Setting Categories

Set categories.

Adding Categories

Add categories.

Steps:
  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click Bulletin Board.

  5. Click "Setting categories".

  6. On the "Setting categories" screen, select a category and click Add category.

    Screen capture: Image of an action link to add categories

  7. On the "Add Categories" screen, enter the "Subject" field.

    You should set the default subject.
    Clicking Add localized name allows you to set subjects in multiple languages.
    If you do not set the subject in the user preference language, the default subject is displayed.
    The following languages can be set:

    • 日本語
    • English
    • 中文(简体
    • 中文(繁體
      Displayed in Traditional Chinese.
    Image of entering a subject

  8. Set the Category Code field.

    You should set the category code.
    This is a unique code for identifying categories.
    Image of entering the category code

  9. Set the Notes field as needed.

    Enter a description of the category. When you set this field, notes are displayed on the category screen.
    Image showing Memo

  10. In the "Access permissions" field and the "Notifications" field, select whether to apply the settings of a parent category, or other categories included in the same parent category.

    The default values have the values of its parent category or the parent's subcategory settings.

    • If you do not apply the parent category or the parent's subcategory settings to the category:
      Clear the checkboxes for applying permissions of parent category or parent's subcategory and applying notification settings of parent category or parent's subcategory. Image of not applying the parent category or subcategory settings
    • If you apply the parent category or the parent's subcategory settings to the category:
      Select the checkboxes for applying permissions of parent category or parent's subcategory and applying notification settings of parent category or parent's subcategory. Image of applying the parent category or subcategory settings Select the category to apply the settings from the dropdown lists of user rights or notification settings. Image showing categories to which you apply the user rights

  11. Confirm your settings and click Add.

Changing Categories

Change the settings for categories.

Steps:
  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click Bulletin Board.

  5. Click "Setting categories".

  6. On "Setting categories" screen, select a category and click Details.

    Screen capture: Image of the Category details link

  7. On the screen for category details, click Save.

    Image of the edit action link enclosed

  8. On the screen to change categories, you can change the settings as necessary.

  9. Confirm your settings and click Save.

Moving Categories

Move the subcategory to another category.
The "root" category cannot be moved.

Steps:
  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click Bulletin Board.

  5. Click "Setting categories".

  6. On "Setting categories" screen, select a category and click Details.

    Screen capture: Image of the Category details link

  7. On the screen for category details, click "Move".

    Image of "Move" action link

  8. On the screen to move categories, select the category to move to parent category.

    You can search for categories to move categories into by entering keywords and clicking "Category search".
    Clicking "Move up" moves the category up one level.
    Clicking on a category name moves you to the subcategory of the category you clicked. Numbers represent the number of subcategories.
    Screen to move categories

  9. Confirm your settings and click Move.

Reordering Subcategories

Reorder subcategories.

Steps:
  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click Bulletin Board.

  5. Click "Setting categories".

  6. On "Setting categories" screen, select a category, and then click Reorder subcategories.

    Screen capture: Image of an action link to change the order of subcategories

  7. On the screen to reorder subcategories, reorder subcategories.

    Screen to reorder subcategories

  8. Confirm your settings and click Save.

Deleting Categories

Delete empty categories.
The following categories cannot be deleted:

  • Root category
  • Categories with topics or subcategories
Steps:
  1. Click the administration menu icon (gear icon) in the header.

  2. Click Garoon System Administration.

  3. Select "Application settings" tab.

  4. Click "Bulletin Board".

  5. Click "Setting categories".

  6. On "Setting categories" screen, select a category and click Details.

    Screenshot: Link for Category details is highlighted

  7. On the screen for category details, click Delete.

    Image of the delete action link

  8. Click Yes on the page to delete categories.