The Attributes tab provides options for some of the basic information of the current category.
Active: This checkbox indicates whether or not the category is active and available for presentation on the website. Inactive categories, along with their subcategories, will not be displayed on the website. (Note: the subcategory of an inactive category can be displayed if it is also a subcategory of an active category. In that situation it will appear under it's active parent category.)
Display in Mobile App: This checkbox indicates whether or not the category will be displayed in the mobile application. If unchecked, the category will not be displayed.
Category Information: This summary box contains the basic information for the current category.
Category Name: This text entry field contains the name of the category. The name will be used to refer to the category in the Site Manager, as well as on the website.
Start Date: This is the date the category will first become available for presentation on the website. An empty date means the category will be available immediately.
Start Time: This is the time on the start date that the category will be available for presentation on the website. An empty time means the category will be available immediately.
End Date: This is the last date that the category will be available for presentation on the website. An empty date means the category will continue to run until it is manually removed.
End Time: This is the time on the last day that the category will no longer be available for presentation on the website. An empty time means the category will continue to run until midnight on the last day.
Category Template: This drop-down list box has choices for the category template to use on the category page of the current category on the website. The category template is a pre-defined template that affects the formatting of the category page. If no template is selected, the formatting of the category page will follow that of the site default for categories.
Product Template: This drop-down list box has choices for the product template to use for all of the products in the category. The product template is a pre-defined template that affects the formatting of the product detail page. If a product template is selected here, it will be overriden by any product template chosen on a product's attribute page. If no template is selected, the formatting of the product detail page will follow that of the site default for products.
Ensemble Template: This drop-down list box has choices for the ensemble template to use for all of the ensembles in the category. The ensemble template is a pre-defined template that affects the formatting of the ensemble detail page. If an ensemble template is selected here, it will be overriden by any ensemble template chosen on an ensemble's attribute page. If no template is selected, the formatting of the ensemble detail page will follow that of the site default for ensembles.
Add Image: This summary box allows you to add an image to the category.
Image File Name: Enter the name of an image file in this field. The following characters are not permitted in image file names: \ ; / ? : @ & = + $ , * " < > | ' { } % as well as spaces.
Look Up: Select this button to search for the image. If the image is found, it will appear next to the Image File Name field.
Add Image: Select this button to add an image to the product. The "Look Up" button must have been used to find an image prior to this button being selected.
Define Alternate Name: This summary box allows you to define an alternate name that will be displayed if the image is not available, and will be used by assistive screen reading devices.
Alt Name: Enter the alternate name for the image in this field.
Update: Select this button to update the alternate name.
Restore Original: Select this link to restore the alternate name to the original alternate name.
Current Category Images: This summary box displays the current images associated with the category. Select the "Active" icon under an image to make the image active. Inactive images will not be displayed on the website.
Save Attributes: This button saves the modifications to this tab to the database. No modifications will be saved until this button is selected.