Store categories can be used to organize items in your store, including purchase options, products, gift cards, and events, which can be placed in one or more categories. Your store is equipped with default categories, which you can modify and you can create as many custom store categories as needed.
Once you've created categories for your online store, you can organize the order in which both the categories and the items within them appear.
For more information on how to add an item to a store category, see Setting an item’s store category.
Key tips before you begin:
Any item that is not assigned a store category will be placed in the Unassigned category. You cannot edit or delete this category. If you do not create any other categories, every item in this category will be displayed in your online store by default.
If there are no items in a store category, the category will not appear in your online store, even when you select Selected by Default in Store.
If an item is included in more than one store category and both of those categories are selected in the online store, the item will appear according to sorting rules for the first category to which the item was added.
Add an online store category
To add an online store category, complete the following:
Click the App Drawer button
then click View All > Setup > Store Configuration > Categories and Layout.On the Categories and Layout page, click Add Category.
Enter the desired name for the category and then press Enter on your keyboard or click anywhere on the screen.
Click Save, then click Continue.
Modify an online store category
To modify an online store category, complete the following:
Click the App Drawer button
then click View All > Setup > Store Configuration > Categories and Layout.On the Categories page, click the Options button next to the category you want to modify.
Modify the online store category:
Selected by Default in Store – Select this option if you want the category to be selected by default when the store is opened.
Not Selected by Default in Store – Select this option if you do not want the category to be selected by default when the store is opened. This option will only be displayed after you select Selected by Default in Store.
Edit – Select this option to change the category’s name.
To delete the category, click Delete.
To move the items in this category to another category, select the Move all products from this category to another one checkbox, and then click OK.
If you don’t move the items from this category to another category, the items will be moved to the Unassigned category.
Click Save, then click Continue.
Customize the layout of store categories
To customize the layout of store categories, complete the following:
Click the App Drawer button
then click View All > Setup > Store Configuration > Categories and Layout.Click and drag your store categories to place them in the order in which you want them to appear in your online store.
Click Save, then click Continue.
Customize the layout of the items within a store category
To customize the layout of the items within a store category, complete the following:
Click the App Drawer button
then click View All > Setup > Store Configuration > Categories and Layout.Click the store category that you want to reorganize.
Click the Sort button
and select the method by which you want to sort the items within this category. Your options include:Date – The items will be sorted based on the date they were created. Items can be listed with the most recently created item listed first (Newest on top) or the oldest item listed first (Oldest on top).
Name – The items will be sorted in an alphanumeric order. Items can be sorted A-Z (Ascending) or Z-A (Descending).
Price – The items will be sorted based on their price. Items can be sorted with the lowest priced item listed first (Low to high) or the highest priced item listed first (High to low).
Custom – You can click and drag items to place them in the order you want them to appear in your online store.
If you attempt to reorganize the items that had the other sorting method selected, the Custom option will be applied automatically.
If you change your sorting method from Custom to any other sorting options, you must click Continue before the items are reorganized.
Click Save, then click Continue.