Add and remove taxonomies: Add categories
To add a new category you will need to perform the following:
- Use
TaxonomyManager which is the manager class for Taxonomies.
- Get the
Categories taxonomy object.
- Create a new
Taxon of type HierarchicalTaxon.
- Assign the
Categories taxonomy to the taxon item that you created.
- If you want to assign a parent for the taxon, use the
Parent property.
- Add the
Taxon to the Category taxonomy
- Call the manager’s
SaveChanges method to persist the changes to the database.
Use the following code sample: