User Manual/Administration Interface/Catalog tree

View and edit categories


The catalog with its categories is a possibility to organize products in a hierarchical way. The category tree can consist of an unlimited number of categories and sub-categories where products can be associated to.

When you switch to the catalog panel, it displays the root node if there is one available. The little arrows left of the folder button of each category expands the sub-categories of the node if there exists at least one.

The content of categories like its name, status, products, etc. can be edited by double clicking on the category you would like to edit. Alternatively, you can also select the category and press the "Edit" button in the menu bar or use the context menu of the node by right clicking on it and selecting the "Edit" in the context menu.



Create categories


If there is no root node available, you have to create one first by clicking on the "Add" button in the menu bar of the tab or by using the right mouse button inside the white panel and selecting "Add" in the context menu. This opens the detail view for a new category.

After the root node is created, you can add more nodes to the root node or to any other existing sub-node by using the menu bar or the context menu. In both cases, you have to select the node first which should be the parent for your new category.



Delete categories


You can also delete categories if you've created them by accident or if you don't need them any more. Select the node and use the "Delete" button in the menu bar or the "Delete" entry in the context menu when right-clicking on the node you want to delete.

Note: Be careful when you delete categories which have sub-categories. They are deleted as well including all the product, text or media associations. The products, texts and media item itself remain in the database nevertheless.



Move categories


Furthermore, it's possible to rearrange the category tree. Nodes (including its sub-nodes if there are any attached) can be reordered within the same category or moved to a different category.

Select the node you want to move, hold the left mouse button pressed and move the node to the new location. As soon as the new location is valid, the icon right of the mouse cursor changes from a prohibition sign to either a green plus symbol if the node will be added below the new category or an insertion symbol when the node will be inserted between two existing nodes. Release the left mouse button when you've reached the right position to drop the node there.



Export/Import category texts


You can associate texts to categories like a category name which is different in all languages that should be available in you shop. This is usually done in the detail view of the category node but the text export and import is more convenient way of providing those texts.

Select the node for which you would like to create an export of the available texts or for those text types where no text is available yet. In the menu bar and in the context menu will be an option "Export" available that creates an spreadsheet file suitable for office applications. If the selected category node has sub-categories, the texts for these nodes are also exported.

Importing the texts works by clicking on the "Import" button in the menu bar, which opens a file dialog. Choose the file you've exported and which now contains the new or changed texts. They will be imported into the database and are available afterwards in the catalog detail view.

Caution: If you import the same file twice, you will add the same texts twice! When you need to modify the texts, create a new export first, modify and add texts and import this new file.



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