How to set up collection and category at the same time

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A user asks how to organize a jewelry store’s main menu with both material-based collections (silver, gold, diamond) and product-type categories (rings, necklaces, bracelets) simultaneously.

Solution provided:

  • Create separate collections for materials and product types
  • Assign products to multiple collections as needed
  • Access Online Store → Navigation in Shopify admin
  • Add menu items linking to respective collection pages for both groupings

The original poster confirms this resolved their issue.

Ongoing concern:
Another user reports being unable to locate the Navigation option in their Shopify admin, despite it being referenced in standard solutions. They express frustration that common troubleshooting advice (reinstalling themes, clearing settings) doesn’t apply to their brand new store, and note difficulty with basic menu setup compared to other e-commerce platforms like Volusion and BigCommerce.

This secondary issue remains unresolved.

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Hi all,

Just wondering how do I have both collection and category in main menu and also have my products sorted in that ways.

For example, I am selling jewellery pieces. So under main menu, I would like to have Shop by Collection (silver, gold, diamond) as well as Shop by Category (rings, necklace, bracelet). Then have my products sorted out accordingly. I already figured out how to set up Collection. But don’t know how to add the Category part at the same time.

Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated!

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  1. Create Collections: Create collections for each of your collections (e.g., silver, gold, diamond) and assign the relevant products to each collection based on their material.

  2. Create Categories: Create collections for each of your categories (e.g., rings, necklace, bracelet) and assign the relevant products to each collection based on their category.

  3. Add Collections to the Main Menu: In your Shopify admin, go to “Online Store” and then “Navigation.” Create a new menu or edit an existing menu that you want to use as your main menu. Add menu items for each of your collections (silver, gold, diamond) and link them to their respective collection pages.

  4. Add Categories to the Main Menu: Similarly, add menu items for each of your categories (rings, necklace, bracelet) and link them to their respective collection pages.

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Great! Got it.

really appreciate it!

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Where is this ‘navigation’ option. It doesn’t exist. Every enaswe rto the simple task of adding submenus, categories etc, to a main menu is inaccurate as they all say to go to online store/navigation. And the answer if its not there it to reinstall the theme, clear settings etc. This is a brand new store. I have had Volusion, BigCommerce etc other store and I can’t even get a menu set in this thing…