1. Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
2. Right-click Taxonomy or an existing category that will serve as the parent for your new category, and select New Category in the context menu.
   Tip

   You can establish parent-child relationships to organize the categories in the Taxonomy Tree. See Taxonomy for details about parent and child categories.

   

   The New Category dialog displays.

3. Enter a name for the new category in the Category Name field, and click Confirm.

   

   The system creates the new category in the taxonomy tree.

4. Optional: Complete the following optional fields in the Category tab to suit your organization's needs.
   Warning

   Changes to the taxonomy category do not save automatically. If you navigate away from the category, you lose unsaved changes.

   Field	Description
   Title	You provided the title when you first created the category. However, you can rename the category by editing this field. Note Alternatively, you can rename the category by right-clicking the category in the Taxonomy Tree and selecting Renaming Taxonomy Categories.
   Description	Provide details relevant to this category.
   Type Name	Provide an arbitrary category type. You can use this field to organize categories.
   External ID	Provide an additional attribute that is analogous to a foreign key to an external system. The external ID links the CMS taxonomy to the external system.

5. If you completed the optional fields, click Save in the Category tab to confirm your changes.
   Tip

   You can localize theses category values to different languages and locales. See Localizing Taxonomy for details about multi-lingual categories.

   

1. Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
2. Ensure the appropriate language displays in the Language field.

   When you create the category, Ingeniux CMS saves the value as the category's original language.

   Note

   See Localizing Taxonomy for details about multi-lingual categories.
3. Expand the appropriate categories. Hover over Taxonomy or an existing category to place the new category as a child.

   Tip

   You can establish a parent-child relationship to organize the category in the Taxonomy Tree. See Taxonomy for details about parent and child categories.

   

4. Click the plus (+) button.

   The category's Information tab displays.

5. Complete the following fields:
   Warning

   Changes to the taxonomy category do not save automatically. If you navigate away from the category, you lose unsaved changes.

   Field	Description
   Title (required)	Category friendly name.
   Description	Category details.
   Type Name	Category type. You can use this field to organize categories.
   External ID	Additional attribute that is analogous to a foreign key to an external system. The external ID links the CMS taxonomy to the external system.

   

6. Click Save.

   The new category displays in the Taxonomy Tree. The category's Associations, Security, and Synonyms tabs display.

Next Steps:

Choose one of the following optional steps.

• Associate the Category to content items.
• Set Taxonomy Security to manage user group category access.
• Add Synonyms to the taxonomy category.
• Localize the Category to multiple languages.