Categories

A menu category is a container used to group similar menu items. You may group your menu items how ever you wish for example: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Drinks, From our bakery etc. Before you can create menu items you need to have at least one category to put them into.

How to create a menu category

Click add category at the top of the menu next to “Add menu item”. Once you click “Add Category” a dialog box will appear.

Name

This is the name of your category, for example Breakfast or lunch

Description

This is your category description and it appears on your menu just below the category heading e.g. “We have a range of healthy breakfast options made fresh everyday”. Leave the value blank if you do not want anything to appear.

Only show at certain times

Click this option if you only want the category to appear at certain times of the day. Make sure you have set your timezone in your business settings. When you click this option you need to fill out the From an To times you would like the item to appear.

Publish

Toggle publish if you want the category to appear on your menu. If you do not toggle publish, your category will be saved when you click submit but it will not appear on your menu.

Submit

Do not for get to click submit. Clicking submit saves your category. Once your category is saved, you will be returned to your menu where you will be able to see your new category on the page

How to edit a menu category

To edit a menu category, click on the heading of the category you would like to edit. Once you click the heading, the Edit Category dialog will appear. Fill out all the options you would like to change and click submit to save. Once you click submit, you will be returned to your menu where you will be able to see the changes.

Change order of categories

To change the order of categories on your page, click the category heading and drag it to the position you want it to appear.