Categories and difficulty levels
With categories you organize your offerings by topic, for example yoga, Pilates or workshops. Difficulty levels tell customers who an offering is meant for, for example beginners or advanced. Customers can filter by category on your booking page.
Create and edit categories
You manage categories under Manager → Offerings → Categories (app.bookicorn.net/kategorien).
- Tap New category.
- Enter a Name, for example "Yoga". This is the only required detail.
- Add Description, Color and the Order on Studio page as needed.
- Leave Active switched on and save.
The Order is a number: smaller numbers appear further ahead. It determines the order of the category filters on your booking page.
The booking page uses the Color as the background for offerings without their own image.
In the list you can select several categories and activate, deactivate or delete them together.
Create difficulty levels
You manage difficulty levels under Manager → Offerings → Difficulty Levels (app.bookicorn.net/schwierigkeitsgrade) with New difficulty level. The fields are the same as for categories, plus the Level as a number. The booking page sorts the difficulty levels by level.
Assign a category to an offering
You choose the category and difficulty level in the offering:
- Open the offering under Manager → Offerings and tap Edit.
- Open the For customers section.
- Under Classification, choose the Main category, Additional categories if needed, and the Difficulty level.
- Tap Save.
If a category is still missing, you create it directly in the selection with Add new category. Inactive categories and difficulty levels are not available for selection. A category is not a required detail.
What customers see of categories
- On the booking page, the categories appear as filters above your offerings and sessions, together with All.
- The name of the main category is shown on the offerings.
- In the customer app, customers can filter by Category.
You hide categories on the booking page in the settings of a building block with Hide categories, which then applies to the whole page. The booking page doesn't show a category's description.
Delete a category or difficulty level
When you delete a category, the Manager asks you to confirm. After that, all offerings lose this category, without further warning. If it was the main category, the offering no longer has a main category. If you only want to hide a category temporarily, set it to inactive instead of deleting it.
The difficulty level is stored as text on the offering. If you delete or rename a difficulty level, the offerings keep the previous text until you edit them.
Order of offerings on the booking page
You can't set a fixed order per offering. In the Offerings grid building block of your booking page, under Sorting, you choose between Date ascending, Date descending, Name (A-Z) and Popular first. Customers can also re-sort in the filter bar themselves. You control the order of the category filters via the categories' Order.
Frequently asked questions
How do I change the order of offerings on the booking page? There is no fixed order per offering. In the Offerings grid building block you choose under Sorting, for example Name (A-Z). You set the order of the categories with Order on each category.
Can an offering be in several categories? Yes. Besides the Main category, you choose Additional categories.
What happens to my offerings if I delete a category? They lose this category. The offerings themselves remain.
Can I give a category an icon? No. In the Manager, categories have name, description, color, order and active.