Adding a Category

1. Navigate to the Locator from the main menu.
2. Select Categories.
3. Select Create Category and fill out the forms on the following tabs:
   • Details
   • Content
   • Sitemap
   • Metadata
   • Open Graph
   • Schema
   The input requirements in each tab are discussed in its corresponding section in this article.
4. Select CREATE CATEGORY.

Details

Provide general details about your category on this tab. The available inputs are listed below:

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Category Name	Text Field	Yes	Name of the locator category.
Slug	Text Field	Yes	Unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL) slug for your category.

To enable, disable, archive or delete a category after you create it, use the actions menu on the category page.

Content

Use this tab to add content for your locator category.

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Short Description	Rich Text Editor	No	Short description of your locator category content. The editor includes an HTML code view.
Long Description	Rich Text Editor	No	Long description of your locator category content. The editor includes an HTML code view.
Category Image	Upload File Field	No	Image for your locator category content.

Sitemap

Provide details for the automatically generated sitemap on this tab. Input requirements and descriptions are outlined in the table below:

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Add To System Sitemap	Toggle	No	Toggle to include or exclude this location page from the system-generated XML sitemap.
Priority	Numeric Field	No	The priority of this URL relative to other URLs on the site. Valid values range from 0.0 to 1.0. URLs are sorted in descending order.
Order	Numeric Field	No	The order of the URL relative to other URLs if they have the same priority value. URLs with the same priority values are sorted in ascending order.
Change Frequency	Dropdown Field	No	Sets how often search engine bots crawl the page to check for updates. Some values are: Always Daily Monthly Never Crawlers treat the values chosen as a 'hint,' not a 'command.' For example, crawlers may crawl pages marked 'hourly' less frequently than that.

Metadata

Provide your category's metadata on this tab. Input requirements and descriptions are detailed in the table below:

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Make page visible to Search Engines	Toggle	No	Makes the page visible or hides it from search engines.
Canonical URL	Text Field	No	A canonical URL used to prevent duplicate content issues in SEO.
Meta Title	Text Field	No	Meta title of the page. A good title has between 40 - 60 characters.
Meta Description	Text Field	No	Meta description of the page. A good meta description has between 150 - 160 characters.

You can then copy the snippet at the bottom of the page to add the metadata to your category.

Open Graph

Open Graph is an internet protocol that standardizes metadata usage within a webpage, allowing you to optimize content to stand out relative to other internet content in places such as social networks. Configure Open Graph on this tab. Input requirements and descriptions are displayed in the table below:

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Use Meta Title as Open Graph Title	Toggle	No	Toggle to use the meta title (set in the 'Metadata' tab) as the Open Graph title or provide a different title.
Open Graph Title	Text Field	No	Open Graph title of the category. The field is only editable if 'Use Meta Title As Open Graph Title' is disabled.
Use Meta Description as Open Graph Description	Toggle	No	Toggle to use the meta description (set in the 'Metadata' tab) as the Open Graph description or use a different description.
Open Graph Description	Text Field	No	Open Graph description of the category. The field is editable if 'Use Meta Description As Open Graph Description' is disabled. This 1 - 2 sentence snippet shows up in the post and can mean the difference between getting clicks or not.
Open Graph Image	Image Picker	No	An image for the preview of your content. The maximum file size is 10MB.
Open Graph URL	Text Field	No	URL (link) associated with your content.
Open Graph Site Name	Text Field	No	Name for your site.
Open Graph Type	Text Field	No	Type of content, i.e., website, article, and blog.

After filling out the fields, copy the snippet at the bottom of the form to add Open Graph to your category.

Schema

Schema markup is a structured data vocabulary that helps search engines understand your web application more deeply, enabling them to serve better results to end-users. Use the code editor field on this tab to write the schema markup for your product.

To build the schema markup, use the variables displayed on the 'Toolbox' pane. After filling out the editor, copy and paste the snippet displayed at the bottom of the form to add Schema to your category.

Input requirements and descriptions are displayed in the table below:

Input Label	Type	Required	Description
Schema Content	Code Mirror	No	Schema content for the locator category.