Creating Category Hierarchies

You use the Catalog Editor module to create category hierarchies. Creating category hierarchies helps organize products in your catalog and makes navigation on your Web site easier for your users. You can assign parent categories and child categories, as well as arrange products in a hierarchical manner. For example, the category CDs can have the child categories Rock, Rhythm and Blues, and Classical. The child categories can also contain child categories of their own. For example, the category Rock can contain the child categories Pop and Alternative.

To assign parent and child categories

1. In Catalogs, click Catalog Editor.
   
   
2. In the Catalogs screen, select the catalog containing the categories that you want to assign parents or child categories to, and then click on the toolbar.
   
   
3. In the Catalog - <Catalog Name> screen, in the Categories section, select the category to which you want to assign parents or child categories, and then click Edit.
   
   
4. In the Assigned Categories section, select the category you want to assign as a child from the list in the Available Child Categories box, and then click Add.

   The category moves from the list in the Available box to the list in the Assigned Child Categories box.

5. To save the parent and child assignments and return to the Catalog screen, click on the toolbar.

   Note

   • You can also assign child categories to a child category; this creates multiple levels of nesting.

See Also

About Catalogs

Creating Category and Product Relationships