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Creating a Category

Last updated on March 08, 2025.

To create a category:

  1. Navigate to Ecommerce from the main menu.
  2. Select Categories.
  3. Select CREATE CATEGORY.
  4. Fill out the forms on each of the following tabs:
    • Details
    • Media
    • Gallery
    • Sitemap
    • Metadata
    • Open Graph
    • Schema
    • Custom Fields
  5. Select CREATE CATEGORY.
Note

Product categories can have multiple parent categories and multiple sub-categories.

Details

Use this tab to provide basic information about the category you are creating. The input requirements and descriptions are described in the table below.

Input Label Type Required Description
Category Name Text Field Yes Name of the product category.
Slug Text Field No The URL used to view your category details page.
Category Heading Text Field No The product category page heading.
Category Weighting Text Field No Numeric order of the product category when listed.
Parent Categories Dropdown Field No The parent categories of the product category. If you want the category you are creating to be a top-level category, leave this option empty.
Category Title Input Field No The title of the category
Short Description Text Field No Short description of the category.
Long Description HTML Field No A detailed description of the category. It can include HTML formatting and more.
Category Image Image Picker No Image of the category on the e-commerce site.

Media

Use this tab to upload media such as files, videos, and music for your product category.

To add media, select one of the clickable fields and choose a file to upload. Alternatively, drag a file from your local machine onto the clickable field. Repeat the process if you need to add more files.

Input Label Type Required Description
Media File 1 Upload Field No Field used for uploading images. Max allowable size of the file is 10MB.
Media File 2 Upload Field No Field used for uploading images. Max allowable size of the file is 10MB.
Media File 3 Upload Field No Field used for uploading images. The maximum allowable size of the file is 10MB.
Media File 4 Upload Field No Field used for uploading images. Max allowable size of the file is 10MB.
Note

Please take note of the following system behaviors when adding media files for your product category:


  • Use the 'Gallery' tab to upload images as best practice.
  • You can add up to four media files with a maximum size of 10MB each.

Gallery

Use this tab to upload image files for your product category.

To add an image, select one of the clickable fields and choose an image to upload or drag an image onto the clickable field. Repeat the process if you need to add more files.

Input Label Type Required Description
Gallery 1 Upload Field No Field used for uploading a group of related images. You can upload up to 200 files with a max file size of 10MB per file.
Gallery 2 Upload Field No Field used for uploading a group of related images. You can upload up to 200 files with a max file size of 10MB per file.
Note

Please take note of the following system behaviors when adding image files for your product category:


  • You can only upload images on this tab. Use the 'Media' tab to add videos and other media.
  • One field corresponds to an album. You can upload ten images per album.
  • Recommended image dimensions are 1280px by 1280px. The maximum file size is up to 10MB per image.

Sitemap

The sitemap serves as a roadmap for search engine crawlers, helping them navigate and understand the structure of your pages. Designing your sitemap well improves your web pages' chances of ranking higher and appearing more frequently in search results.

Input Label Type Required Description
Add To System Sitemap Toggle No Add or hide the product page from the system sitemap.
Priority Numerical Field No The priority of this product page's URL relative to other URLs on the site. Valid values range from 0.0 to 1.0. URLs are sorted in descending order.
Order Numerical Field No The order of this product page's URL in relation to other URLs having the same priority value. Similar priority URLs are sorted in ascending order.
Change Frequency Dropdown Field No

An indication provided to search engines about how often this product page will likely change or be updated. Options include the following:

  • Always
  • Hourly
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Yearly

Note that crawlers treat the values chosen as a 'hint,' not a 'command.' For example, crawlers may crawl pages marked 'hourly' less frequently than that.

Metadata

Use this tab to input product category metadata. Field descriptions and requirements are outlined in the table below:

Input Label Type Required Description
Is Visible to Search Engine Toggle No Use this option to show or hide the product category's page on search results.
Canonical URL Text Field No Provide a canonical URL to prevent duplicate content issues in SEO in situations where some pages on your site use multiple URLs .
Meta Title Text Field No Title of metadata. A good title has between 40 - 60 characters.
Meta Description Text Field No Description of your metadata. A good meta description has between 150 - 160 characters.

Open Graph

Use this tab to optimize your Open Graph settings. Open Graph is an internet protocol that standardizes metadata usage within a webpage, allowing you to optimize your content to stand out next to other content posted online.

Field descriptions and requirements are outlined in the table below:

Input Label Type Required Description
Use Meta Title as Open Graph Title Toggle No Enable this option to use the value in the 'Meta Title' field as the Open Graph title. Otherwise, turn the option off if you want to use a different title.
Open Graph Title Text Field No Customized title of your product category's post on your preferred social media platform. The field can only be used if the 'Use Meta Title as Open Graph Title' option is turned off.
Use Meta Description as Open Graph Description Toggle No This tag is a one- or two-sentence snippet that shows up as the preview of the product category post. Enable this option to use your site's meta description as the Open Graph description.
Open Graph Description Text Field No Customized description of your product category's post on your preferred social media platform. The field can only be used if the 'Use Meta Description as Open Graph Description' option is turned off. Write this description carefully, as a good description can mean the difference between getting clicks or not.
Open Graph Image Image Picker No The preview image of your content. The maximum file size is 10MB.
Open Graph URL Text Field No URL (link) that is associated with your content.
Open Graph Site Name Text Field No The name of your site.
Open Graph Type Text Field No Type of content, i.e., website, article, and blog.

Schema

Schema markup is a structured data vocabulary that helps search engines understand parts of your web application on a deeper level. This data enables them to serve better results to end-users.

This tab has a single input field with descriptions and requirements displayed in the table below

Input Label Type Required Description
Schema Code Editor No Schema markup for the product.

Custom Fields

You can use this tab to create and manage custom fields. Custom fields store and manage extra information that is not part of the system's standard data structure and set of fields. These fields allow you to tailor the platform to specific needs by allowing users to capture and organize data unique to their business or use case.

Please refer to the Ecommerce Custom Fields article for more details.

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