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# Create Categories and Terms

Categories let you create groups of terms that you can use to classify the items in your site's content lists.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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              <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>,
                and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
                <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185269e75 ">To build, edit, and manage Site.com sites:</td>

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Note Content lists and categories are currently available through a pilot program. For information on enabling content lists and categories for your organization, contact Salesforce.

You can also use terms to filter the content you display on the page. Let's say you create a category called “Cuisine” that contains the terms “Italian,” Mexican,” and “Japanese.” Using a data-bound page element, such as a [repeater](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_repeater.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use a data repeater to connect to a standard or custom Salesforce object and retrieve a dataset based on the filter criteria that you specify.") or [data table](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_table.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use a data table to connect to a standard or custom Salesforce object, retrieve a dataset based on the filter criteria that you specify, and display one or more record as rows in the table."), you can filter the results by term to display only content classified as “Italian,” for example.

To create a category and add terms to it:

1. On the Overview tab, open the Categories view and click **New Category**.
2. Enter a name and description, and click **Save**.
3. In the Terms section, enter a name for the term and click **Save** or press **Enter**. If you can't see the Name field, click **New Term**.
4. Repeat for each required term.

To use the category to classify items in a content list, [add a category field](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_fields_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As a site administrator or designer, you can add fields to a content list and edit field properties to suit your needs.") to the content list and select the new category. Then, when editing or creating a content list record, select the appropriate terms.

#### See Also

- [Editing and Deleting Categories and Terms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_category_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "In the Categories view on the Overview tab, you can update and delete your site’s categories and the terms they contain.")
- [Creating Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create content lists to store site content such as blogs or articles that you can display dynamically on your site pages.")
- [Content Lists and Categories Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Content lists let you create and store content items to use in your site, such as press releases, blog posts, and news articles. Categories let you create groups of terms to classify the items in your content lists.")