Product categories
Last updated on 2023-03-03The Categories module allows you to filter products into different categories and subcategories to help your customers find the products they're looking for. A clear and precise hierarchy of your products promotes more efficient navigation for users. Highlight your product categories, for example, by clearly identifying them in your website's menu.
Creating a product category or subcategory
- Through the sidebar menu, access Categories.
- Click on Add category.
- Fill in all the requested information (in all the languages of your website)
- Parent
- If the category you're creating is at least level 2, you need to indicate what the parent category is. If no parent is selected, the category will be level 1 by default.
- This setting allows for the categorization of categories to be hierarchical.
- Title
- Slug
- View order
- This setting will establish an order of display in the online store to determine which categories will display first.
- Description
- Image
- "Google product categories" setting
- If you have access to the Product Feeds functionality, you can also assign a Google product category.
- Don't forget to update your product feed when new categories are added to your website.
- SEO
- You can add a meta-title and meta-description to improve your website's search engine optimization. Otherwise, the platform will take the category name and description as the default metainformation.
- Parent
- Save.
Delete a product category
- From the side menu, access Categories
- In the product list, hover over the options icon and click on the trash icon.
- Confirm your choice.
Add a product category tab in the menu
- First, go to your page builder , then to the Page management .
- Go to the menu where the category should appear.
- This could be the main menu, the secondary menu, or the footer menu, for example.
- The category could also appear as a sub-tab under a main tab.
- Select the Product item type.
- Select Product category Page type.
- Select the category from the drop-down menu.
- Add the menu title.
- Save.
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