shortenedformatcols

 and 

shortenedformatrows

 config settings. 

Link only   sub categories within this category will be listed as links 

with no description. 

See 7.4.4.20, 7.4.4.19 and 7.4.4.10 for more information. 

6.6.4 

Category name and description 

There will be boxes for entry of category name and description. If you have 

multiple languages set up, there will be multiple boxes. 

6.6.5 

Arbitrary order by value and order product dropdown 

CactuShop v5 includes very flexible support for ordering products belonging to 

each category. From the dropdown, you can select to have this category's 

products ordered by name (alphabetically), price (low to high), default (which 

takes its cue from the global 

orderby_products

 config setting, see 7.4.12.2) 

or by an arbitrary value. Note that the arbitrary value this dropdown refers to 

is that set for each product (see 6.7.6), not that set in the arbitrary value box 

on this page. That field is used for ordering this category if the config setting 

orderby_categories

 (see 7.4.12.1) is set to `PT_OrderByValue'. 

6.6.6 Category 

images 

Both a category image and large image may be uploaded. 

6.6.7 

Deleting a category 

Because of the database structure that enables products to feature in any 

number of categories, deleting a category becomes a complex operation both 

in terms of coding and the concept of what will actually be deleted. 

In order to preserve database integrity, it is clearly logical to delete `orphan' 

records   the products and versions that belong to a category you are 

removing. However, this can cause problems. What if you delete a category 

and find that you've wiped out products that also belonged to another 

category that you didn't wish to remove? 

This is why CactuShop has two delete options for categories. Option 1 is a 

`soft delete'   it will remove products (and their versions) only where they 

belong to the category you're deleting. Where they belong to other categories 

too, it will leave the products intact but just clean up the linkage with the 

deleted category. Option 2 is a `hard delete'   it will remove the products 

whether they belong to other categories or not. In this case, it will also clean 

up the linkages between those other categories and the products that have 

been removed. It is important to understand the differences between these 

two category delete routines. 

6.7 

Add/Modify/Delete a Product 

When you click a category from the left hand menu, the list of products and 

versions within this category are displayed. The orange `PRO' button brings up 

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