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Operations PIM - Display Subcategory Sliders

  1. Click "Insulation"

    To display a subcategory slider on your commerce site, we will first need to navigate to a category page on your site. We will be demonstrating with the "Insulation" category.

  2. Click "MANAGE CATEGORY" button

    Click on "MANAGE CATEGORY" button.

  3. The subcategory slider is only shown if the slider title is set and this category has 6 or more subcategories each with a primary image.

    The category slider is only shown if the slider title is set and the category has 6 or more subcategories each with a primary image. Let's make sure the subcategories have images.

  4. Navigate to "PIM"

    Navigate to the "PIM" section in the Operations Portal.

  5. Click "Categories"

    Click "Categories". In order to access and update “Categories” you will need to be set up either as an administrator or a superuser, or have the roles of: “categoryView” and “categoryEdit”.

  6. Enter the category name in the "Code" column to filter

    Here on the "Data" tab, you can view your categories. To find the subcategories of a category, you can search in the "Code" column. For this example we are using "Insulation". This will show any codes with "insulation".

  7. The subcategories will have the parent category in the Parent Category Code column

    You can see that all of the "Insulation" subcategories have the parent code listed in the "Parent Category Code" column. You can also filter on "Insulation" in the "Parent Category Code" column to find all of the insulation subcategories.

  8. Click the more details of the subcategory

    Now, we need to add images to every insulation subcategory. Click the more details icon to go into the details.

  9. Images need to be added

    By checking the "Image" section, you can see that no images have been added to this category.

  10. Click the "Attach File" icon

    To add images, click the "Attach File" icon.

  11. Click "Primary Image"

    Then, click "Primary Image" and upload the desired image from your computer. Repeat the process to add images to the other subcategories.

  12. Click "MANAGE CATEGORY" button

    Navigate back to the category page on the commerce site and click the "MANAGE CATEGORY" button.

  13. Set the slider to display to "Yes" and customize the Slider's name

    Scroll down to the "Subcategory Slider" section. Then set the slider to display to "Yes". If you would like, you can customize the slider name by updating the text in the "Title" field.

  14. Click "Save"

    Save the changes made by clicking on the "SAVE" button.

  15. The Slider is now displaying

    The slider will now display on the category page showing the subcategories.

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