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• Creating Sub-Categories |
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| Creating a sub-category is exactly
like creating a category, in fact it is creating a category as far as
Merchant is concerned. The difference between them is really a matter of interface
on the customer's end. Sub-categories will not show up on the side navigation bar
(category tree) unless the parent category has been selected by the customer and are a
convenient way of reducing the number of links the customer has to deal with at any given
time. For example, if you sell clothing and
each style comes in either men's or women's you could have a category tree that looks like
either of the following:
| In this example you can see that all the
categories are in one long list and that even though "Women's T-shirts" is
selected there are no further choices for the customer to choose from. This makes
sense if your categories are each distinct from the other ones, but it does not look very
attractive or organized in a case like this. |
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| In this example you will notice that there
are only four "categories" and each one of those has two
"sub-categories" under it. This allows the customer an immediate and clear
choice of what type of clothing he/she is interested in and organizes the store in a more
concise manner. It also allows you to add new sub-categories selectively as you grow
into new areas (e.g. children's shoes but not socks). |
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 Step 1
| After logging in to your admin, you can add a
sub-category in one of two ways. You can either expand "Categories" and
click on "Add Category"; or you can expand "Categories", expand the
category that you are adding the sub-category for, and then click "Add
Sub-Category". There is really no difference as far as where your
sub-categories will end up or what information you can enter as you are creating them, but
there are a couple minor ones as far as what you will see. |
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The first difference will be
whether the "Parent Category" code will be inserted automatically, or whether
you will need to use the "Lookup" button. Keep in mind that if you are
planning to create multiple sub-categories by clicking on "Add CATEGORY" (not
"add sub-category") you will only need to "lookup" the "Parent
Category" code as you add the first sub-category since Merchant will automatically
insert the same category code into the "Parent Category Code" box until you
specify a different one (which then will become the default "Parent Category
Code" for the sub-categories that follow.
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| The second difference to you will be that if
you are creating it directly under the "Parent Category" you will see the
"Sub-Category" appear in the left frame after you add it under the "Parent
Category". If you create it by clicking on "Add Category" you will
not see the sub-categories until you expand the parent category, but don't worry they are
there. |
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Miva Merchant, and the Miva blades logo are registered trademarks
of
Miva Corporation.
Miva HeLp! is not affiliated with Miva Corporation. |
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