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Category setup
In order to setup the categories for your directory system, you will need to login to your System Administrator account. You may login by clicking "Login" on the top menu of your directory. After you are logged in, you will be presented with the user account screen. On the left hand menu, you should see a link labeled "System Admin". Clicking this link will take you to the admin control panel.
When you enter the admin control panel, you will see a list of links in the left hand column. This section of the manual deals with the "Manage Categories" section of your control panel. After clicking the "Manage Categories" link, you will be presented with the categories setup for your directory.
Only System Admininistrators are able to view this section of the admin panel.
Creating new categories
To create a new category, all you have to do is enter the name of the category into the box provided, and click the button. The new category will be created as a "base line" category, at the level in your directory that you were currently viewing. This means that the category will have a name, no description, image or banners. In order to finish setting up the category, you will need to edit the category. If you wish to create a new category under a current category, you must first click on the parent category to change to that level, and then add the new category.
Editing categories
To edit a category, click the "edit" link next to the category name. You will then be presented with a screen where you can flesh-out the category. The description field will allow you to place a small description under the category title on the index page. You may upload an icon for the category, which will appear to the left of the category title on the index page.
You can prevent users from posting listings in the category, by setting the "Allow listings in this category?" selector to no.
The banners box will allow you to assign banners to the top and bottom of the category display. If you wish to show a specific banner, select it from the pulldown box. To display a random banner, select random in the pulldown box. Likewise, if you wish to display a particular banner group select it. If you wish to assign the same banners to all of subcategories of this category, check the provided box. For more information about the banners, click Manage Banners in the side menu of this manual.
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