Normal categories into which the apps are assigned manually.Normal categories into which the apps are assigned manually.Smart categories into which the apps are sorted automatically according to specific filter criteria. This requires that the option Smart Filter has been defined in the category details.
. In the list view (
), click 
and then Add Category.Or in the grid view (
), click 
.Option | Description |
Name | Type a name for the new category. |
Custom order | Select a number from 0 through 99 to define the sequence in which you want to present your categories. For example, you have 3 categories. The category with the number 0 is shown as the very first category. The category with the number 20 is shown as the second category. And the category with the number 60 is shown as the last category. When you now add a new category that you want to show directly after the first category in the list, you can define any number from 1 through 19 for that category. If you want to arrange your categories alphabetically, just use the same number (for example, 50) for all of them. |
Icon | Click Browse to select an icon that is to be shown in front of the category name. This should be a PNG file with a size of 96 x 96 pixels. On a mobile device, the icon will be shown on the start page. |
Description | Optional. Type a description of the category. On a mobile device, this description will be shown on the start page of the app store client, below the category name. |
Background color | By default, the background color for a category is white (#FFFFFF). The background color is only shown in the app store client on a mobile device, on the start page which lists the available categories. Click this text box if you want to select a background color from a drop-down menu or type the HTML code for the color (for example, #FFFF00 for yellow). The currently defined color is always shown to the right of the text box. |
Overlay image | Optional. Click Browse to define an image that is to be used as a teaser. This should be a PNG file with the appropriate size for the native devices (for example, a width of 1080 pixels for iPhone 6). This image is only shown on the mobile device, on the start page. If defined, the overlay image is shown instead of the category name, description and background color. |
Smart Filter | Optional. Use this option to define a smart category into which the apps are sorted automatically according to the filter criteria that you define here. If you need help, click the ? button which is shown to the right of the text box. For more details, see the query language reference at https://github.com/wvanbergen/scoped_search/wiki/query-language. The smart categories are only shown in the grid view of the All Applications page. |
