In order to create a new product category, click on the “New Category” button once inside the “Categories/Products” page.
Figure 192: Creating a new category (step 1/2)
The following screen will be displayed.
Figure 193: Creating a new category (step 2/2)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Category Name – field for setting the name of the category (e.g. “DVD and Video”)
Category Heading Title – field for setting the category heading title as seen by the end users
Category heading description – text area for entering category description as seen by the end users
Category Image – click on the “Browse” button to define the desired image for the category
Sort order – set the desired sort order for the category (e.g. “2” if you want the category to be second in the list)
After setting these parameters, click on the "Preview” button to preview the created category and the following screen will be displayed.
Figure 194: Creating a new category (step 3/3)
If you are satisfied with the results, click on the “insert” button and the new category will be added.
Note:
you can still decide to click on the “back” button and further adjust the settings
see section Creating a new product for details on how to add a new product to the category