Changing category look and feel

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Follow the instructions below to modify the style of a category:

1. In the 'Catalog' menu choose the 'Categories' section to open the 'Manage categories' page.

2. Choose the category you want to customize and click on the 'Modify' link next to it, then in the category details page click on the 'Templates' tab (Figure 9).

<br> Customizing category appearance using simple mode


Customizing category appearance using simple mode

3. In this page you can specify a template scheme (subcategory list template, product list template and product page template) to be used for the corresponding category. To specify a scheme, choose one of the following drop-down list options:

[DEFAULT] – use this option if you want the category to be presented using default design templates.

Inherit – use this option if you want the category to inherit the appearance of its parent category. This option is not available for top-level categories.

Scheme name(s) – all the schemes listed in the Scheme Manager as 'Enabled' are listed in the drop-down box; you can choose any of them to customize the appearance of the category.

4. If you need a more flexible design, you can assign individual design templates to category components. Click on the 'advanced' link to switch to the advanced mode. In the advanced mode, each component can be assigned its own template available from a drop-down list of the following options:

[DEFAULT] – use this option if you want the corresponding component to be presented using the template which is default for this component type.

Inherit – use this option if you want the component to inherit the appearance of the same component of its parent category. This option is not available for top-level categories.

Scheme name(s) – all the schemes listed in the Scheme Manager as 'Enabled' are listed in the drop-down box; you can choose any of them to customize the appearance of the corresponding category component.

Clicking on the 'simple' link switches you back to the simple mode.

5. Click on the 'Update templates' button to save the changes.

Changing the look and feel of a category automatically applies the new style to those of its subcategories which are set to inherit the style from their parent.

Note:If you disable a scheme that has been assigned to some category, the category and its subcategories configured to inherit their look and feel from their parent category will be displayed using the '[DEFAULT]' scheme until you enable the scheme.