Creating a Category

1. To create a new categoryA category is a grouping of purchasable products. Same as "node"., click on Create New and then click on New Category/Node.

This page will appear when creating a new category or editing an existing one. The Catalog Node Edit page will contain information of a Node selected from the Node List page.

Overview Fields

• Name - enter a name for the productA product represents various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including Products, Variations/SKUs, Bundles, Packages and Dynamic Packages..
• Available from - the date to which the product is activated.
• Expires on - the date on which the product expires; once the expiration dateUsed if this order is tied to a recurring payment plan for subscription-based transactions. passes, the product will no longer appear on the public site.
• Display Template - if applicable, chose a display template used to show the products in the public site from this dropdown box.
• Code - enter a product code here (e.g. Accessories)
• Sort Order - determines the order to which the product is sorted in the Node List page
• Available - select Yes to make the product appear on the public site; select No to hide the product from the public site
• Meta Class - the choice here dictates which of the meta-fields or product attributes will appear on the site.
• Display Name - enter a name the way you like to use on the public site.
• Primary Image - use the browse button to select and upload an image here.
• Description - enter a description of a product.

Once done, click OK on the bottom of the page.

SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEOSearch Engine Optimization. The process of making website content attractive to search engines and as a result achieve high rankings in searches.) can be achieved by entering the following information for the product.

• Title - this is the friendly name that appears in your browser's title area.
• URLUniform Resource Locator. Also known as a web address, for example http://world.episerver.com. - this is what gets displayed in the browser URL window.
• Description - this is the meta description that is used for SEO purposes by search engines.
• Keywords - keywords used for SEO purposes by search engines.

Assets

Under Assets, you can associate additional files such as images, pdf, and video files all stored in the Asset Management system.

Follow these three simple steps to add an asset file to the current entry.

1. Click on the Find Assets pull-down menu to display all files available in the Asset system.
2. Choose one file at a time and type in an appropriate Group Name (see table below), depending now how you would like it to be displayed.
3. Click on Add Asset. The asset associated to this entry will appear in the lower section of the screen.

• You can edit the Group Name or sort order by clicking on the Edit icon to the left of an existing asset. After making any changes, make sure to click Update (Clicking OK at the bottom of the screen during the editing mode will not save the changes made).
• You can delete any existing asset by clicking on the "X" icon.

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