Where categories appear
The category list drives the homepage "Business areas where the club operates" section, the filters in the businesses directory, the partnership structure page, venture creation and every report. Editing a category updates all of them.
Fields
- Name — shown to members.
- Slug — the URL-safe key used to match a venture template.
- Description — the sentence shown under the name on the homepage.
- Reference prefix — 2 to 4 letters used in venture references, e.g. COM in APC-COM-2026-001.
- Display order — controls the order members see.
Archive versus delete
- Archiving hides a category from members immediately while keeping existing ventures and references valid. This is the normal way to retire a business area.
- Deleting is only possible for a category no venture has ever used. Anything already used must be archived.
- Changing a reference prefix only affects references generated in future; existing venture references never change.