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Edit Category [S]
Clicking the "edit" button in the "edit category" column of the Categories Setup page gives you the opportunity to make changes to an existing category. The settings for this page are explained below:
Order
This is order in which the category will be displayed relative to all other categories on the same level. For example the following category name and display order settings in the admin tool:
| Category Name | Display order |
|---|---|
| zoologist | 10 |
| banking | 30 |
| advertising | 30 |
| plumbing | 20 |
Would actually appear in this order on the client side:
| zoologist |
| plumbing |
| advertising |
| banking |
Also note that if the display order between any two or more categories is the same the display order will be alphabetical among those categories with the same display order. If you wanted all categories to display in alphabetical order you can simply leave all category display order values to the same value.
Listing Allowed
If you would like to limit this category to only "classified ads" or "auctions" listings, click the appropriate radio button. When a user attempts to list an item in this category, your choice here will their only option. Otherwise, leave the default setting to allow both types of listings.
Category Icon URL
If you would like to display an icon (image) in front of this category's name, enter the absolute or relative path (URL) to that image in this field.
Whether the category icon is actually displayed or not within the category navigation depends on the settings affecting the specific category navigation you are using. Each category navigation module has its own control on whether to display this or not.
Add extra to {header_html} from
Select one of the options as described below:
- Default Site-Wide - Add the text as specified in the default site-wide text, see setting described for Default Contents to add to {header_html} for Language. Note that the {header_html} added contents setting will not display for the category, if this option is selected for the category since it would not be using the setting.
- Category Specific (Set Below) - Add the text specified in the setting {header_html} added contents below for this specific category. This option allows you to enter META tags specifically for this category, or any HTML you wish to add specifically for this category within the <head>…</head> section, added to the contents of {header_html} in your templates.
- Default AND Category Specific (Set Below) - This option will allow you to enter META tags or any desired HTML specifically for this category in the {header_html} added contents setting below, AND also display the default contents set in the setting Default Contents to add to {header_html} for Language.
Edit Category's Fields
This link will take you to a page where you can edit which fields that will be "used" and "displayed" specifically for this category. By default, all fields specified under the LISTING SETUP > FIELDS TO USE menu of the admin will be applied to this category. However, you can override these site-wide settings with any changes you make here. This is explained in further detail within the Category Specific Fields section of this User Manual. You cannot create new 'fields' in this section. You can only set these fields to "use" and "display. If you want to add fields into the system for this category, you can do so by entering "category questions".
<tip c n>Please remember that all changes you make through this area of the admin will take precedence over any site-wide settings you have made under the
LISTING SETUP > FIELDS TO USE
menu FOR THIS CATEGORY ONLY.</tip>
Edit Category's Durations
This link will take you to a page where you can edit the Listing Durations offered to users when they place a listing within this category. In other words, you can override the site wide default settings that are set up within the
LISTING SETUP > LISTING DURATIONS
menu of the admin. This is explained in further detail within the Category Listing Durations section of this User Manual.
<tip c n>Please remember that all changes you make through this area of the admin will take precedence over any site-wide settings you have made under the
LISTING SETUP > LISTING DURATIONS
menu FOR THIS CATEGORY ONLY.</tip>
Edit Category's Templates
This link will take you to a page where you can edit the template that is assigned to this particular category. In other words, you can override the site wide default template that is assigned to all categories with a specific template for this category's Listing Display Page and Browsing Page.
<tip c n>Please remember that all changes you make through this area of the admin will take precedence over any template settings you have assigned to the Listing Display Pages under the
PAGES MANAGEMENT > BROWSING LISTINGS > LISTING DISPLAY PAGE
menu FOR THIS CATEGORY ONLY.</tip>
Edit Category's Questions
This link will take you to a page where you can add specific questions (fields) to this particular category. When the seller lists an item within a category that has 'category questions' set up, they will see questions pertaining to their particular item such as 'color', 'size', etc.
Edit Category's Name and Description
You can edit the name and description for this category using these fields. If you have more than one language on your site there will be name and description fields for each language.
Name
The category name you use here will be displayed throughout the software where it is called for to be displayed. The name you enter here could display in the title module contents, within the SEO generated URL while browsing categories, within any category navigation displayed by the software and several other places. So please take note of that and do not enter anything that you do not want to possibly display in any of these possible places depending on your configuration of the software of course.
Description
The category description can be displayed throughout the category navigation displayed by the software. Each category navigation has its own controls as to whether the category description is to be displayed or not. The controls for the {body_html} displayed category navigation is here in the admin tool:
SITE SETUP > BROWSING SETTINGS
Each category navigation module will have its own control on whether to display the category description or not. You will need to visit the category navigation modules admin tool page to configure that if you wish. All category navigation modules are found within the following section of the admin tool:
PAGE MODULES > BROWSING > CATEGORY NAVIGATION
Since the category description is only displayed within the category navigation you have more leeway as to what can be used within the category description. You could even use HTML.
{header_html} added contents
This is only displayed as on option if Add extra to {header_html} from setting is set to either Category Specific (Set Below) or to Default AND Category Specific (Set Below). This allows additional HTML to be added to the {header_html} contents, specifically for this category. The main use for this, is to add META tags such as the META description, META keywords, and others. You can even do something more advanced here if you wish, like adding a META tag to tell search engines not to index the category, useful if there is a category you do not wish search engines to index for one reason or another.
<tip c n>Design Tip: You can use a sub-template rather than entering the text to add directly in the text box. The template must be in your main_page templates. To do so, in the box enter something like this:
template:template_filename.tpl
You would replace template_filename.tpl in that example with the template filename you wish to use.
Note that this functionality is unique to {header_html} that is added on category pages, it will not work anywhere else.</tip>
admin_menu/categories/category_setup/edit_category/start.txt · Last modified: 2014/09/25 16:55 (external edit)
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