Managing categories is very much important if you are running an online business. If you are running an eCommerce store, The categories and hierarchy for categories can make or break the user experience. It is because when we go to a website to buy something, we first look at the categories and decide where to navigate. If you don’t have proper categories and category hierarchy, You can improve it to improve the user experience.
If you are using osCommerce, It is easy to create and manage categories. In this tutorial, I am going to show you How to create a new category in the osCommerce store. So, Let’s get started.
Create New Category in osCommerce
To create a new category, log in to the admin panel of your store and click on the Catalog -> Categories/Products option from the left sidebar.
On this page, you will see a folder structure. Each folder represents a category. To create a new category, click on the New Category option given at the bottom-right corner of the table.
Now, Enter the category details. In this case, you just have to write down the name of the category and an Image that you want to set for the category. The last option is the sort order. Here you can define the priority of your new category. Usually, lower sort order means higher ranking when the list of categories is displayed.
After filling up the information in the form, click on the Save button to save the category into your database.
So, this is how you can create a new category in the osCommerce store. Categories are very important for an eCommerce store and make sure your products are sorted in proper categories.