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Link / Copy Products to Other Categories
A linked product is a product that is set up to display in more than one category.
This means that you only have to edit that product in one place in order to have changes take effect everywhere it is displayed. If you put it on special in one place, it will be on special in the other place/category as well.
Linking also means that you'll not see the same product appear more than once in a given list of products.
If you haven't created it yet, set up the product that you want to be listed in two or more categories. Go to the category in which you put that product (Admin > Catalog > Categories/Products) where you will see a row of icons towards the right, one of which is a white "c" in a blue circle. Click on that and you can copy a product to another category.
There are two types of copy: linked or duplicated. If you choose "linked", the product shows in both categories but there's only one instance, so any changes will affect both.
If you choose "duplicated", a new, identical product is created, which can then be changed independently of the original. You will then have two distinct and separate products which would require separate editing if you were to make changes later. Specials would affect one and not the other, unless you applied the Special to both individually. In the case of a copy, you might end up seeing both versions of the product appearing in various product lists.
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