Guides

Creating a New Category

1. Hover over Categories and select Basic Article.

Alba admin Categories menu open with Basic Article highlighted

2. Select New "Basic Article" Category to create a new category.

New "Basic Article" Category button in the Alba admin

3. Fill in category details:

Category form with Category Title, Parent and Category State fields
  • A. Category Title - The name that will appear as an option when creating or editing content items.
  • B. Parent - If applicable, assign a parent category, making the new category a sub-category.
  • C. Category State - Select whether the category will be Published (Visible at selected locations) or Unpublished (Not visible anywhere).

Creating a Tag Category

  1. From the Category dropdown, select Tags
  2. Select New "Tag" Category
  3. Complete the fields for Category Title, Parent, and Category State (see above for more info)

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