Product Category Edit
Before you add your products, first create a Product Category for them. This is logical grouping of products in your store.
Products can be in multiple Categories, this make it easier for you when creating categories (because you have more flexibility) and easier for your customers to find what they are looking for when browsing your store.
product category tabs
The tabs you see when editing a product category, along with a description of the fields and their purpose, are shown below. Click on the relevant tab for details.
Product Category Form
General informations
Category Name
The name you want to display in the Categories box in your store.
Published Radio Button.
Check or Uncheck to show this category to shoppers.
Unpublished categories are still valid for control/dummy puroposes.
Sef Alias
Search engine friendly URL.
This will auto generate from your category name - change here as required.
Details
Category ordering
Which category will this follow in you category hierarchy.
Parent category
The parent category for this category - If there is none - then this is a "Top Level Category"
Category pagination sequence
Generally leave empty and the default store setting will be used.
This will create X items per page - with a Next/Previous link
Initial number of listed items
Generally leave empty and the default store setting will be used.
The inital number of items to display in this category.
Specify the category and sub-category where you want this product to display. Optionally specify how many products per row.
Meta information
These fields control the site meta information for this category, unless overriden by Joomla menus
You should familiarise yourself with these concepts before you start your VirtueMart store just search SEO on the web for a more detailed description.
Description
A description of this category for you shoppers. Consider what you want to say about the products that appear in this category.
A good description can make a lot of difference - images and links can be included to enhance this further.