How to create a category on your eshopbox site

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How to create a category on your eshopbox site

What you will learn here

▪ What is a category

▪ Why to create a category on your site

▪ How to create a category on your site

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1What is a category


▪ A category is a classification or division of things according to their

common characteristics

▪ The product categories on your site are similar classification of products

on your Eshopbox

▪ Usually products are classified under categories like electronics, apparel

etc

What is a category


2Why to create a category on

your site


Why to create a category on your site

▪ Categories helps eshopbox siteowners to group similar products and

organize their site catalog

▪ Categories help you to manage products, category wise, making it

easier to manage you Eshopbox

▪ Categories also help customers to easily find products on your site,

providing an easy navigation

▪ In order to assign products to specific categories, you will have to first

create that specific category


3How to create a category on

your site


Step 1:

▪ Click on ‘Create’ and select ‘Category’ link from the drop down menu

How to create a category on your site

Create Tab

Category link


Step 2:

▪ You will now be directed to the ‘Create a new category’ page

▪ Here you will find the listing of the categories previously made (if any)

▪ From this page you can create a new category for your site


Create a new category page

Listing of categories


Step 3:

▪ You can create a new independent parent category or create a category

under already created category

▪ To create a new independent category click on ‘Store Catalog’

▪ To create a category under parent category, click on that respective

category


Create a new independent category

Other store categories


Step 4:

▪ Click ‘Save and Continue’ button on the top right corner of the page

▪ To cancel the changes click on the cross button


Save your settings Cancel changes


Step 5:

▪ You will now be required to fill the basic info about your category

▪ Firstly, name your category by giving it a name

▪ E.g. Stationary


Category name


Step 6:

▪ Now add a brief description about the category that you are creating

▪ The description will appear on the category page of your site

▪ It is advisable to add the types of products that fall under this category


Category description

Content editing options


Step 7:

▪ You will now see an option to choose the visibility of the category on

your eshopbox site front

▪ Choose ‘Yes’ from the radio button to make the category visible on your

eshopbox site front

▪ Choose ‘No’ to hide this category from your eshopbox site front

▪ Click on ‘Upload Image’ to proceed to the next step


Upload ImageRadiobutton


Step 8:

▪ To upload image from the web, click on ‘From web’ radio button and add

the desired Url from where you want to add an image

▪ After pasting the url click on ‘Upload’ button


Upload Image

Radio button

Paste URL


Step 9:

▪ After you have uploaded the image, you will receive a confirmation

▪ Click on ‘Optimize’ button to proceed


Optimize button

Image uploaded confirmation


Step 10:

▪ You are now on the optimize page. Here you can rewrite the category

page URL

▪ You can change the category page title as per your requirements


Optimize page

Category page title

Page URL


Step 11:

▪ As move down the page, you can customize the page description and

keywords for category page

▪ This step helps in optimizing your site in search engines


Category page keyword

Page description


Step 12:

▪ Click ‘Save & Continue’ button to save your settings

▪ To cancel the changes click on the cross button


Successfully save your settings Cancel changes


Step 13:

▪ You can now review the category made by you. Click ‘Publish’ to make

upload & publish the category on your site


Publish category


Step 14:

▪ After you click on publish you will be able to see your newly created

category under you site category listing


Newly created category

Previously created category, listing


Step 15:

▪ You have successfully created a new category on your site

▪ You can now add products under it or manage your category



Good to know

▪ Make sure you complete all the steps while creating a category on

your site

▪ Categories can be managed and edited by the site owner

▪ While making a category you can save & exit anytime and later on

complete the process


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