When categories don't appear in the storefront, you need to do some
troubleshooting.
- Have you created a category structure in the storefront catalog for
your site?
- Are the categories on line?
- Do the categories contain available products?
- Is the Show in Menu Navigation option enabled for the
category?
In SiteGenesis, you must enable the category system object showInMenu
attribute for a specific catalog for categories to appear in the storefront. You enable the
attribute in Business Manager.
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Select
site > Merchant Tools > Products and Catalogs > Catalogs.
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On the Catalogs page, find the catalog with your site listed in the Site Assignments
column. This is the storefront catalog. The SiteGenesis storefront catalog is
storefront-catalog-en.
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Click Edit for the storefront catalog.
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On the Catalog page General tab, click the Category Attributes
tab.
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On the Catalog page Category Attribute tab, in the custom section, make sure
that the Show in Menu Navigation box is checked.
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If you are developing your own site, you must create an attribute similar to the
showInMenu attribute for the category system object that is used by
SiteGenesis. If you search in the SiteGenesis cartridges for showInMenu,
you can see how to implement the attribute in your code.