Adding Subcategories

You can add subcategories to existing categories.

Add Subcategories

  1. Click Settings & Tools > Content Setup, and then click Categories.
  2. If multiple sites exist, select a site containing the category you want to add subcategories to.
  3. Click the top-level category or the subcategory under which you want to create a new subcategory.
  4. Click New, and then click New Subcategory.
  5. In the Add Subcategory pane, do the following:
    • For Name, type a name for the subcategory.
    • For Reference ID, the field auto-fills with the subcategory name. You can change the reference ID but be aware that it must be unique among all category and subcategory IDs.
    • For Description, type a description of the type of content item that should be added to this subcategory using the formatting options available in the rich text editor toolbar.
  6. Click Add. The new subcategory appears in the Categories box. To remove an added subcategory, click it, and then click .

    Note: You can click one of the already added subcategories in the Categories box to change that subcategory's properties. When you finish making changes, click OK to save them.

  7. When you are finished adding subcategories, click Save.
  8. (Optional) Under some circumstances, you may not want a subcategory you've added to be assigned to content items. For example, if you are creating multiple levels of subcategories, a subcategory may simply be a container for other subcategories added below it. To prevent a subcategory from being assigned, find and click the subcategory in the category tree, select Do not allow content to be assigned to this category, and then click Save.

  9. Click Save.