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DocumentationNorrCompetition
  • 🚀Getting started
    • Technical Requirements
    • Installation and Updates
  • 🛠️Configuration
    • Component Options
    • General
    • Contests
    • Contest
    • Entries
    • Entry
    • Categories
    • Category
    • Images
    • Comments
    • Contest Form
    • Permissions
  • 🖼️Contests
    • Managing Contests
    • Creating Contest
    • Contest Layout Options
    • Closing Contest
  • 🏆Entries
    • Managing Entries
    • Adding Entry
    • Approving Entry
    • Entry Data Comparison
    • Entry Layout Options
    • Submitting Entry Form
    • Contestant's Profile
    • Votes Log
  • 📂Categories
    • General Information
    • Managing Categories
    • Creating Category
    • Category Layout Options
  • 🧩Fields
    • General Information
    • Managing Fields
    • Field Types
    • Creating Field
  • 🔋Modules
    • NorrCompetition Entries
    • NorrCompetition Contests
    • NorrCompetition Grid
  • 🔌Plugins
    • NorrCompetition Notifications
    • NorrCompetition Smart Search
    • NorrCompetition Search
    • NorrCompetition Sitemap
    • NorrCompetition Profile Link
    • Application for EasySocial
    • NorrCompetition Application for JomSocial
    • AUP plugin for NorrCompetition
    • NorrCompetition Image Moderation
      • Sightengine Setup
      • Plugin Configuration
  • 💬Comments
    • Integration with Facebook
    • Integration with JComments
    • Integration with Komento
    • Integration with Disqus
    • Integration with VK.com
  • ☁️Remote Storage
    • General Information
    • AWS S3
  • 🖥️Customisation
    • Template Overriding
    • Using content plugins on entry page
    • Link to contestant
    • Events
      • Content
      • Contest
      • Entry
      • Entry Form
      • Field
      • Vote
      • Other
  • ✍️Localisation
    • Language pack installation
    • How to take a part in NorrCompetition localisation
  • 📜Best Practices
    • Recommendations on image sizes
    • Use on multilingual sites
    • Tutorial: How to Create Photo/Video Voting Contest on Joomla
    • Tutorial: Monetize Voting Contests via Membership
    • Tutorial: Monetize Voting Contests via Points
    • Embedding HTML snippets on example of music contest
  • 💡FAQ
    • How the protection from unfair voting is implemented?
    • What notifications does the component send?
    • Create and edit contests on front-end
    • Submitting Entries by Unregistered Users
    • How to install sample data
    • How to change the order of tabs with comments
    • Using navigation module (breadcrumbs)
    • NorrCompetition and YOOtheme Pro
  • 🔍Troubleshooting
    • I do not get notifications from NorrCompetition
    • I get an error or white screen on photo upload
    • No images appear after submitting entries
    • Submit button is not working
  • User is not able to vote. Errors in the console
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  1. Categories

Creating Category

Learn how to create a category.

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Last updated 2 years ago

To create a new category proceed to the categories list and click on the "New" button. New category form will open:

Category Edit Form

Below is the list of all available tabs and its descriptions.

Category

In the "Title" field you should set the category title and alias.

Description – the description of the category.

In the right sidebar you can set the following parameters:

  • Parent - select a parent category.

    You can set the unlimited level for category, but NorrCompetition displays only up to three levels.

  • Status - the state of the category.

  • Access - the access level group that is allowed to view a category.

  • Language - assign a language to a category.

  • Tags - assign tags to a category. Tag names must be unique.

  • Note - a note about category.

Publishing

In this tab you can set the various publishing options, such as: author, meta description, meta keywords, etc.

Associations

In this tab you can set up the associated categories from other languages.

Permissions

Options

In this tab you can set the additional options like image and alternative layout.

Layout Options

In this tab you can manage the permission settings for the user groups. See the document .

In this tab you can control the look of the category layout. By default all options are inherited from the component options. Read more in .

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Configuration - Permissions
Category Layout Options
Category Edit Form - NorrCompetition