This feature allows you to organize the auctions and classifieds in your site by topic. The category is one of the more powerful features of the software because many other features of the software are attached to or configured within the category feature. Below are some of the features that are configured on a category by category basis.
Highlights of this feature:
Ability to set category specific questions that only appear within this category and it's subcategories.
Ability to have category specific field configurations allowing specific field control to a category level. This extends to all modules that support category specific content
Control the columns/fields that appear within a specific category of the category browsing feature.
Ability to set category specific icons for each category that can be managed to display or not within each category navigations configuration tool
Ability to control what fields appear in the advanced search form when a category is chosen.
Ability to control the columns/fields displayed within a category specific search result.
Ability to have category specific category home templates
Ability to have category specific category secondary browsing templates
Ability to have category specific classified details templates
Ability to have category specific auction details templates
Ability to have category specific grid browsing templates used within the category browsing feature
Ability to have category specific list browsing templates used within the category browsing feature
Ability to have category specific gallery browsing templates used within the category browsing feature
Ability to have category specific featured listing gallery template
Ability to have category specific search form and search result template
Ability to have category specific full size image body template
Ability to have category specific classified print friendly template
Ability to have category specific auction print friendly template
Ability to have category specific listing durations
Ability to have category specific pricing in fee based price plans
Ability to have category specific browsing filter configurations customized to the fields/questions used within that category
You should have your category structure nailed down for the most part before you begin to tackle these features:
So this is just a reminder that you should at least have a good idea of your main categories before you move on to the above features. There's no use spending hours on a category's administration only to find out you need to remove that category.
This is pretty easy. There is a CATEGORIES link in the left side of your admin tool. Once inside that tool you can easily navigate categories like you would on the client side. And next to each category are:
links into it to see its subcategories
links to edit features attached to the category
links to edit the category questions attached to that category
link to delete that category
To edit any aspect of a category including name, description, types of listings allowed in that category, display order, category icon, category specific header elements (meta,…etc) you'll go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change)
To affect category specific field configurations go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change) > [FIELDS]
To affect category specific durations go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change) > [DURATIONS]
To affect category specific templates go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change) > [TEMPLATES]
To create/edit/delete category specific questions go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change) > [QUESTIONS]
To create/edit/delete category specific browsing filters go here:
CATEGORIES > CATEGORY SETUP > [EDIT] (next to the category to change) > [BROWSE FILTERS]