Overview: Creating new product categories for Dexstitches OpenCart e-commerce website involves several steps. Here’s a detailed guide to help you through the process.

Compulsory checklists before creating any product category on DexStitches:

  • Before proceeding, verify whether the product category already exists on DexStitches.com by browsing through the available categories.
  • If the category is found, leave it as is or make any necessary updates. If it cannot be located, access the admin panel to double-check its existence.
  • If the category is still not present after this review, go ahead and create it.

Steps to Follow for Completing the Process

  1. Log In to Your Admin Panel:

    • Access your OpenCart website’s admin panel by entering “https://dexstitches.com/admin/” on your browser and using your admin credentials.

  2. Navigate to Category Management:

    • Once logged in, go to the category management section, usually found under the catalog section in the main dashboard menu.

  3. Create a New Product:

    • Select the “+” option and fill in all the required entries as follows

  4. Edit the New Product:

  • Add ALL the essential product details under data such as:


  • A. Under general (follow and fill appropriately)

  • Category Name

  • Description Meta tag title

  • Meta tag title

  • Meta tag description

  • Meta tag keywords

    B. Under data

  • Parent Category: If it is a standalone category, select ‘none’. If it is a subcategory, select the main category under which it should be placed.

  • Filters (Add appropriate filters where necessary)

  • Stores: automatically ticked

  • Price

  • Image: default (for now)

  • Top: unticked

  • Column: 1

  • Sort Order: 0

  • Status : Set to “Enabled”

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    C. SEO

    • Use a concise and descriptive format to optimize the SEO link, condense the category name.
      For example, for a “kids”  category, format the link as “kids-fashion-website” Avoid spaces for better searchability.

D. Design

Leave as default

E. Save

Go back through all tabs to cross-check and verify that all information has been updated correctly then select the “save button”  as seen below



Conclusion: Following these steps will help you efficiently create new product categories on the Dexstitches OpenCart e-commerce website.