Categories are use to help organize and classify groups or events within your site.  Categories are managed under the Design section of the Active Social Control Panel.  Categories that apply to Groups will be available for selection when a user creates or edits a group.  Group categories will also appear to the left of the Groups List to allow for browsing groups by categories, when enabled.  Categories that apply to events will be available for selection when a user creates an event from the journal tools.  Sub categories will also be available for selection if available for the selected for Category. 

Creating Categories

1. Open the Active Social Control Panel and select the Design icon.
   
   
   
2. Select "Categories" from the Design section sub menu.
   
   
   
3. Click the "Add Category" button.
   
   
   
4. Enter a name for the Category in Add Category window. 
   
   
   
5. You can manage the sort order for categories by changing the value for Priority.   By default, categories will be displayed in alphabetical order.
   
6. Select the Parent category if you wish for this category to be a sub category.
   
7. Choose if this category will be available to Groups and/or Events by checking the appropriate box.
   
   
   
8. Click Save to create the category.
   

Managing Categories
The image below is an example of how the categories will appear in the Category manager view of the control panel.  This view allows for the ability browse, edit and delete categories.


Edit a Category
Click on the category name to open the category editor and make changes to the category.


View Sub Categories.
Click the plus or minus symbol next to the category name to expand or collapse categories.


Delete a Category.
Click the x symbol to the far right of the category to delete the selected category.  Sub categories will also be deleted when deleting a parent category.