What is a category ?
Categories are elements for grouping the products, organized in a hierarchical structure of elements with as
many levels in deep. The products can be associated to any level of the hierarchy of categories, but it is
recommended to associate them only at leaf categories, for the proper functioning of advanced filters and
import and export operations in Excel.
Caracteristics of a Category:
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Parent Category: categories are organized in a hierarchical structure on any number of levels. Parent category is the higher category in the hierarchy. If not specified parent category, then current category is a root category.
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Show Advanced filters: for a category, you can choose to display or not the advanced filter of products.
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SEO / SEF Elements: elements which provide the support for a good indexing in search engines
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Products: any number of products can be associated to a category
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Parameters: can be assigned parameters to current category, for extending the definition of the products belonging to the current category.