Edit Category

To create a new category or edit an existing one, proceed through several steps:

1. Click on create new or edit category icon

   

2. In the Edit Category form specify the following data:

   • Available - check if category and its products are available at your store
   • Category ID - for internal use only. ID is a unique category identification that cannot be edited
   • Parent Category - Select parent category from a drop-down list. To create Root/Main/Parent Category just leave this field blank
     
   • Category Name - Specify category name as it will appear in the front-end.
   • Category Image - Select an Image by clicking:
     • to browse contents of your local folders and select an image. When you press OK button on edit form it will be uploaded to "Images directory" on FTP. When local image selected, this field will display local image path like C:\My Images\some_image.jpg. But local image path will be replaced with image name some_image.jpg right after upload
     • to select some image stored remotely. It's done by browsing contents of FTP folder specified as "Images directory"
   • Check Remove Image option if you wish to remove it from your store.
   • Order by - It allows you to sort categories in any order you wish (Alphabetical order is set by default).
     
   • Description - Specify category product descriptions exactly the way it's going to appear on product's page.
     Edit HTML button - shows new HTML editor window of product description. It has 2 tabs: HTML and Code, and Properties Toolbar.
     Source preview is useful if you are working directly with "raw" HTML text, which gives you precise control over the tags used in the page. However, by default, you can still work with objects visually.
   • Meta Keywords and Meta Description - Specify meta information for the category.
   • Additional fields tab allows you to manage your additional fields.

3. Click Ok to save this entry and to create category, or click cancel to discard this entry.