How to Create and Assign Product Categories

How to Create and Assign Product Categories


This article will show you how to create and use the categories for products in Zangerine. Creating categories has multiple benefits if you have a website, as it organizes your website, but even if you don’t, many reports revolve around categories.


  1. Click Catalog.
  2. Click Categories.
  1. You will be redirected to the Product Categories screen. See image below:




  1. Add a Title.
  2. Add an Alias name.
  3. Optional: Add an image to show on your website.
  1. Note: Depending on your website design this functionality may be unusable.
  1. Optional: Use the parent field if you want to make this a subcategory to an existing category.
  1. You can also use the Categories list on the right of the page to manually sort your categories and subcategories.
  1. Enter a description in the content field.
  2. Optional: Fill in the Meta Title, Description, and Keyword.
  3. Select either Sort Order or Alphabetical to set how product will be sorted in the category.
  1. See the Product Categories: Sort Order vs Alphabetical article for more information.
  1. Click Save.
  1. Now that your category has been created we will need to put products in it.
  1. In the Zangerine menu, Click Products.
  1. You will be redirected to the Products list screen.
  1. Select a product.
  1. You will be redirected to the Edit Product screen.
  1. Click the Categories tab.
  2. Select the categories the product falls under. See image below:




  1. Click Save and Continue.




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