The main purpose of catalogs folders is to store product catalogs in the structure used on your Web site. If you want to publish a catalog to your Web site, it must exist in a catalog folder even though the catalog folder itself won’t be visible on the site. Unlike other assets in a catalog, catalog folders reside at the top level of the hierarchy most of the time, although they can exist anywhere in the hierarchy.
While you are developing your catalog, you may want to create a temporary structure using catalog folders to organize assets that you are not ready to add to the catalog hierarchy, but want to make visible in Catalog view of the Browse tab.
This section describes the properties you are required to fill in when you are creating a catalog folder. It also described how to indicate where in the catalog you want the catalog folder to reside, which is an important decision, but not one you are required to make now. A comprehensive list of catalog folder properties is provided in Appendix A, : Asset Properties.
To create a new catalog folder:
In Catalog view or Catalog Orphans view of the Browse tab, click the Create New button, and from the dropdown list that displays, click Catalog Folder. To learn how to access these views, see Locating Assets.
The Details pane displays empty text boxes you can use to define the catalog folder.
Specify the catalog folder’s location in the hierarchy by adding, replacing, or removing a parent using the Select Parent and Clear buttons on the top right of the Details pane. A parent is preselected if you see an asset name beside Select Parent.
Add or replace a parent by clicking Select Parent and, once the Select an Item dialog box opens, clicking the radio button beside your preferred parent. Click OK.
Remove a parent by clicking Clear beside SelectParent. A catalog folder without a parent resides at the top level of the catalog hierarchy.
Enter a name for the catalog folder in the Name text box (Required).
Click Create.
In the Navigation pane, the catalog folder displays. The Details pane contains the Basics tab, which holds properties for the catalog folder.
