Edit categories

This doc describes how to edit categories in the Back Office.

Prerequisites

1. Go to Catalog > Categories. This opens the Category page.
2. Next to the category you want to edit, click Actions > Edit.

Edit general settings of a category

1. On the Edit category page, click the Settings tab.
2. Enter a CATEGORY KEY.
3. For PARENT, select a parent category.
4. For ADDITIONAL PARENTS, do any of the following:
   • Select one or more additional parent categories.
   • Next to the parent categories you want to deassign this category from, click x.
5. For STORES, do any of the following:
   • Select one or more stores.
   • Next to the stores you want to remove this category from, click x.
6. Select a TEMPLATE.
7. Select or clear the following checkboxes:
   • ACTIVE
   • VISIBLE IN THE CATEGORY TREE
   • ALLOW TO SEARCH FOR THIS CATEGORY
8. In the Translations section, enter a NAME for needed locales.
9. Enter any of the following for needed locales:
   • META TITLE
   • META DESCRIPTION
   • META KEYWORDS
10. Click Save.

This refreshes the page with a success message displayed.

Reference information: Define general settings of a category

Update images of a category

On the Edit category page, click the Images tab and do any of the following for needed locales.

Update existing images

1. Update any of the following:

• Update an IMAGE SET NAME.
• To update an image, update any the following:
  • SMALL IMAGE URL
  • LARGE IMAGE URL
  • SORT ORDER
• To delete an image from an image set, below the image you want to delete, click Delete image. This removes the image and its fields from the page.

2. Click Save.

Add images to an image set

1. In the page on the image set you want to add images to, click Add image. This adds a set of fields for the new image.
2. Enter a SMALL IMAGE URL.
3. Enter a LARGE IMAGE URL.
4. Enter a SORT ORDER.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you add all the needed images.
6. Click Save.

Add image sets

1. Click Add image set. This opens an Image Set: pane.
2. Enter an IMAGE SET NAME.
3. Enter a SMALL IMAGE URL.
4. Enter a LARGE IMAGE URL.
5. Optional: Enter a SORT ORDER.
6. Optional: To add one more image, click Add image.
7. Repeat steps 9-13 until you add all the needed images.
8. Optional: To add one more image set, click Add image set.
9. Repeat steps 9-15 until you add all the needed image sets.
10. Click Save.

Reference information: Update images of a category

Reference information: TEMPLATE

The following category templates are available by default:

Catalog (default) Displays the products in the category.

Catalog + CMS Slot Displays the products in the category and the content of the template’s CMS slots. To learn how to add content to the slots, see Best practices: Adding content to the Storefront pages using templates and slots.

Sub Categories grid Displays the subcategories of the category.