Menu Section Types
Products vs About us, Gallery, and Testimonials—how each category type behaves for you and customers
Four section types
On Dashboard → Menu, each category is also a section with a section type. Pick the right type when you create or edit a category so customer-facing layouts and ordering rules match what you intend.
| Type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Products | Sellable menu or catalog items—name, description, price, images, sizes, options, inventory, quotes, cart, all the usual storefront behavior under that category heading. |
| About us | No line items. You build a structured story: optional headline & subtitle, long story body (supports multiple paragraphs), highlight tiles (short label + text), optional photos with captions. Customers see this as a rich panel in chat alongside your brand styling. |
| Gallery | No line items. A curated set of image URLs with optional captions. Shown as a browsable gallery (grid + fullscreen-style viewer) when customers open that section — ideal for work photos, storefront shots, menus on a board, portfolio images. |
| Testimonials | No line items. A list of quotes each with author and optional role and optional avatar image URL. Presented as readable testimonial entries in the customer UI so social proof stays separate from purchase flows. |
Visibility on your public catalog
- About, Gallery, and Testimonials sections generally appear once they have usable content configured (titles, quotes, photos, etc., per validation in the dashboard).
- Products sections appear only when they contain at least one active item. Empty categories or categories where every item is inactive sit out of public navigation until you add inventory or activate an item — so diners only see menus you intend to serve.
If something you expect seems missing from the storefront, verify you are viewing a Products section that has active items, or troubleshoot with Menu not appearing.
Editing content sections
When you edit a non-Products category, the dashboard shows fields for that layout (testimonial rows, gallery images, About story and highlights). Depending on layout, quick-edit shortcuts may surface on the dashboard list so small copy changes do not always require reopening full forms.
- Mix types freely in your category order—for example Featured meals (Products), Our kitchen (Gallery),About Chef Maria (About), Loved by locals (Testimonials).
- Reorder sections the same way as before (move up/down) to control browsing order inside chat and storefront navigation.
Products vs terminology
If your business uses Store wording in the dashboard, Products still means catalog items you attach to carts, quotes, Stripe, and inventory—not the separate About / Gallery / Testimonials experiences.