Editing a category

Use the Edit Category page to modify or delete a category.

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Attribute Description
Create Product Create Product Allows you to create a product. See Creating a product for more information.
Sort Products Sort Products Allows you to sort products. See How to sort the products for more information.
Sort Categories Sort Categories Allows you to sort categories. See How to sort the categories for more information.

Edit Category attributes

Attribute Description
Category Details
Category Locale The default locale associated with this category.
Internal Category name

The name of the category within Global Commerce. This name appears in reports generated for your store. This name does not appear in your store or to shoppers and may be different from the Site Category Name.

Note: When you create a catalog, the system assigns a category ID to the category. The ID identifies the category in the system and cannot be changed.
Site Category Name The name of the category as you want it to appear to shoppers in your store.
Options

Display Category—When selected, the shoppers can see the category in your store. If you do not select this checkbox, the system creates the category, but it will not be visible in your store.
Category Image

The image for the category. Depending on your store design, this image may or may not appear to shoppers.

  1. On the Product Details Page tab, click Select. The Select an Image window appears.

  2. Choose one of the following options:

    • To upload images to the primary folder (the system saves all product images to a single location), click New File to import a new image. The New File dialog appears.

    • To upload images to a new folder:

      1. Click New Folder, type the folder name and then click Save.

        Note: Do not use spaces and special characters in folder names. Hyphens (-) and underscores (_) are allowed.

      2. Select the new folder under File/Folder Name and then click New File to import a new image. The New File dialog appears.
    • To upload images to an existing folder, select the folder under File/Folder Name and then click New File to import a new image. The New File dialog appears.

  3. If required, select the Overwrite Existing File with Same Name, If Present checkbox.

    Note: You only need to select this checkbox when you import an image over an existing image with the same name.

  4. Click Choose File, follow the prompts to locate the image, and then click Open. The name of the image file appears next to the Choose File button.
  5. Click Upload.
  6. Optional. Click the file name to display the image and the image width and height under Preview or click View to display the image in a separate browser tab.
  7. Click the image file name under File/Folder Name and then click Add Selected to add the selected image to the product.
Short Description Provide a brief description of the category. The description appears to the shoppers on the Category List page. Depending on the design of the site, shoppers may or may not see this description on your site.
Long Description Provide a full description of the category. Depending on the design of your store, this description may or may not appear to shoppers. Depending on the design of the site, shoppers may or may not see this description on your site.
Keywords Provide a full description of the category. Depending on the design of your store or site, this description may or may not appear to shoppers.
Search Engine Optimization
Title Tag

The text for the link that appears when the product appears in the search results. The title appears as the primary link in the search results.

Meta Description Enter the description that should appear under the Title Tag for the category list page when it appears in the search results.
Meta Keywords

The words you expect a shopper to enter in a search engine. These words describe your products or store.

Note: Do not use punctuation when entering words in this field.

Enter keywords that describe the category and appear in products for that category.

How to edit a category

You can edit categories as needed for your store.

Note: The system does not associate unassigned products with a category in your catalog. As a result, shoppers cannot see unassigned products on your site. See How to unassign products for more information.

To edit a category:

  1. Select Catalog, select Catalogs and Categories and then click Manage Categories. The Product Categories page appears.
  2. Select a category you want to edit from the Categories list and click Edit. The Edit Category page appears.
  3. Complete the fields. See Edit Category attributes for a description of the fields.
  4. Click Save. The Product Categories page appears.

How to sort the products

Use the list on the Sort Products page to sort the products in the order you want them to appear in your store.

  1. Select Catalog, select Catalogs and Categories, and then click Manage Categories. The Product Categories page appears.
  2. Select a category you want to edit from the Categories list and click Edit Category. The Edit Category page appears.

  3. To change the product order, choose one of the following options:

    • To move the product to the top of the list, select the product, and click Move to Top.
    • To move a product up or down the list, select a product, and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to move the product.
    • To move the product to the bottom of the list, select the product, and click Move to Bottom.
    • To alphabetize the products, click Alphabetize and then click Yes.
    • To select multiple items, press CTRL+click when you select each item.

How to sort the categories

Use the list on the Sort Categories page to sort the categories in the order you want them to appear in your store.

  1. Select Catalog, select Catalogs and Categories, and then click Manage Categories. The Product Categories page appears.
  2. Select a category you want to edit from the Categories list and click Edit Category. The Edit Category page appears.

  3. To change the product order, choose one of the following options:

    • To move the category to the top of the list, select the category, and click Move to Top.
    • To move a category up or down the list, select a category, and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to move the category.
    • To move the category to the bottom of the list, select the category, and click Move to Bottom.
    • To alphabetize the categories, click Alphabetize and then click Yes.
    • To select multiple items, press CTRL+click when you select each item.

How to delete a category

You can delete a category and any subcategories within it from your catalog. When you delete a category, any product assigned to that category moves to the "unassigned products" category. Shoppers cannot see unassigned products in your store. You must edit the product details and assign the product to a category before shoppers can see it on your site.

Note: When you delete a category, the system deletes all subcategories.

 

Required Role: Catalog ManagerClosed This Global Commerce user role allows users to access the catalog, including product features, categories, subscriptions, and tags. The user can also preview sites.

  1. Select Catalog, select Catalogs and Categories, and then click Manage Categories. The Product Categories page appears.

  2. Select the category you want to delete from the Categories list and click Edit Category. The Edit Category page appears.

  3. Click Delete Category.
  4. Click Yes. The Product Categories page appears, and the system deletes the category.