You
must be a page group or Portal administrator to create a category.You create a new category for your page group to classify items and pages by type. When users add an item to the page group or create a new page, they can optionally assign a category to it to tell other users what kind of content is found in the item or page. Users can search on categories to display all of the content that is currently associated with the category.
Note: Sub-items in Portal inherit the category of the parent item.
Not all of the available properties are set when you create a category. Typically, you should edit your category after creating it to specify the rest of the available properties.
You
must be a page group or Portal administrator to create a category.
Access the Navigator and click Page Groups.
Click Contents next to the name of the page group to which you want to add the category.
Note: If you want to use your category in multiple page groups, click Contents next to Shared Objects rather than a particular page group. You must be a portal administrator or have Manage privileges to create shared objects.
Click Create next to Categories or, to create a child category, click Categories and click Create next to the category you want to be the parent.
Specify the properties for the category.
Note: The category name must be unique within the page group and the Shared Objects page group. The name is used internally and for direct access URLs. The maximum length is 60 characters.
Click Create.
You can now either click the category link at the top of the page to further define your new category, create additional categories, or click Close to return to the Navigator.
Note: When you edit a category you can change the category's name and title text, add a description, and associate images with it.
When you create a category, a page is also created. This page is used to list all the items and pages that belong to the category. For example, if the items in a region are grouped by category, the name of the category is displayed as a link in the group by banner. When users click this link, that category's page is displayed, listing all the items and pages that belong to the category.
The first time you create a category in a page group, a page template is also created and all category pages in the page group are based on this page template. This means that if you want to change the way category pages look, you just need to edit the category page template (rather than each individual category page).
What is a category?
Editing categories
Deleting categories
Adding category and perspective information to
a page