The UltraCart catalog system utilizes a hierarchy of groups to organize the site. Groups are organized similar to a family tree. There is a root group from which all other groups within the catalog descend from. To use the analogy of the human body, the group hierarchy is the skeleton of the body. The content associated with the group will form the muscle and tissue of the body. Finally the templates which determine how the site actually looks will form the skin of the body. Just like a good looking body takes work both internally and externally to maintain, so does a website built within the catalog system.
To manage the groups within the catalog, click Main Menu -> Catalog -> [Choose Host] -> Manage Catalog Groups.naviagate to
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The group list will show you the hierarchy of your entire site including the name of each group, the path to the group, the group template name, and the item template name. Below is a list of the groups from the simple Hello World example in chapter 2.
From this list we can see there is only one group "Hello World" that is our root group and it is using the group template "template_group" and the item template "template_item". Continuing on the theme of the electronics from the Hello World example we would want to create a hierarchy for our site that looks more like a modern e-commerce website:
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