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Squirrelcart v6.1.0

Creating and Modifying Categories

Instructions

  1. Click the Categories > Manage menu link
  2. To add a new category, click . To modify an existing one, click the pen icon at the beginning of it's record row. (You can also click anywhere on the row to edit a record)
  3. Fill out the form fields, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
  4. Click Save Changes

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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