Selecting a Root Category:
You can set a category as the ROOT category, but you can only have one per store. To do this, select a category with the checkbox and click "Set As Root Category." If you select "Home > Clothing & Apparel" in the screenshot below, you would only see everything beneath Clothing & Apparel in your store. The user never sees the root Clothing & Apparel category, only its subcategories.
Hiding a Product Category:
If you are running multiple storefronts, you may want to show categories on just one particular store. You may be wondering how to hide categories on a per store basis and only display the categories you want to be seen on one store. There are a number of ways to make this happen. You can set a root category on a store. This says that anything from that category down is the primary category group for that store. The other option is to show/select the specific categories that need to be shown on a store.
1. Go to the "Active Catalog" editor.
2. Click the "Go" button with an empty search box to return all product categories, or you can search for a specific category.
3. Uncheck the "Show All Catalog" check box.
4. Check the boxes to the left of the categories that you would like to display.
5. Click on the "Add Selected" button.
6. Click the Save button located beside the "Show All Catalog" check box.
Your site should now only be displaying the categories that you have selected. |