Categories and bylines

Categories are your sections and your site's menu; bylines are the names on your stories.

Categories#

Every story belongs to one category. Top-level categories make your site's menu; each category has its own page (/category/…).

1. Open Categories and press New category.
2. Pick a template — National, City, Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment… — or start blank.
3. Give it a Category name, a Description if you like, and a Colour. Under Inside, leave Top level for a menu item, or choose a category to put it under.
4. Add its name in your other languages, check the summary, and press Create category.

• Categories go two levels deep: a section, and sub-sections under it.
• Hidden for now keeps a category off the site while you prepare it.
• To change the order of the menu, use More actions → Reorder categories, or drag the rows. How many show before More is set in Appearance.
• Import categories and Export categories use a CSV with name, slug, description, status — up to 200 rows.

Delete removes a category for good. Its stories stay published without a category, and its sub-sections move to the top level.

Bylines#

A byline is the name printed on a story. It's separate from the person's account, so a story can carry a name like *Staff Reporter* or a columnist who never signs in. Each byline has its own page (/author/…) listing their stories.

1. Open Bylines and press Add byline.
2. Add a photo (square ones look best), the Name in each of your languages, and a Short bio for the author page.
3. Under Team member, link it to the person's account: their new stories get this byline automatically.
4. Press Add byline (Save when you're editing one).

• Each person can be linked to one byline.
• URL is the author page's address; leave it empty and it's made from the name.
• Untick Available for new stories when someone leaves. The byline stays on their old stories but isn't offered for new ones.