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Managing Business Categories

Updated 5/2/2026

Categories organize your business directory into logical sections. You must create at least one category before you can add businesses. This article covers creating, editing, and deleting categories.

Creating a Category

  1. Navigate to Administer Site > Recommendations.
  2. Click Create Category (top right of the Categories list).
  3. Fill in the form:
    • Name — The category name as residents will see it. This field is required.
    • Visibility — Choose On to make the category visible to residents, or Off to hide it. New categories default to On.
  4. Click Save.

The new category appears in the Categories list, sorted alphabetically.

Tip: You can create a category with Visibility set to Off while you add businesses to it, then flip it to On when you are ready for residents to see it.

Editing a Category

  1. Navigate to Administer Site > Recommendations.
  2. Click the name of the category you want to edit.
  3. Update the Name or Visibility fields as needed.
  4. Click Save.

The business listings inside the category are not affected by changes to the category's name or visibility.

Note: Hiding a category (setting Visibility to Off) does not change the status of the businesses inside it. Those businesses remain available to move to another visible category.

Deleting a Category

  1. Navigate to Administer Site > Recommendations and click the category name.
  2. On the category edit form, click Delete.
  3. A confirmation dialog asks: "Do you really want to delete this category?" Click OK to confirm, or Cancel to go back.

Warning: Deleting a category is permanent. Ensure that you have moved or removed all businesses inside the category before deleting it, or those businesses will also be removed from the directory.

Note: The Delete button is only visible to administrators.


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