Glossary Item Box
Instructions
Details
Name
Name of the category
Content Name
This field is optional. If you wish to use a different name for this category when it appears in the content area of your storefront page, put it in this field. HTML can be used if needed.
Nav Name
This field is optional. If you wish to use a different name for this category when it appears in the product catalog navigation block, put it in this field. HTML can be used if needed.
SEO URL Name
This field controls how this category's name will appear in URLs when the SEO URLs feature is enabled. Leave blank to take the default value, which is equal to this category's name with invalid characters removed.
Do not Display
Checking this field will hide the category from the storefront.
Display In Navigation
When checked, this category will appear in the Product Catalog navigation box
Tax Items
This field is discussed in the Sales Tax section.
VAT Rate
This field is discussed in the Sales Tax section.
Additional Text
This field is not used by default, but can be added to templates.
Sort Index
This field can be used to assist in sorting the categories for display.
Commodity Code
This is for the NIGP Commodity/Services Code, used by some payment gateways. This will apply to all products within this category, and can be overridden on your product records.
For more info, see NIGP.com.
Unit of Measure
3 character code representing the unit of measure, as defined by the ECB Working party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures in Recommendation No. 20 (March 1985).
This is used in some payment gateways like FirstData Global Gateway e4. A list of codes can be found here.
This can be specified at the category level, and overridden on a per product basis. It can be set store-wide using the same field on the All Products category record.
Page Metadata
Title Is
This field allows you to specify a custom page title that will be seen when this category is clicked on.
Page Description
This field is used to populate the description meta tag.
Keywords
This field is used to populate the keywords meta tag, and to assist customers when searching for this product.
Description
This is the main description of the category. HTML is allowed.
Tooltip
Images
Large Name
This is shown when the regular category image is clicked on. Recommended maximum dimension is 1000px.
Depending on your configuration, you may or may not see these additional fields:
Image
This field is optional, and is the primary image of the category. By default, it appears to the left of the category name in the main content area.
Thumbnail Image
This field is not used by default, but can be added to template files to display an extra image.
Category Viewing
Store Home Page
This section controls how this category and its products will appear on your store's home page, in the content area.
Show
This controls what is shown for this category on the store's home page. Values are as follows:
Category detail AND Products - shows detailed info for the category (name, images, description), and product thumbnails
Category detail ONLY - shows detailed info for the category (name, images, description) and no products below it
Products ONLY - shows only product thumbnails, without the category's detail
Nothing - causes this category to not appear on the store's home page. It can still be viewed by clicking it's link in the Product Catalog navigation block.
Show Subcategory Count
This field controls whether or not a message is shown indicating how many subcategories this category contains.
Show Subcategories
This controls whether or not links to open this category's subcategories are shown
Subcategories per Row
Controls the number of subcategories shown per row, when Show Subcategories is checked.
Show Products As
This controls how products will appear when this category is being viewed on the store's home page (without being clicked on directly). Options are:
default - uses the default setting from the Visual Settings page
thumbnails - products shown in thumbnail view, with your smaller Thumbnail Image
thumbnails, with add to cart button - same as above, with an add to cart button below each thumbnail.
detail - products are shown just as they normally appear on their own pages, in full detail. We recommend you set Products per Row to 1 when using this setting.
Navigation
This field controls the type of navigation used when there are more products in the category that can be displayed on your store's home page
Products per Row
Controls how many products appear in a single row.
Products per Page
Controls how many products appear on the page.
Randomize Products
When checked, the products displayed will be a random selection from all the products assigned to this category
Order Products By
Field that will be used to sort the products in this category
Order Products How
Sort order for above
Category Page
This section controls how this category and its products appear on its own page.
Show Category Detail
When checked, shows detailed info for the category (name, images, description).
Show Subcategory Count
This field controls whether or not a message is shown indicating how many subcategories this category contains.
Show Subcategories
This controls whether or not links to open this category's subcategories are shown
Subcategories per Row
Controls the number of subcategories shown per row, when Show Subcategories is checked.
Order Subcategories By
Field used to sort subcategories
Order Subcats How
Sort order for above
Show Products As
This controls how products will appear when this category is clicked on. Options are:
default - uses the default setting from the Visual Settings page
thumbnails - products shown in thumbnail view, with your smaller Thumbnail Image
thumbnails, with add to cart button - same as above, with an add to cart button below each thumbnail.
detail - products are shown just as they normally appear on their own pages, in full detail. We recommend you set Products per Row to 1 when using this setting.
table - products appear in a table, with one product per row. Each item has its own Add to Cart button
table, multiple add to cart - same as above, with a single Add Items to Cart button at the bottom of the page. This allows customers to add multiple items to the cart with a single form submission.
Products per Row
Controls how many products appear in a single row.
Products per Page
Controls how many products appear on the page.
Order Products By
Controls the field products are sorted by
Order Products How
Controls the sort order of products - ascending or descending
Products in This Category
This section is used to assign a product to this category. It is explained in the Adding a Product to a Category topic.
Sub Categories
This section is used to nest categories inside this category.
Product Options
This section is used to assign Product Options to this category. It's explained in the Product Options > Assigning to a Product topic.
Parent Category
This section is used to specify which categories this category will be nested inside.
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