Merging Categories

Instead of deleting a category that is in use, you merge it with another category. The category's publications and sub-categories move to the target category, its old address redirects to the target, and the category is deleted.

Steps

1. On the Catalogue → Categories screen, select the tab of the category's taxonomy.
2. In the tree, select Merge into another category from the menu of the category to remove.
3. From the Target category list, select the category the publications will move to.
4. Review the preview that the window prepares.
5. Press Merge.

The notification says how many publications and how many sub-categories were moved.

The target list contains only categories of the same taxonomy. The merged category itself and its sub-categories cannot be the target.

Preview

When you select the target, the window prepares a preview without changing anything. The Merge button becomes active when the preview is ready. The preview shows:

• The number and the list of publications that will move to the target. Publications that are already in the target are marked separately.
• The sub-categories that will move.
• The redirects that will be created.
• The category that will be deleted.

The list shows at most 200 publications by name and gives the number of the rest.

Results of the merge

• The category's publication links move to the target. A publication that is already in the target is not linked a second time.
• The sub-categories move under the target.
• The category's Turkish and English public addresses redirect to the target category.
• Menu links to the category move to the target category.
• The category is deleted, and this cannot be undone.
• The merge is written to the audit log.