Manage Top-Level Categories – Gun Web Systems Support Centre

1. Adding a new top-level category

Look for Manage Top-Level Categories / Top-Level Category List and select it.

Enter the new category.

Once added, click Add Categories for the newly added category.

You will be redirected to the list of sub-categories. To choose the sub-categories you want to link to your top-level category, tick the box next to each chosen sub-category, then click Add to List. You can also search for a sub-category using the search text box.

Once you have selected your desired sub-category, click to return to the top-level category list.

Once you are back on the top-level category list, click SEO Titles.

Then follow Step 2 and click the three buttons: Update Top Level Category's SEO titles, Update Sub Category's SEO titles, and Update User defined Category's SEO titles. Each one will open a new tab confirming that the update is finished.

To check if it was successful, go to All Categories/ All Products on your site. You should be able to see that the top-level category has been added. If you click the top-level category you just added, you should also be able to see the sub-category you also just added.

2. Removing a sub-category assigned to a top-level category

Look for Manage Top-Level Categories / Top-Level Category List and select it.

Click View Content next to the top-level category where you want to remove an assigned sub-category. You will see the sub-categories assigned to it. Click the Remove From the list button next to the sub-category you want to remove.

Click Back to return to the top-level category list.

3. Removing a top-level category

Look for Manage Top-Level Categories / Top-Level Category List and select it.

Click the Remove button for the top-level category you want to remove.

4. Adding Subcategories to existing top category

Look for Manage Top-Level Categories / Top-Level Category List and select it.

Click Add Categories next to the Top Category you wanted to add a new Sub-Category.

To choose the sub-categories you want to link to your top-level category, tick the box next to each chosen sub-category, then click Add to List. You can also search for a sub-category using the search text box.