Category Properties¶

General¶

Information¶

• Location—the position of the category in the category tree: whether it is a root category or a child category.

• Name—the name of the category as it appears on the storefront and in the Administration panel.

• 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 can 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 → General → Appearance → Default wysiwyg editor.

• Status—the status of the category:

  • Active—the category is available on the storefront and appears on the list of categories.
  • Disabled—the category is not available on the storefront.
  • Hidden—the category does not appear on the storefront, but customers can access it via a direct link.

• 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 it 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.

Add-ons¶

Appearance¶

• Product details view—the template for the pages of all products that belong to this category.
• Use custom view—if you tick this checkbox, you’ll be able to configure the looks of the category page.
• Product columns—the number of columns that the products in the category are displayed in. This property affects only the Grid view.
• Available views—select the product list layouts that customers should be able to choose from when viewing the category.
• Default category view—select the default layout of the product list in this category.

Reward Points¶

The number of reward points that customers receive for buying products from this category.

• Override global point value for all products in this category—if you tick this checkbox, the values below will take priority over the global values defined in Marketing → Reward points.
• User group—the user group, members of which will get reward points for buying products from this category.
• Amount—the number of reward points to be granted to a user group member for buying a product from this category.
• Amount type—the absolute number of points or percentage-based value calculated in the following manner: the product cost is divided by 100, and the result is multiplied by the value in the field.

Reviews¶

The list of customers’ reviews of the category. You can add your own reviews or edit existing ones.

Layouts¶

This tab duplicates the global layout of the category page from Website → Themes → 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.