The goal of this article is to explain you how your web shop product categories are set up and maintained and how you can assign products to each category.


Setting up your web shop product categories


You can use the Web shop categories wizard to easily set up your web shop product categories.

  1. Open your IntelliBrand console, and go to Settings > Web Categories Wizard 


  2. The Web shop categories wizard will open. Please note, this wizard is used when you are setting up your web shop the first time or you want to rearrange your web shop product categories - if your web shop categories are already setup, completing this wizard will delete your current setup. Click Next to continue.


  3. On the next page, you can select the number of levels in your web shop product categories. You can use Single-level categories or Two-level categories.


  4. Would you like to use web shop product categories with no sub-categories? Please select Single-level categories and click Next to continue. If you would like to use Two-level categories, please go to Step 5. See an example screenshot of a single-level web shop product categories menu.



    On the next page, you can choose from three options.
    1. Copy my existing product categories and use them as my web shop product categories - select this option if you want the wizard to copy your existing product categories from IntelliBrand to your web shop and display them in your web shop product category menu. All products that are assigned to an existing product category will also be assigned to the matching web shop category. Click Next to continue and go to Step 6.

    2. Copy my existing product sub-categories and use them as my web shop product categories - select this option if you want the wizard to copy your existing product sub-categories from IntelliBrand to your web shop and display them in your web shop product category menu. All products that are assigned to an existing product sub-category will also be assigned to the matching web shop category. Click Next to continue and go to Step 6.

    3. I create custom web shop product categories and assign products each category manually - select this option if you want to set up your own web shop product categories, and add products to each web shop product category manually. Click Next to continue and go to Step 6.
  5. Would you like to use web shop product categories with sub-categories? Please select Two-level categories and click Next to continue. If you would like to use Single-level categories, please go back to Step 4. See an example screenshot of a two-level web shop product categories menu.


    On the next page, you can select from two options.
    1. Copy my existing product categories and sub-categories and use them as web shop product categories and sub-categories - select this option if you want the wizard to copy your existing product categories and sub-categories from IntelliBrand to your web shop and display them in your web shop product categories menu. All products that belong to an existing product sub-category will be also be assigned to the matching web shop product sub-category. Click Next to continue.

    2. I create custom web shop product categories and sub-categories, and assign products to each category manually  - select this option if you want to set up your own web shop product categories and sub-categories, and assign products to each sub-category manually. Click Next to continue.

  6. On the next page, you can confirm your web shop product categories set up, or you can go back to make any changes. You can also see a preview of your product categories and/or product sub-categories if you selected to copy them to your web shop. Click Next if you are happy with your selection and want the wizard to complete the set up and save your changes.


  7. A warning dialog will pop up. If you have existing web shop product categories, this operation will delete them and replaces them with your selection. This operation cannot be reverted. Click Yes, if you want to save your changes, or click No or Cancel if you want to go back.


  8. You new web shop product categories are all set up. On the final page of the wizard, you can check Open Web Shop Categories management window on close if you wish to see or manage your new webs shop product categories after closing the wizard. Please click Finish. In the next section, you can find more information about managing your web shop product categories and assigning and unassigning products to and from the categories.


Managing your web shop product categories and products


You can manage your web shop product categories in two different ways:


  1. Managing your web shop product categories in the console

    Open your IntelliBrand console, and go to Master Data > Products > Web Categories. Use the New and Delete buttons to add or remove a category, or click on cell in the grid to modify a value. Don't forget to Save your changes.
    1. If you have a single-tier web shop product category set up i.e. you have web shop product categories without sub-categories, you will see all your product categories in a grid. 


    2. If you have a two-tier web shop product category set up i.e. you have web shop product categories with sub-categories, you will see a master-detail grid with all your product categories and sub-categories.


  2. Managing your web shop products in the console

    Open your IntelliBrand console and go to Master Data > Products > Products. Please note, if you use price lists, only those products will be visible to a customer, that are on their price list.
    1. If you have a single-tier web shop product category set up i.e. you have web shop product categories without sub-categories, you will see a Web Category column. Modify the value of by clicking on a cell in this column, and selecting a category from the drop-down.


    2. If you have a single-tier web shop product category set up i.e. you have web shop product categories without sub-categories, you will see a Web Subcategory column. Modify the value of by clicking on a cell in this column, and selecting a category from the drop-down.


      Don't forget to Save your changes.
  3. Managing you web shop product categories and web shop products by importing your data

    If you used the Web shop categories wizard to set up your web shop product categories, the wizard automatically added new imports to your Imports menu.



    Please download the import templates attached to this document, populate them with your data and import them by clicking on each import, and selecting the file you want to upload.

    The new imports are:
    1. Web Product Categories
      Use Web_Shop_Product_Categories_Import.csv file to run this import. There are a few example records inserted into this file, please remove them before importing your data.
      The file contains the following fields:
      • CategoryCode -  we recommend using a unique code for each category
      • CategoryName - the name of your category as displayed in the web shop
      • CategoryIndex - an integer value that determines the position of this category in the main menu
    2. Web Products
      Use Web_Shop_Products_Import.csv file to run this import. Please note, you can only use products that are already in your IntelliBrand. The file also contains a few example records that should be removed before importing your data.
      The file contains the following fields:

      • CategoryCode - web shop product sub-category code if you have a two-tier web shop product category setup or web shop product category code if you have a single-tier web shop product category setup.  It identifies the category this product belongs to.
      • ProductCode - the code of this product
      • DescriptiveText - the extended description of the product. This is displayed in product details in the webshop - this is optional.

    3. Web Product Sub-categories (only if you use a two-tier web shop product category setup)
      Use Web_Shop_Product_Subcategories_Import.csv file to run this import. Again, there are some example records in the file that should be removed before uploading your data.
      The file contains the following fields:

      • CategoryCode - this is the code of the category this sub-category belongs to
      • SubCategoryName - the name of your sub-category as displayed in the web shop
      • SubCategoryCode - as with web categories, we also recommend using unique codes that identifies each sub-category
      • SubCategoryIndex - an integer value that determines the position of this sub-category in the drop-down menu.

  4. Run your imports in the following order
    1. Web Product Categories
    2. Web Product Sub-categories (if you have a two-tier web shop product category setup)
    3. Web Products