When you create or edit a category, your specify a number of properties. For convenience, properties are grouped under several tabs.
Name—the name of the category as it appears on the storefront and in the Administration panel.
Location—the position of the category in the category tree: a root category or a child category.
Description—the description of the category as it appears on the storefront.
The description appears on the category page under the category’s name and helps visitors understand what kind of products they should expect to find in this category. An informative description is also good for SEO.
The description can be either a plain text or a formatted HTML text. If you’re not familiar with HTML code, you can rely on the visual editor: you simply edit the description like a document, and the visual editor adds the HTML code automatically.
Hint
You can choose or disable the visual editor under Settings → Appearance → Default WYSIWYG editor.
Status—the status of the category:
Store—the storefront to which the category is assigned.
Images—a large category image and its icon (thumbnail). Supported formats are JPEG, GIF, and PNG. The maximum size of an uploaded image depends on your server configuration. As a rule, it should not exceed 2 MB.
Note
By default, thumbnails are generated from detailed images automatically. However, you can upload thumbnails manually.
The text field below the image lets you describe the image in words. Technically, it is the text that you enter appears inside the alt=""
and title=""
attributes of the <img>
HTML tag. This text is shown when the image is missing or cannot be displayed. It is good practice to have an alternative text associated with the image, for SEO purposes.
<title></title>
container: the title of the category page on the storefront, which is displayed in the web browser when somebody is viewing the page. If you don’t specify a value manually, it will be generated automatically.description
meta-tag: a brief description of the category.keywords
meta-tag: a list of search keywords that appear on the category page.Note
Instructions on how to best use the meta tags may vary depending on the search engine.
This tab duplicates the global layout of the category page from Design → Layouts section of the Administration panel.
By using this tab, you can enable or disable some blocks, changing the look of the category page that way. Any changes you make here will not affect the pages of other categories.
Note
This tab is displayed only when you edit an existing category, not when you create a new one.
Note
This is a part of the Age verification add-on.
The number of reward points that customers receive for buying products from this category.
The list of customers’ reviews of the category. You can add your own reviews or edit existing ones.
Note
This tab requires the Comments and reviews add-on to be active. This tab appears only when communication and/or rating is enabled for the category on the Add-ons tab.
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