Chapter 7. Categories

We will cover the following concepts in this chapter:

  • Categories
  • Hierarchy
  • Top navigation

Categories

Magento provides a way of organizing your catalog into different categories and subcategories. You can organize your catalog internally in the admin panel and offer to the customers a clear way of browsing your products on the Storefront.

You can manage the categories in your store by going to the PRODUCTS | InventoryCategories section in the admin panel:

Categories

Once that section is loaded in the admin panel, you will see the category tree on the left, and the form to add and the edit categories on the right:

On top of the category ...

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