                      "grid-cols-2": (collections?.length || 0) > 3,
+                    }
+                  )}
+                >
+                  {collections?.slice(0, 6).map((c) => (
+                    <li key={c.id}>
+                      <LocalizedClientLink
+                        className="hover:text-ui-fg-base"
+                        href={`/collections/${c.handle}`}
+                      >
+                        {c.title}
+                      </LocalizedClientLink>
+                    </li>
+                  ))}
+                </ul>
+              </div>
+            )}
+            <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-2">
+              <span className="txt-small-plus txt-ui-fg-base">Medusa</span>
+              <ul className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-y-2 text-ui-fg-subtle txt-small">
+                <li>
+                  <a
+                    href="https://github.com/medusajs"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noreferrer"
+                    className="hover:text-ui-fg-base"
+                  >
+                    GitHub
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                  <a
+                    href="https://docs.medusajs.com"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noreferrer"
+                    className="hover:text-ui-fg-base"
+                  >
+                    Documentation
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                  <a
+                    href="https://github.com/medusajs/nextjs-starter-medusa"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noreferrer"
+                    className="hover:text-ui-fg-base"
+                  >
+                    Source code
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+              </ul>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="flex w-full mb-16 justify-between text-ui-fg-muted">
+          <Text className="txt-compact-small">
+            {copyrightText || `© ${new Date().getFullYear()} Medusa Store. All rights reserved.`}
+          </Text>
+          <MedusaCTA />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </footer>
+  )
+}

src/modules/layout/templates/vt-nav/index.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { listRegions } from "@lib/data/regions"
+import { StoreRegion } from "@medusajs/types"
+import SideMenu from "@modules/layout/components/side-menu"
+import { DynamicLayoutRenderer, DynamicLayoutRendererProps } from "vibentec/renderer"
+
+export default async function VtNav({ nodes, context }: DynamicLayoutRendererProps) {
+  const regions = await listRegions().then((regions: StoreRegion[]) => regions)
+
+  return (
+    <div className="sticky top-0 inset-x-0 z-50 group">
+      <header className="relative h-16 mx-auto border-b duration-200 bg-white border-ui-border-base">
+        <nav className="content-container txt-xsmall-plus text-ui-fg-subtle flex items-center justify-between w-full h-full text-small-regular">
+          <div className="flex-1 basis-0 h-full flex items-center">
+            <div className="h-full">
+              <SideMenu regions={regions} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          {nodes && (
+            <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={nodes} context={context} />
+          )}
+        </nav>
+      </header>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

src/vibentec/component-map.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import CartMismatchBanner from "@modules/layout/components/cart-mismatch-banner"
+import FreeShippingPriceNudge from "@modules/shipping/components/free-shipping-price-nudge"
+import LocalizedClientLink from "@modules/common/components/localized-client-link"
+import CartButton from "@modules/layout/components/cart-button"
+import { DynamicLayoutRenderer } from "./renderer"
+import React from "react"
+import VtNav from "@modules/layout/templates/vt-nav"
+import VtFooter from "@modules/layout/templates/vt-footer"
+
+export interface LayoutComponentDefinition {
+  props?: Record<string, any>
+  children?: LayoutComponentNode[]
+}
+
+//maps key = componentName to value = props + children
+export type LayoutComponentNode = Record<string, LayoutComponentDefinition>
+
+export interface LayoutContext { 
+  customer: any; 
+  cart: any;
+  shippingOptions: any[]; 
+  contentChildren: React.ReactNode; 
+}
+
+export type ComponentRenderer = {
+  render: (entry: LayoutComponentDefinition, ctx: LayoutContext) => React.ReactNode
+}
+
+// Utility, wenn eine Komponente nur props hat und keine children
+const simple = (Component: React.ComponentType<any>): ComponentRenderer => ({
+  render: (entry) => <Component {...entry.props} />
+})
+
+// Helper für Kinder-Rendering
+const renderChildren = (entry: LayoutComponentDefinition, ctx: LayoutContext) =>
+  entry.children ? <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={entry.children} context={ctx} /> : null
+
+
+// Component Map
+export const componentMap: Record<string, ComponentRenderer> = {
+  Nav: { 
+    render: (entry: any, ctx: LayoutContext) => ( <VtNav nodes={entry.children} context={ctx} /> ),
+  },
+  Div: {
+    render: (entry: any, ctx: LayoutContext) => (
+      <div {...entry.props}>
+        {entry.children ? <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={entry.children} context={ctx} /> : null}
+      </div>
+    )
+  },
+  LocalizedClientLink: {
+    render: (entry: any) => (
+      <LocalizedClientLink {...entry.props}>{entry.props.label}</LocalizedClientLink>
+    )
+  },
+  CartButton: simple(CartButton),
+  Suspense: {
+    render: (entry: any, ctx: LayoutContext) => (
+      <React.Suspense
+        fallback={
+          entry.props?.fallback ? (
+            <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={entry.props.fallback} context={ctx} />
+          ) : null
+        }
+      >
+        {entry.children ? <DynamicLayoutRenderer nodes={entry.children} context={ctx} /> : null}
+      </React.Suspense>
+    ),
+  },
+  CartMismatchBanner: simple(CartMismatchBanner),
+  FreeShippingPriceNudge: simple(FreeShippingPriceNudge),
+  PropsChildren: {
+    render: (_props, ctx) => ctx.contentChildren,  // PageLayout's props.children 
+  },
+  Footer: simple(VtFooter),
+}

src/vibentec/component-props.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export interface FooterProps { copyrightText?: string }

src/vibentec/configloader.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import fs from "fs"
+import path from "path"
+
+const fileName = "ste.medusa-starter.design.json";
+
+export async function loadDesignConfig() {
+  const filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), "config", fileName)
+  const fileData = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, "utf-8")
+  return JSON.parse(fileData)
+}

src/vibentec/renderer.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React from "react"
+import { LayoutComponentNode, LayoutContext, componentMap } from "./component-map"
+
+export interface DynamicLayoutRendererProps {
+  nodes: LayoutComponentNode[]
+  context: LayoutContext
+}
+
+export function DynamicLayoutRenderer({ nodes, context } : DynamicLayoutRendererProps) {
+  return  nodes.map((entry, index) => {
+      const [key, value] = Object.entries(entry)[0] as [string, any]
+      const component = componentMap[key]
+      if (!component) return null
+      return <React.Fragment key={index}>{component.render(value, context)}</React.Fragment>
+    })
+}