This section describes the concepts of categories.
Categories are used to structure products.
Every category can have either one or no parent category. In this way the category tree is built, which serves as the essential navigation of the shop. If a category has no parent it’s a top level category.
Every category can have an arbitrary amount of products and sub categories. What is displayed depends on the selected template and entered format informations like amount of columns and rows of displayed products.
Each category can have several assigned portlets. By default the portlets are inherited from the parent category or from the shop preferences (for top level categories). However, this can be blocked per slot.
In addition a static block can be assigned to a category, which is displayed on top of the category page.