What's inside this article:
- About Categories
- Open the Categories list
- Review Categories
- Change the order of Categories
- Search for a Category
- Create a Category
- Edit a Category
- Delete a Category
- Further recommendations
About Categories
Categories (previously Zones) organize content pages from your website by topic. For example, your website might have a Politics Category for all content relating to politics. Categories work like folders on your computer, where the content pages are stored. Every content page in Pangea CMS must be added to at least one Category.
You can find general information about Categories in the following article:
Open the Categories list
The Categories (Zones) screen in Pangea CMS lists all the Categories for your website. You can edit or delete an existing Category, or create a new Category.
To open the Categories (Zones) list, select Settings > Categories (Zones) in the top menu.
Review Categories
You can review the following details for each Category:
- (A): Status: The Category status.
- (B): Title: The Category name that is displayed on the public website.
- (C): English title: The Category name in English.
- (D): Category type: The type of Category (Content, TV, or Radio).
- (E): Show in archive: Indicates if the Category is included on the Archive page for your website.
Change the order of Categories
The order of the Categories on the Categories (Zones) list is reflected in mobile and smart TV apps. It is also reflected on website pages that include a list of Categories, such as the RSS/Podcasts page.
Change the position of any Category using the drop-down menu on the left side of the panel.
When you change the order of Categories, a Top-level category and all linked Child categories are treated as a single unit. This means:
- If you change the position of a Child category, the position changes only in relation to other Child categories under the same Top-level category.
- If you change the position of a Top-level category, the position of any linked Child category is also changed.
Search for a Category
Use the search and filter options at the top of the screen to find specific Categories. The following options are available:
Search by keyword
You can run a search for keywords from either of the following Category fields:
- Title
- English title
Enter one or more keywords into the Search box, then hit Search. The list immediately refreshes to show only Categories that include the entered keyword(s).
You can narrow the list further using filters.
Use filters
The following options are available for filtering the list of Categories:
- Category type: Use the drop-down menu to select your preferred option:
- All: Display all Category types
- Content: Display only Content categories
- TV: Display only TV categories
- Radio: Display only Radio categories
- Status: Use the drop-down menu to select one or multiple statuses. Only Categories with the selected status(es) are listed.
Click Clear filters to instantly remove the filters.
For detailed information about the Category types, see the following article:
For detailed information about the available Category statuses, see the following article:
Create a Category
Create either of the following Categories:
- Top-level category
- Child category
A Top-level category is a wide topic that might include multiple Child categories. For example, in the screenshot below, the Top-level category 'Multimedia' contains the Child categories 'Video' and 'Galleries'.
Go the relevant section below:
Create a Top-level category
Click + Add new at the top of the screen to create a new Top-level category.
For detailed information about configuring the Category settings, see the following article:
Create a Child category
To create a new Child category, hover over the panel for the Top-level category and click + Add child (the plus icon).
For detailed information about configuring the Category settings, see the following article:
Edit a Category
To edit an existing Category, click the Category Title.
For detailed information about configuring the Category settings, see the following article:
Delete a Category
The following conditions apply when you delete a Category:
- Content pages from the Category are not deleted from Pangea CMS or the public website.
- The Category archive page is deleted from the public website.
- The Category is removed from lists on the public website and in mobile / smart TV apps.
- It is possible to restore the Category if needed.
Go to the relevant section below:
Delete a Category
To delete a Category:
- Hover over the Category panel and click Delete item (the trash icon).
- Click Delete to confirm.
The Category is now deleted.
Restore a deleted Category
To restore a deleted Category:
- Enable the Show deleted slider. Deleted Categories are now listed. The panel for a deleted Category is red with the Deleted icon.
- Hover over the panel for a deleted Category and click Restore item. Select Restore to confirm.
The Category is now restored.
The following conditions apply for content pages the were previously included in the restored Category:
- Pages that were not already added to a different Category are automatically re-added to the restored Category.
- Pages that were already added to a different Category are not re-added to the restored Category.
Further recommendations
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