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Glossary

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Hidden Categories

Parent Categories

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Detailed Setup Guide

Note: If in Basic mode (check upper left corner right above Category info tab), switch to “Advanced” in order to have access to all required fields.

• From the Catalog>Categories page in Admin, click Add New

• Update the following fields:

  1. (Category) Name

     1. This is the name that will appear in the drop-down menu

  2. Parent Category (optional) - This creates a subcategory, or a secondary (more specific) grouping that resides under a category.

     1. To create a subcategory: Catalog>Categories>Add New

        1. Follow the same steps as you would for a Parent Category, BUT select the parent category you would like this to nest under in the “category info” tab

     2. Only use if creating a subcategory. Select the parent category from the list.

     3. No products can be added to the parent category if the parent category has subcategories

• Update the following fields under the Display section. (It may be collapsed)

  1. Published - Check this box to enable the category on the site. Note that products belonging to unpublished categories are not available to view on the site, even if they are set up to be hidden (see below).

  2. Include in top menu - Check to include this category in the site’s category navigation. Even if the category will be a hidden category, this should still be checked.

  3. Allow customers to select page size - uncheck

  4. Page Size Options - Enter 20

  5. Display order - Enter number to define order within category display

     1. Categories are displayed in order from the lowest display order value to the highest starting at 0.

• Update the following fields under the Mappings section. (It may be collapsed)

  1. Discounts - If discounts have been created and apply to every product within this category, add them here.

  2. Limited to customer roles - If customer roles have been created and only customers with a given role can see this category, assign the role.

  3. Limited to stores - If multiple storefronts map to a single Aspenware Commerce Admin and this category should only display in some, not all, stores, map the desired stores here.

• Update the following fields under the SEO section. (It may be collapsed)

  1. Add an SEO friendly page name. Only SEO names can be added that do not previously exist

• Add products and reorganize the display order, if they are already created, under the Products section. (It may be collapsed)

  1. Select Add a new product.

  2. Search from the list of products and select products to be added to the category. Click Save to add the selected products to the category.

  3. To reorganize the display order of the products within the category, edit each product, change the display order (highest priority gets the lowest number) and update to save the display order.

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Deleting Categories

• Go to the Catalog>Categories page in Admin.

• Find the desired category (e.g. Rentals>>Rental Delivery).

• Select the red Delete button in the upper right corner.

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