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Add and remove taxonomies: Add categories

To add a new category you will need to perform the following:

  1. Use TaxonomyManager which is the manager class for Taxonomies.
  2. Get the Categories taxonomy object.
  3. Create a new Taxon of type HierarchicalTaxon.
  4. Assign the Categories taxonomy to the taxon item that you created.
  5. If you want to assign a parent for the taxon, use the Parent property.
  6. Add the Taxon to the Category taxonomy
  7. Call the manager’s SaveChanges method to persist the changes to the database.

Use the following code sample:

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