When you click on the 'Edit Categories' link, a page loads that lists your current categories and subcategories in the left column of the table. The top categories will be left justified with their subcategories listed underneath. Subcategories will have two greater-than symbols (">>") indicating that they are a "child" of their "parent" category. Keep in mind that subcategories can also have subcategories placed in them. These will be designated with a second pair of greater-than symbols (">>"). For each level down in the category structure, another pair of greater-than symbols (">>") will appear next to the name designating their place in the category hierarchy.
Add a New Category - To add a new category, click the "Add New" button. A new page will load:
Name - Enter a name for your new category.
Description - (not required) Enter a description for the category. Please note: if this category has subcategories placed within it, the names of subcategories will appear on your site just underneath the the parent categories name. If the category only contains ads within it, the description will appear. Since the "Motorcycles" category has subcategories in it, the subcategory names will appear on your site.
Since the "ATV Parts and Acc" category has no subcategories in it, the description will appear on your site.
Allow Ads - If you would like to give your customers the ability to purchase ads and place them within this category, choose "Yes" here. Otherwise, choose "No". It's a good idea to choose "No" for any category that contains other categories and choose "Yes" if the category will contain only ads.
Parent Category - If you would like to place your new category within another category, choose its parent category here. Otherwise, choose "Top Category".
Display Category - If you don't want the category to appear on your site, choose "No" here. This is a useful feature if you want to add a lot of categories and subcategories prior to displaying them on your site. If you hide the topmost category, any categories below it will not be seen.
Image - If you would like to have an image next to the category's name, you can choose an image to upload here. Click the "Browse" button and navigate to the image you would like to use. Keep in mind that category images are not resized so you must format the height and width of the image prior to uploading it.
Press the 'Submit' button to save your changes.
2. Deleting a Category - to delete a category, simply press the 'Delete' button. A warning message will pop-up asking you to confirm the deletion. Any categories within the deleted category will not be deleted but will no longer be displayed because it's parent is missing. So, it's advisable to start from the lowest category and work your way up. Also, ads located within deleted categories are not deleted so it's advisable to either delete the ads prior to deleting a category or move the ads to a category you intend to keep.
3. Reordering your Categories - By default categories sort alphabetical then by weight. If you would like a category to appear first then you would change it's weight to a higher amount. The higher the weight the more it goes to the top.
The first step is to define the order of your parent categories (Motorcycles, Computers, Cars & Trucks). They have order numbers of 150, 30, and 5 respectively. So, they are displayed from highest to lowest number (Motorcycles, Computers, Cars & Trucks). If you wanted to put Cars & Trucks after Motorcycles and before Computers, you modify that category and assign a number between 30 and 150.
As a side note, the code only looks at the value of the number in relationship to other numbers of that same level (and parent category if it's a subcategory). In other words, you could give "Computers for sale" a number of 5 to put it before "Computer parts". It won't affect the "Motorcycles" category because "Motorcycles" is on the "Parent Category Level". You could also give "Computers for sale" a number of 25 with no problems even though "Trucks" has 25 assigned. There won't be a conflict because "Trucks" is assigned to a different parent category.