Categories Overview
Categories are used for broad grouping of posts. Consider them as general topics or table of contents for a website. Categories exist to help identify the subject of a blog. Developers can leverage categories to help their audience find the right type of content on their site. Categories are hierarchal which allows developers to use sub-categories. The steps for creating categories are provided below.
Step 1 – Add a collection
- Open the Blog Module folder located in web files -> managers.
- Click Add Collection.
- Enter the Name, Title and Description of the collection.
- Click Submit.
Step 2 – Adding categories, adding subcategories, and deleting categories/subcategories
Step 2a – Adding categories
- Open the newly created collection
- Enter a category in the textbox and click Add.
- The category is added below.
Step 2b – Adding sub-categories
- Click parent category to select it.
- Type the name of the sub-category in the textbox and click Add.
- The subcategory will appear underneath the folder of the parent category.
Step 2c – Deleting categories/sub-categories
- Click the category or expand the parent category and click the subcategory to select it.
- Click Delete.
- Review the warning and click OK.
Note: Deleting parent categories will delete subcategories contained therein.
Step 3 – Mapping the categories to a module
- Open the Module.
- Click Modify.
- In the Modify modal expand the Website Properties.
- Under the Categories section click Browse under the Datatable Category Group.
- Select the newly created collection.
- Click Choose.
- Click Submit.
Step 4 – Add categories to each entry
- Open the module
- Click the Add Entry button.
- Enter the name, choose the status and images, populate the heading, intro and content.
- Scroll down to the Categories section and select the appropriate categories created.
- If the category is not listed, the user can create them in the modal.
- Click Submit.
