Last updated: May 24, 2025 Managing Product Categories Video Tutorial Overview Product categorization is a powerful feature that helps organize your inventory and improve user experience. By grouping similar products together, you provide customers with an intuitive navigation system while also optimizing your store for search engines.
Example of category links shown at the top of the page
Benefits of Categories Improved User Experience : Customers can easily find related productsEnhanced SEO : Proper categorization helps search engines understand and index your productsStreamlined Navigation : Category pages automatically display relevant productsSimplified Inventory Management : Group and manage similar products efficientlyCreating Categories Assigning Categories to Products You can assign categories to products in two ways:
- When creating a new product, click on the manage categories button on the first step of the production creation process
- When editing an existing product, you can edit a category or subcategory on an any edit product page.
Adding a New Category go to the product creation page or product edit page Go to the categories section Click on "Manage Categories" button In the category dialog box, select "Add New Category" Enter the category name and click "Save" If you want attach the new category select it in the dropdown menu after it was created This shows the manage categories button on the edit page. You can see the save category button on the categories section.
Dialog shows where to manage categories
When done creating or editing a category you can attach it to a product. This shown the create page
Managing Existing Categories Editing Categories Go to the create page or edit page Go to the categories section To attach a category on the create page select it and click the save button to go to the next step of the product creation process To attach a category on the edit page select it and click the save button to update the product Managing Subcategories Subcategories allow you to create a hierarchy of categories. This is useful for organizing products into more specific groups.
An example of subcategories is the type of bounce house for example "castle themed "or "sports themed". The main category is "bounce house".
Navigate to the "Manage Categories" section Locate the category you wish to remove Click the right arrow on a main category to manage a subcategory You can create a new subcategory by clicking the "Add New Subcategory" button click on the arrow to manage a subcategory
Deleting Categories Navigate to the "Manage Categories" section Locate the category you wish to remove Click the delete icon next to the category name If products are assigned to this category, a confirmation dialog will appear Review the listed products that will be affected Confirm deletion or cancel as needed Customizing Category Pages You can customize the category and subcategory pages by writing text at the top of the page.
You are able to add custom text to the category page.
You are able to change the title (text in tab of browser) of page for SEO purposes.
You can go to the customize category page by going to the navbar and clicking on 'site pages' then 'category pages' menu button
How to customize the category page. - go to the navbar
- click on "site pages"
- Click on "category pages" menu button
- make edits for the particular category page on the category list page
You can scroll to a category to make updates. When done you can click on 'view page' to see the changes in the category page
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