# Categories and menu layout

> Create news and video categories and subcategories; order your site’s top menu and add submenus and badges.

*Help Center / Writing and publishing · Updated: 2026-10-14 · 3 min read*

- **Available to:** Site admins
- **Plans:** All plans

Categories are your site’s sections (Politics, Sports, Business…). The menu decides how readers reach them. Both are in the **Websites → Manage** menu.

## Categories

The **Categories** page has **News Categories** and **Video Categories** tabs. Main categories and their subcategories are listed as a tree with their addresses and story counts.

1. Click **+ Add New Category** at the top right (or **+ Add Subcategory** next to a category).
2. Enter the **Category Name** and **URL Name (Slug)**; the category appears on the site at /slug.
3. If you choose a **Parent Category**, it becomes a subcategory (submenu) under it; otherwise it’s a main category.
4. Optionally set a **Description**, **Category Color** and **Menu Order** (lower numbers come first).
5. Click **Create Category**.

## Menu

The **Menu** page lists the items in your site’s top menu in order. Each item has these tools:

- **Drag** (the handle on the left) or the **up / down arrows:** Change the order.
- **→ / ← arrows:** Make the item a submenu of the item above, or move it out of the submenu.
- **Edit:** **Menu Title**, **Target URL**, **Icon**, **Mini Badge** (e.g. NEW, LIVE, AI) and **Open in new tab**.
- **Delete:** Removes the item from the menu.

Use **+ Add Item** below the list to add a category, an [extra page](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/design/extra-pages.md) or an external link.

> **Tip:** In the design editor, the menu block’s **Menu to show** setting decides which menu appears; **Manage menus** there brings you to this page.

## Related articles

- [Extra pages: ready-made modules and custom pages](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/design/extra-pages.md)
- [Getting started with the design editor](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/design/design-editor.md)
- [Adding and editing posts](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/publishing/add-news.md)

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Source page: https://ulakom.com/en/help/publishing/categories-menu