Why magento 1.9 not showing newly added categories?

Question

Hi I am very new Magento frame work. I just installed magento 1.9.0.1 and I added the new category through catalog menu. But still its not showing the category in front end.

1. Category is under default category
2. Is Active -Yes
3. Display Mode -Static Block Only

These are the setting I have done with new category. After saving this, When I go to the front end its not displaying the category. How do I make the category should appear in front end.

I followed this Tutorial for creating category.

Please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Make sure you have the proper root category selected under System-->Manage Stores. In my case, the proper category "All Shows". I can select it by clicking Main Website Store and choosing "All Shows". If I choose "Default Category" as my root category instead, "All Shows" and any sub-categories of that root will not show on the navigation menu. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Based on the comments...
You have to set the flag "Include in Navigation Menu" for a category to yes to make it appear in the top menu.

Answer 3

When you say category is under default category - does this mean it is a sub directory of this? as it needs to be in order to show (not physical below it - it needs to be within it as a sub directory)