3. Managing Categories

3.1. Create Category

In MetaCat's Category Manager, you will find a form to create a new category. Simply enter a title and a description, submit the form, and a new top-level category will be created.

3.2. Activate/Deactivate Category

At the top of the Category Manager, you see a map of all existing categories and installed modules. Here you can activate a category for use in a module or deactivate it.

3.2.1. Activate

To activate a category in a module, simply click on the icon right of the category name and under the module name. If there is no icon shown, this means the category can't be activated in that module, most likely because it is a sub-category and the module supports only one level of categories.

3.2.2. Deactivate

To deactivate a category in a module, click on the corresponding icon. If the Icon is marked with an , this means the category can't be deactivated, most likely because it has active sub-categories or because it has content in that module. To remove a category like that, first remove or move all content and deactivate all sub-categories.

3.3. Edit Category

If you click on the "edit" link for a category, you can change a number of details for that category:

3.3.1. General Info

This allows you to change the title and description of the category. Just enter the new information and submit.

3.3.2. Parent

You can move a category to a different place in the hierarchy. Just select the new parent category in the drop-down list and submit. MetaCat will check if the new parent is "valid" and make the change.

A category can't be moved to a new parent if

  • the new parent is a child of itself, or

  • the category is active in a module that doesn't support sub-categories.

3.3.3. Category Image

Here you can upload an image to be used for the category in modules that support this. Note that no "list of existing images" is there to choose from, because images are copied to module-specific directories after upload. Simply upload the image again if you want to reuse one.

3.4. Delete Category

If a category is not active in any module and also has no sub-categories, you can remove it from MetaCat by clicking the corresponding "delete" link. The link is not visible if the conditions for removal are not met.