Guide: Category Content

Categories are how the KFC menu is organised — grouping products into sections like Chicken, Sides, Drinks, or Desserts. Contentful lets you control the sequence of products within a category and manage subcategories for more granular menu structure.

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Categories themselves are created and managed in Byte Admin Portal. Contentful is where you control sequencing and subcategory structure. Products that haven't been configured in Contentful are hidden from the menu.

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Where You See It in the Front-End

Menu navigation — Categories appear as top-level navigation items in the menu (e.g. "Burgers", "Sides", "Drinks"). Clicking a category takes the customer to a product grid.

Subcategories — Within a category page, subcategories act as tabs or filter groups (e.g. within "Chicken" you might have "Original Recipe", "Zinger", "Wraps"). Products are nested within each subcategory.

Product sequence — The order in which products appear within a category or subcategory is controlled in Contentful. If no sequence is set in Contentful, the order falls back to whatever is defined in Byte Admin Portal.

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What to Configure in Contentful

Sequencing Products in a Category

1. Once the category has been created in Byte Admin Portal with products assigned, navigate to the Category entry in Contentful
2. Scroll down to the Menu Items section
3. Click Add Existing Content and select the products or bundles you want to include — click Select Entries to confirm
4. Drag the right-hand handle of each entry to reorder them
5. Click Publish Changes

Creating a Subcategory

1. Click Add Entry (the blue button on the right)
2. Search for and select Subcategory
3. Fill in all required fields (name, display labels, etc.)
4. Click Publish

Adding a Subcategory to a Category

1. Navigate to the relevant Category entry
2. Click Content, then Add Entry and search for Category
3. Select the desired category code, fill in the required fields, and add the existing subcategory as a linked entry
4. Click Publish

Sequencing Subcategories

1. Navigate to the desired Category entry
2. Click the three-dot handle on the right side of each subcategory entry
3. Drag and drop to the desired position
4. Click Publish Changes

Sequencing Products Within a Subcategory

1. Navigate to the category that contains the subcategory
2. Click on the desired subcategory
3. Use the three-dot handle to drag and drop products into order
4. Click Publish

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Use Cases

New product launch — When a new item is added in Byte Admin Portal, add and position it in the correct Contentful category so it appears in the right place on the menu immediately.

Seasonal menu restructure — Reorder products or promote a subcategory (e.g. move "Holiday Specials" to the top of the menu) for a promotional period without a code deployment.

Market-specific sequencing — Different markets may want different orderings for the same category. Each market's Contentful space can be configured independently.

Subcategory introduction — Add a new product group (e.g. "Plant-Based" or "Shareboxes") as a subcategory under an existing category without engineering support.