To Add a New Category or Subcategory, follow the steps:

 

1.     Click Add a New Category, as shown in the Figure 2-1-1 below.

 

Figure 2-1-1: Add a New Category

 

The Category (Insert) page opens.

 

Note: You can also open the Category (Insert) page directly, by clicking on Add a New Category link in the Admin Area Home page.

 

2.     Parent Category: Select Category Root to create a new category, as shown in the Figure 2-1-2 below.

 

Marketing Tip: Keep you category names very short and specific

Note: Select any parent category from the available categories, to add or create a child category (Subcategory) under it.

 

You can also add a subcategory, by clicking Add Subcategory icon from Manage Catalog Categories page.

 

Figure 2-1-2: Parent Category

 

3.     Category Properties: Enter the following information:

a.     Category Name: Type the name of the category.

b.     Category Key: Used for bulk uploading of products with the bulk loader feature. It may be the same as the category name, but without spaces (example: Music_and_Movies).

c.     Meta Keywords: Keywords that maybe used by search engines to list within their site.

d.     Is Category Visible to Users: Uncheck the box if you don’t want this category visible to the user. Otherwise, let it remain checked. By default, the box is checked.

e.     List Subcategories on Catalog Page: Check the box if you want to list subcategories on the Catalog Page. Otherwise, let it remain unchecked.

f.     Priority: Use priority to have products listed higher within Your cart. You can select this on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is given the highest priority. The higher the number, the higher the product will be listed.

 

Note: All categories at the same level in a catalog tree are sorted by priority.

 

Categories with the same priority are sorted alphabetically.

 

Figure 2-1-3: Category Properties

 

4.   Category Description: Type a description for the category, as shown in the Figure 2-1-4 below.

 

Figure 2-1-4: Category Description

 

5.     You can also create an eye-catching description, by clicking Edit HTML Online in Category Description, as shown in Figure 2-1-5 below. This field allows you to enter HTML-enriched category description.

 

Figure 2-1-5: Online HTML Editor

 

6.     Category Image: Click Browse and navigate to the image that you would like to upload for the category. The images can be in JPG, PNG and GIF format.

 

Figure 2-1-6: Category Image

 

7.     If you want to reset the form, click on Reset form button.

8.     Click Save changes button to save the details about the category. You will get a confirmation message that the new products category has been successfully created.