Feature Pack 7 or later

Adding a Category Recommendation widget to the layout

In this lesson, you add a Category Recommendation widget to display featured categories on the page.

About this task

The bottom row of the layout displays a series of categories:
Widget that displays categories

To learn more about the Category Recommendation widget, read the following topic:

Procedure

  1. In the Commerce Composer tool, ensure that you are on the Design Layout tab.
  2. In the wireframe, click slot 4.
  3. In the Filter by field, type Category.
  4. Click Category Recommendation Widget, and then click OK.
    The properties for the widget open.
  5. In the Display title field, type Shop By Category.
  6. Above the Categories table, type Handbags, and then click Find and Add.
    The matching category is automatically added to the Categories table.
  7. By using the same method, add the following categories to the table:
    • Women Pants
    • Women Shoes
    • Dresses
    • Women Sweaters
    • Women Accessories
  8. In the Sequence column for this new widget, change the sequence from 0.0 to 2.0.
  9. Click Save and Preview.
    Now, your completed layout looks like the screen capture in the introduction.

Results

In this lesson, you used the Category Recommendation widget to display category recommendations at the bottom of the layout. In the next lesson, you will integrate your page into the store by using a Links widget.