Brands and Product Categories

What a brand is in the catalog system, and how to set one up

2.1 What is a brand

Every document (catalog, brochure, or datasheet) always belongs to exactly one brand. A brand is the top-level group that splits your products by manufacturer or product line. On the website, each brand appears as a header bar that customers tap open to see its documents (see Chapter 4).

2.2 Brand logo

Each brand can have a logo (optional). The logo appears next to the brand name in the download bar’s header, helping customers spot a familiar brand at a glance.

• Without a logo, the header simply shows the brand name as text.
• Logo files should have a transparent background (PNG or WebP) so they fit the website’s design in any layout.

2.3 Adding or editing brands

You do this yourself, in the brand bar on the left of the Produkt-Manager. Press Edit to enter management mode, and each brand gains a few small controls:

Button/icon	What it does
⠿ (handle on the left)	Drag to reorder brands
Square photo frame	Upload or change the brand logo
Pencil icon	Rename the brand
Trash icon	Delete the brand

At the bottom of the bar, type a name and press + to add a new brand. Press Done to leave management mode.

Deleting a brand that still has documents

If the brand you are deleting still contains documents, the system asks which brand those documents should move to first, so nothing quietly disappears from your website.

Renaming changes what customers see

A rename takes effect on the website with the next build. The documents keep their place, only the heading changes. Renaming is the right move for a spelling fix; for a genuinely different manufacturer, add a new brand instead.

2.4 Brand display order

Brands appear on the website in exactly the order they have in the brand bar, not alphabetically. Drag a brand by its handle to move your main line to the top.

Note

A brand with no documents yet does not automatically appear on the website. Add at least one document to that brand first (see Chapter 3), and the brand will appear on its own.