Category ID

Category ID (same as subcategory ID) is a unique digital identifier of a product category. This identifier is assigned to a category by the system as a numeric value (e.g. 45). This assigned number uniquely identifies the category among multiple other categories.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryID(); ?>

Category Name

Defines the category name. For instance, if your store sells books on e-commerce, you may use 'E-Commerce' as one of the category names.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryName(); ?>

Category Status

A category may be either Online or Offline. If a category is Online, it will display in the Storefront. If a category is Offline, it will not be visible in the Storefront. All of its subcategories - and their products - will also be invisible.

Which products are displayed in the Storefront

This setting defines how products are displayed in the Storefront. By using it, you can set Storefront to either display products only from this category or display all products including those contained in its subcategories.

Description

You can enter the description for a given category here.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryDescription(); ?>

Large Image

Allows to upload a corresponding image for the category.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryLargeImageSrc(); ?>

Small Image

Allows to upload a corresponding thumbnail image for the category.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategorySmallImageSrc(); ?>

Image Description

You can enter the description of an image for a given category here.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryImageAltText(); ?>

Page Title

You can enter the page title for a given category here. This title will be displayed in the top part of the browser, in the title bar. This title is also used by search engines for page indexation purposes.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryPageTitle(); ?>

Meta Keywords

The keywords for this category. This information is used by search engines for page indexation purposes.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryMetaKeywords(); ?>

Meta Description

The description of the category to be used by search engines. This information is used by search engines for page indexation purposes.

Attribute Tag: <?php CategoryMetaDescription(); ?>

SEO URL prefix

This string will be added to the beginning of the URL which leads to the category's contents page. The following characters are accepted: 'a-z', 'A-Z', '0-9', '-', and '_'. Any other symbol will be automatically replaced with an underscore '_'.

Example: If the SEO URL prefix for a category is "Birthday," then the category URL would like as follows http://www.my-first-shop.com/flowers/cid-8-1/Birthday.html