diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildProductOverviewsCommand.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildProductOverviewsCommand.php
index f6a3af4..f9d721a 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildProductOverviewsCommand.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildProductOverviewsCommand.php
@@ -21,21 +21,38 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
  * below /products:
  *
  *   /products
- *     [folder] category (A, menu label)          e.g. "Platforms and End-Points"
- *       [folder] sub-category (B, menu label)    e.g. "End-Points"
+ *     category page (A, /products/<slug>)        e.g. "Platforms and End-Points"
+ *       sub-category page (B, /products/<slug>)  e.g. "End-Points"
  *         overview page (C, /products/<slug>)    e.g. "X-Player End-Points"
  *         [shortcut] menu shortcut               e.g. "Video Wall Controllers"
  *
  * The page tree is the single source of the products menu (ProvideProduct
  * Catalog reads it): editors rename, reorder or move overview pages there.
- * A and B are sysfolders - never routed, never in navigation menus. The 20
- * overview pages get flat slugs (decision Olli 2026-11-02) and, when they
- * are new or still empty, generated content: hero (page title, placeholder
+ * All pages get flat slugs (decision Olli 2026-11-02). Overview pages, when
+ * new or still empty, get generated content: hero (page title, placeholder
  * background - 0026-FE), one intro paragraph per grouping title (or
  * "Product range"), a product card per sub-product (record teaser, link
  * /product/<slug>), contact pre-footer. Existing pages whose hero carries
  * no image get the placeholder backfilled; any existing reference wins.
- * Afterwards run vitec:wrap-cards-grid per page and vitec:attach-card-images.
+ * Afterwards run vitec:wrap-cards-grid per page.
+ *
+ * A and B were sysfolders (menu labels) until 2026-11-05; Olli: every
+ * category and sub-category must be a clickable page. Decisions 2026-11-05:
+ *   - ADOPT: six sub-categories ARE a 2026-10 category page (Joe's category
+ *     workbooks; their "Why VITEC" cards match the sub-category icon sets).
+ *     The page moves into the folder's place, keeps content, slug and SEO,
+ *     gets the sitemap name as nav_title; the folder's children move below
+ *     it and the emptied folder is deleted.
+ *   - MERGE: "Capture & Graphics" gets the main column of BOTH matching
+ *     pages (Graphics & Multi-Display, Video Capture) copied below each other.
+ *   - the rest (3 categories, End-Points, RF Gateway) are converted folders
+ *     with generated content: hero, "Product range", one card per child page
+ *     (title, child list, the child's page media, link), contact pre-footer.
+ *   - the 2026-10 pages without a place (Graphics & Multi-Display, Video
+ *     Capture, Infrastructure & Accessories) leave the menus (nav_hide) but
+ *     stay reachable.
+ * Folders become pages and pages move by direct UPDATE - not through the
+ * DataHandler, whose slug hook (EXT:redirects) would rewrite the flat slugs.
  *
  * Decisions without customer confirmation (Olli: proceed, nothing deleted):
  *   - the sitemap's Vision names (UHD3, SD15, HD5, ...) map onto the
@@ -152,6 +169,43 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
         ]],
     ];
 
+    /** category (A) and sub-category (B) pages built here: flat slugs like the overview pages */
+    private const SECTION_SLUGS = [
+        'Platforms and End-Points' => 'platforms-and-end-points',
+        'End-Points' => 'end-points',
+        'IP Video Streaming, Distribution & KVM' => 'ip-video-streaming-distribution-and-kvm',
+        'RF Gateway' => 'rf-gateway',
+        'Video Wall Controllers & Management' => 'video-wall-controllers-and-management',
+        'Capture & Graphics' => 'capture-and-graphics',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Sub-categories that ARE a 2026-10 category page (Joe's category
+     * workbooks, imported 2026-10-27 - their "Why VITEC" cards match the
+     * agency's sub-category icon sets 1:1). Decision Olli 2026-11-05: the
+     * page moves into the tree in place of the folder and keeps content,
+     * slug and SEO; the sitemap name becomes its nav_title (menu label).
+     */
+    private const ADOPT = [
+        'IPTV Distribution & Signage Platform' => '/products/iptv-and-digital-signage',
+        'Control Room Platform' => '/products/control-room-platforms',
+        'Encoders & Decoders' => '/products/video-encoding-and-streaming',
+        'IP Gateway & Transcoder' => '/products/gateways-and-transcoding',
+        'AVoIP & KVM' => '/products/av-over-ip-and-kvm',
+        'Video Walls' => '/products/video-wall-and-display-processing',
+    ];
+
+    /** sub-category built from the content of two category pages (main column of both, in order) */
+    private const MERGE = [
+        'Capture & Graphics' => ['/products/graphics-and-multi-display', '/products/video-capture'],
+    ];
+
+    /** 2026-10 category pages without a place in the tree: stay reachable, leave the menus */
+    private const LEGACY_CATEGORY_SLUGS = [
+        '/products/graphics-and-multi-display', '/products/video-capture',
+        '/products/infrastructure-and-accessories',
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Sitemap names that do not exist as records - mapped onto the existing
      * record by slug. The Vision "+1" names are almost certainly an Excel
@@ -179,6 +233,24 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
     private array $report = [];
     private int $newCounter = 0;
     private bool $apply = false;
+    /** @var array<string,string> section page id => title */
+    private array $sectionTitles = [];
+    /** @var array<string,array<int,array<string,mixed>>> section page id => child specs (card order) */
+    private array $sectionChildren = [];
+    /** @var string[] section page ids that get generated content (new or empty) */
+    private array $sectionsToFill = [];
+    /** @var array<int,array<string,mixed>> folder uid => page fields, written by direct UPDATE */
+    private array $conversions = [];
+    /** @var int[] legacy category pages that leave the menus */
+    private array $legacyToHide = [];
+    /** @var array<int,array{page:int,folder:int,parent:int,navTitle:string}> adopted 2026-10 pages, applied by direct UPDATE */
+    private array $adoptions = [];
+    /** @var array<string,string> sub-category id => id of the node its children currently hang on (the old folder) */
+    private array $lookupParent = [];
+    /** @var array<string,int[]> merge target id => source page uids */
+    private array $merges = [];
+    /** @var array<string,string> overview slug => product names (card text on the sub-category page) */
+    private array $overviewNames = [];
     /** @var array<int,array{uid:int,title:string,slug:string,teaser:string}>|null */
     private ?array $products = null;
 
@@ -205,23 +277,42 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
         $shortcuts = [];        // [id, spec]
 
         foreach (self::STRUCTURE as [$categoryTitle, $groups]) {
-            $categoryId = $this->folder($rootId, $categoryTitle, 'category');
+            $categoryId = $this->section($rootId, $categoryTitle, 'category');
+            $categoryChildren = [];
             foreach ($groups as [$groupTitle, $entries]) {
-                $groupId = $this->folder($categoryId, $groupTitle, 'sub-category');
+                $groupId = $this->section($categoryId, $groupTitle, 'sub-category');
                 $groupFolderIds[$groupTitle] = $groupId;
+                $groupChildren = [];
                 foreach ($entries as $entry) {
                     if (isset($entry['shortcut'])) {
                         $shortcuts[] = [$this->shortcutPage($groupId, $entry['shortcut']), $entry];
+                        $groupChildren[] = ['shortcut' => $entry];
                         continue;
                     }
                     $overviewBySlug[$entry['slug']] = $this->overviewPage($groupId, $entry);
+                    $groupChildren[] = [
+                        'id' => $overviewBySlug[$entry['slug']],
+                        'title' => (string)$entry['page'],
+                        'text' => $this->overviewNames[$entry['slug']] ?? '',
+                    ];
                 }
+                $this->sectionChildren[$groupId] = $groupChildren;
+                $categoryChildren[] = [
+                    'id' => $groupId,
+                    'title' => $groupTitle,
+                    'text' => implode(', ', array_column(array_filter($groupChildren, static fn(array $c): bool => isset($c['id'])), 'title')),
+                ];
             }
+            $this->sectionChildren[$categoryId] = $categoryChildren;
         }
 
-        // shortcut targets (a group folder or an overview page)
+        // shortcut targets (a sub-category page or an overview page); on the
+        // sub-category page the shortcut becomes a card linking its target
+        $targetOf = function (array $spec) use ($groupFolderIds, $overviewBySlug): ?string {
+            return isset($spec['toGroup']) ? ($groupFolderIds[$spec['toGroup']] ?? null) : ($overviewBySlug[$spec['toPage']] ?? null);
+        };
         foreach ($shortcuts as [$shortcutId, $spec]) {
-            $target = isset($spec['toGroup']) ? ($groupFolderIds[$spec['toGroup']] ?? null) : ($overviewBySlug[$spec['toPage']] ?? null);
+            $target = $targetOf($spec);
             if ($target === null) {
                 $this->report[] = '  ! shortcut "' . $spec['shortcut'] . '": target not found';
                 continue;
@@ -229,6 +320,25 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
             $this->datamap['pages'][$shortcutId]['shortcut'] = ctype_digit($target) ? (int)$target : $target;
             $this->datamap['pages'][$shortcutId]['shortcut_mode'] = 0;
         }
+        foreach ($this->sectionChildren as $sectionId => $children) {
+            foreach ($children as $i => $child) {
+                if (isset($child['shortcut'])) {
+                    $target = $targetOf($child['shortcut']);
+                    $this->sectionChildren[$sectionId][$i] = $target === null ? null : [
+                        'id' => $target,
+                        'title' => (string)$child['shortcut']['shortcut'],
+                        'text' => (string)($child['shortcut']['toGroup'] ?? ''),
+                    ];
+                }
+            }
+            $this->sectionChildren[$sectionId] = array_values(array_filter($this->sectionChildren[$sectionId]));
+        }
+
+        $this->sectionMeta();
+        foreach ($this->sectionsToFill as $sectionId) {
+            $this->sectionContent($sectionId);
+        }
+        $this->legacyCategoryPages();
 
         foreach ($this->report as $line) {
             $output->writeln($line);
@@ -238,6 +348,24 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
             return Command::SUCCESS;
         }
 
+        // folders -> pages and legacy nav_hide by direct UPDATE (see class
+        // comment: the DataHandler slug hook would rewrite child slugs)
+        $pageConnection = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages');
+        foreach ($this->conversions as $uid => $fields) {
+            $pageConnection->update('pages', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
+        }
+        foreach ($this->adoptions as $adoption) {
+            $pageConnection->update('pages', ['pid' => $adoption['parent'], 'nav_hide' => 0, 'hidden' => 0, 'nav_title' => $adoption['navTitle']], ['uid' => $adoption['page']]);
+            $pageConnection->update('pages', ['pid' => $adoption['parent']], ['l10n_parent' => $adoption['page']]);
+            if ($adoption['folder'] > 0) {
+                $pageConnection->update('pages', ['pid' => $adoption['page']], ['pid' => $adoption['folder'], 'deleted' => 0]);
+                $pageConnection->update('pages', ['deleted' => 1], ['uid' => $adoption['folder']]);
+            }
+        }
+        foreach ($this->legacyToHide as $uid) {
+            $pageConnection->update('pages', ['nav_hide' => 1], ['uid' => $uid]);
+        }
+
         $dataHandler = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(DataHandler::class);
         $dataHandler->start($this->datamap, []);
         $dataHandler->process_datamap();
@@ -246,35 +374,291 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
             return Command::FAILURE;
         }
         $this->applyOrder($dataHandler->substNEWwithIDs);
+        $this->copyMergedContent($dataHandler->substNEWwithIDs, $output);
 
-        $output->writeln("\n<info>Written.</info> Next, per overview page:");
-        foreach ($overviewBySlug as $slug => $id) {
-            $output->writeln('  vendor/bin/typo3 vitec:wrap-cards-grid --page=/products/' . $slug . ' --apply');
+        $output->writeln("\n<info>Written.</info> Next, per page with generated cards:");
+        foreach ($this->sectionsToFill as $id) {
+            $slug = $this->conversions[(int)$id]['slug'] ?? ('/products/' . self::SECTION_SLUGS[$this->sectionTitles[$id]]);
+            $output->writeln('  vendor/bin/typo3 vitec:wrap-cards-grid --page=' . $slug . ' --apply');
         }
-        $output->writeln('then: vendor/bin/typo3 vitec:attach-card-images --apply && vendor/bin/typo3 cache:flush');
+        $output->writeln('(overview pages as needed: --page=/products/<slug>), then vitec:build-why-vitec-bands and cache:flush');
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
 
     // ---- structure -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private function folder(string $parentId, string $title, string $kind): string
+    /**
+     * A category (A) or sub-category (B) page, found by title below its
+     * parent. A sysfolder from the 2026-11-02 build is queued for conversion
+     * into a page; an empty page is queued for generated content.
+     */
+    private function section(string $parentId, string $title, string $kind): string
     {
-        $existing = ctype_digit($parentId) ? $this->childByTitle((int)$parentId, $title, self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER) : null;
-        if ($existing !== null) {
-            $this->report[] = sprintf('%s folder "%s" #%d (exists)', $kind, $title, $existing);
-            $this->pageOrder[$parentId][] = (string)$existing;
-            return (string)$existing;
+        $existing = ctype_digit($parentId)
+            ? $this->childByTitle((int)$parentId, $title, [self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER, self::DOKTYPE_PAGE]) : null;
+        if (isset(self::ADOPT[$title])) {
+            return $this->adopt($parentId, $title, $existing);
         }
-        $id = $this->newId();
-        $this->datamap['pages'][$id] = ['pid' => $this->pid($parentId), 'doktype' => self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER, 'title' => $title, 'hidden' => 0];
+        $slug = '/products/' . self::SECTION_SLUGS[$title];
+        if ($existing === null) {
+            $id = $this->newId();
+            $this->datamap['pages'][$id] = [
+                'pid' => $this->pid($parentId), 'doktype' => self::DOKTYPE_PAGE, 'hidden' => 0,
+                'title' => $title, 'slug' => $slug, 'layout' => self::LAYOUT,
+            ];
+            $this->pageOrder[$parentId][] = $id;
+            $this->sectionTitles[$id] = $title;
+            $this->sectionsToFill[] = $id;
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('%s page "%s" %s CREATE', $kind, $title, $slug);
+            return $id;
+        }
+
+        $uid = $existing['uid'];
+        $id = (string)$uid;
         $this->pageOrder[$parentId][] = $id;
-        $this->report[] = sprintf('%s folder "%s" CREATE', $kind, $title);
+        $this->sectionTitles[$id] = $title;
+        if ($existing['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER) {
+            $taken = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages')->fetchOne(
+                'SELECT uid FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND slug = ? AND uid <> ? AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1)',
+                [$slug, $uid]
+            );
+            if ($taken !== false) {
+                $this->report[] = sprintf('%s folder "%s" #%d: <error>slug %s taken by #%d - NOT converted</error>', $kind, $title, $uid, $slug, (int)$taken);
+                return $id;
+            }
+            $this->conversions[$uid] = [
+                'doktype' => self::DOKTYPE_PAGE, 'slug' => $slug, 'layout' => self::LAYOUT,
+                'nav_hide' => 0, 'hidden' => 0,
+            ];
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('%s folder "%s" #%d -> page %s', $kind, $title, $uid, $slug);
+            // a redirect on the slug wins over the page (2026-11-05: the 2026-10
+            // stub redirect /products/platforms-and-end-points hid the new page)
+            $redirect = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('sys_redirect')->fetchAssociative(
+                'SELECT uid, target FROM sys_redirect WHERE deleted = 0 AND disabled = 0 AND source_path IN (?, ?)',
+                [$slug, $slug . '/']
+            );
+            if ($redirect) {
+                $this->report[] = sprintf('    <error>! redirect #%d %s -> %s overrides this page - disable it (Redirects module)</error>', (int)$redirect['uid'], $slug, $redirect['target']);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('%s page "%s" #%d (exists)', $kind, $title, $uid);
+        }
+        $contentCount = (int)GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('tt_content')
+            ->fetchOne('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tt_content WHERE deleted = 0 AND pid = ?', [$uid]);
+        if ($contentCount === 0) {
+            $this->sectionsToFill[] = $id;
+        } else {
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('    (%d elements - content left untouched)', $contentCount);
+        }
+        if (isset(self::MERGE[$title])) {
+            $this->merges[$id] = [];
+            foreach (self::MERGE[$title] as $sourceSlug) {
+                $source = $this->pageBySlug($sourceSlug);
+                if ($source === null) {
+                    $this->report[] = '    ! merge source ' . $sourceSlug . ' not found';
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $this->merges[$id][] = $source;
+            }
+        }
         return $id;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A 2026-10 category page takes the sub-category's place (ADOPT): it
+     * moves below the category at the folder's position, the folder's
+     * children move below it, the emptied folder is deleted. Content, slug
+     * and SEO of the page stay; nav_title = sitemap name.
+     *
+     * @param array{uid:int,doktype:int}|null $folder
+     */
+    private function adopt(string $parentId, string $title, ?array $folder): string
+    {
+        $page = $this->pageBySlug(self::ADOPT[$title]);
+        if ($page === null) {
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('sub-category "%s": <error>page %s not found - NOT adopted</error>', $title, self::ADOPT[$title]);
+            return $folder !== null ? (string)$folder['uid'] : $this->newId();
+        }
+        $id = (string)$page;
+        $this->pageOrder[$parentId][] = $id;
+        $this->lookupParent[$id] = $folder !== null && $folder['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER ? (string)$folder['uid'] : $id;
+        if (!ctype_digit($parentId)) {
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('sub-category "%s": <error>category not built yet - run again</error>', $title);
+            return $id;
+        }
+        $this->adoptions[] = [
+            'page' => $page,
+            'folder' => $folder !== null && $folder['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER ? $folder['uid'] : 0,
+            'parent' => (int)$parentId,
+            'navTitle' => $title,
+        ];
+        $this->report[] = sprintf(
+            'sub-category "%s" = %s #%d (content, slug, SEO stay; menu title "%s")%s',
+            $title, self::ADOPT[$title], $page, $title,
+            $folder !== null && $folder['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER ? '; folder #' . $folder['uid'] . ' -> children move, folder deleted' : ''
+        );
+        return $id;
+    }
+
+    private function pageBySlug(string $slug): ?int
+    {
+        $uid = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages')->fetchOne(
+            'SELECT uid FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND slug = ? AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1) ORDER BY uid', [$slug]
+        );
+        return $uid !== false ? (int)$uid : null;
+    }
+
+    /** SEO/OG title, description and abstract of the section pages, from their children. */
+    private function sectionMeta(): void
+    {
+        foreach ($this->sectionTitles as $id => $title) {
+            $names = array_column($this->sectionChildren[$id] ?? [], 'title');
+            $description = 'VITEC ' . $title . ($names !== [] ? ': ' . implode(', ', $names) : '') . '.';
+            $meta = [
+                'seo_title' => $title . ' | VITEC', 'description' => $description,
+                'og_title' => $title . ' | VITEC', 'og_description' => $description,
+                'abstract' => implode(', ', $names),
+            ];
+            if (isset($this->conversions[(int)$id])) {
+                $this->conversions[(int)$id] += $meta;
+            } elseif (isset($this->datamap['pages'][$id])) {
+                $this->datamap['pages'][$id] += $meta;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generated content of a new or empty category / sub-category page:
+     * hero, "Product range", one card per child page (title, child list as
+     * text, the child's first page media as image, link), contact pre-footer.
+     */
+    private function sectionContent(string $pageId): void
+    {
+        $title = $this->sectionTitles[$pageId];
+        $this->report[] = sprintf('content for "%s" (%s):', $title, ctype_digit($pageId) ? '#' . $pageId : 'new page');
+        $heroId = $this->element($pageId, self::COLPOS_HERO, 'vitec_herosection', ['header' => $title, 'header_layout' => 1, 'bodytext' => '']);
+        $placeholder = $this->heroPlaceholder($pageId);
+        if ($placeholder !== null) {
+            $this->report[] = '        hero: ' . ($this->apply ? 'attach ' : 'would attach ') . $placeholder;
+            if ($this->apply) {
+                $refId = $this->newId();
+                $this->datamap['sys_file_reference'][$refId] = [
+                    'pid' => $this->pid($pageId),
+                    'table_local' => 'sys_file',
+                    'uid_local' => GeneralUtility::makeInstance(StorageRepository::class)
+                        ->getDefaultStorage()->getFile($placeholder)->getUid(),
+                ];
+                $this->datamap['tt_content'][$heroId]['vitec_hero_bgimage'] = $refId;
+            }
+        }
+        if (isset($this->merges[$pageId])) {
+            // MERGE target: the main column is copied from the source pages after the run
+            $this->report[] = '        main column: copied from ' . count($this->merges[$pageId]) . ' page(s) #' . implode(', #', $this->merges[$pageId]) . ' (after the write)';
+        } else {
+            $this->element($pageId, self::COLPOS_MAIN, 'vitec_introparagraph', ['header' => 'Product range', 'bodytext' => '']);
+        }
+        foreach (isset($this->merges[$pageId]) ? [] : ($this->sectionChildren[$pageId] ?? []) as $child) {
+            $fields = [
+                'vitec_layout_variant' => 'text_only',
+                'header' => (string)$child['title'],
+                'bodytext' => $this->p((string)$child['text']),
+                'vitec_primary_cta_label' => 'Learn more',
+                'vitec_primary_cta' => ctype_digit((string)$child['id']) ? 't3://page?uid=' . $child['id'] : '',
+            ];
+            $fileUid = ctype_digit((string)$child['id']) ? $this->pageMediaFile((int)$child['id']) : 0;
+            $cardId = $this->element($pageId, self::COLPOS_MAIN, 'vitec_card', $fields);
+            if ($fileUid > 0) {
+                $this->datamap['tt_content'][$cardId]['vitec_layout_variant'] = 'vertical';
+                if ($this->apply) {
+                    $refId = $this->newId();
+                    $this->datamap['sys_file_reference'][$refId] = ['pid' => $this->pid($pageId), 'table_local' => 'sys_file', 'uid_local' => $fileUid];
+                    $this->datamap['tt_content'][$cardId]['vitec_image'] = $refId;
+                }
+            }
+            $this->report[] = sprintf('        card "%s"%s%s', $child['title'], $fields['vitec_primary_cta'] !== '' ? ' -> ' . $fields['vitec_primary_cta'] : ' (link after the first run)', $fileUid > 0 ? ' + page image' : '');
+        }
+        $this->element($pageId, self::COLPOS_PREFOOTER, 'vitec_ctabanner', [
+            'header' => 'Talk to a VITEC expert',
+            'bodytext' => $this->p('Not sure which product fits your project? Our team helps you choose.'),
+            'vitec_primary_cta_label' => 'Contact us',
+            'vitec_primary_cta' => $this->contactLink(),
+            'vitec_layout_variant' => 'centered',
+            'vitec_background_variant' => 'orange',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /** The 2026-10 category pages below /products leave the menus (nav_hide), stay reachable. */
+    private function legacyCategoryPages(): void
+    {
+        $pages = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages');
+        foreach (self::LEGACY_CATEGORY_SLUGS as $slug) {
+            $row = $pages->fetchAssociative('SELECT uid, nav_hide FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND slug = ? AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1)', [$slug]);
+            if (!$row) {
+                $this->report[] = 'legacy ' . $slug . ': not found';
+            } elseif ((int)$row['nav_hide'] === 0) {
+                $this->legacyToHide[] = (int)$row['uid'];
+                $this->report[] = sprintf('legacy %s #%d: hide in menus (stays reachable)', $slug, (int)$row['uid']);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MERGE: copies the visible top-level main-column elements of the source
+     * pages, in order, below each other onto the (new, previously empty)
+     * target page. One DataHandler copy per element, each placed after the
+     * previous copy; EXT:container copies a grid's children along. Re-runs
+     * do nothing - the target is only filled while it is empty.
+     *
+     * @param array<string,int> $subst
+     */
+    private function copyMergedContent(array $subst, OutputInterface $output): void
+    {
+        $content = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('tt_content');
+        foreach ($this->merges as $targetId => $sources) {
+            $targetId = (string)$targetId;
+            if (!in_array($targetId, $this->sectionsToFill, true)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $targetUid = ctype_digit($targetId) ? (int)$targetId : (int)($subst[$targetId] ?? 0);
+            if ($targetUid === 0) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $after = 0;
+            $copied = 0;
+            foreach ($sources as $sourceUid) {
+                $elements = $content->fetchFirstColumn(
+                    'SELECT uid FROM tt_content WHERE deleted = 0 AND hidden = 0 AND pid = ? AND colPos = ?
+                       AND (tx_container_parent IS NULL OR tx_container_parent = 0) ORDER BY sorting, uid',
+                    [$sourceUid, self::COLPOS_MAIN]
+                );
+                foreach ($elements as $elementUid) {
+                    $dataHandler = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(DataHandler::class);
+                    $dataHandler->start([], ['tt_content' => [(int)$elementUid => ['copy' => $after > 0 ? -$after : $targetUid]]]);
+                    $dataHandler->process_cmdmap();
+                    $newUid = (int)($dataHandler->copyMappingArray_merged['tt_content'][(int)$elementUid] ?? 0);
+                    if ($newUid > 0) {
+                        $after = $newUid;
+                        $copied++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            $output->writeln(sprintf('merged %d element(s) onto #%d', $copied, $targetUid));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** sys_file uid of a page's first media reference, 0 when none */
+    private function pageMediaFile(int $pageUid): int
+    {
+        return (int)GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('sys_file_reference')->fetchOne(
+            "SELECT uid_local FROM sys_file_reference WHERE deleted = 0 AND hidden = 0 AND tablenames = 'pages' AND fieldname = 'media' AND uid_foreign = ? ORDER BY sorting_foreign LIMIT 1",
+            [$pageUid]
+        );
+    }
+
     private function shortcutPage(string $groupId, string $title): string
     {
-        $existing = ctype_digit($groupId) ? $this->childByTitle((int)$groupId, $title, self::DOKTYPE_SHORTCUT) : null;
+        $lookup = $this->lookupParent[$groupId] ?? $groupId; // an adopted page's shortcuts still hang on the old folder
+        $existing = ctype_digit($lookup) ? ($this->childByTitle((int)$lookup, $title, [self::DOKTYPE_SHORTCUT])['uid'] ?? null) : null;
         if ($existing !== null) {
             $this->report[] = sprintf('    shortcut "%s" #%d (exists, target refreshed)', $title, $existing);
             $this->pageOrder[$groupId][] = (string)$existing;
@@ -296,13 +680,14 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
             'SELECT uid, pid FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND slug = ? AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1)', [$slug]
         );
         [$cards, $names] = $this->resolveItems($entry['items']);
+        $this->overviewNames[$entry['slug']] = implode(', ', $names);
 
         if ($existing) {
             $pageId = (string)(int)$existing['uid'];
             $this->pageOrder[$groupId][] = $pageId;
             $updates = [];
-            if ((string)(int)$existing['pid'] !== $groupId) {
-                $updates['pid'] = $this->pid($groupId); // moved into its folder
+            if (!in_array((string)(int)$existing['pid'], [$groupId, $this->lookupParent[$groupId] ?? $groupId], true)) {
+                $updates['pid'] = $this->pid($groupId); // moved into its sub-category
             }
             if ($updates !== []) {
                 $this->datamap['pages'][$pageId] = $updates;
@@ -509,13 +894,18 @@ final class BuildProductOverviewsCommand extends Command
 
     // ---- lookups -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private function childByTitle(int $parentUid, string $title, int $doktype): ?int
+    /**
+     * @param int[] $doktypes
+     * @return array{uid:int,doktype:int}|null
+     */
+    private function childByTitle(int $parentUid, string $title, array $doktypes): ?array
     {
-        $uid = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages')->fetchOne(
-            'SELECT uid FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND pid = ? AND title = ? AND doktype = ? AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1) ORDER BY uid',
-            [$parentUid, $title, $doktype]
+        $row = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('pages')->fetchAssociative(
+            'SELECT uid, doktype FROM pages WHERE deleted = 0 AND pid = ? AND title = ? AND doktype IN (' . implode(',', array_map('intval', $doktypes)) . ')
+               AND sys_language_uid IN (0,-1) ORDER BY uid',
+            [$parentUid, $title]
         );
-        return $uid !== false ? (int)$uid : null;
+        return $row ? ['uid' => (int)$row['uid'], 'doktype' => (int)$row['doktype']] : null;
     }
 
     /** @return array<int,array{uid:int,title:string,slug:string,teaser:string}> */
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand.php
index 57ed017..1970b70 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/Command/BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand.php
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
  * -> "Scalable architecture"); bodytext stays empty until the agency
  * delivers copy (0036: a card without text is fine).
  *
- * The band lands directly AFTER the first element of the main column (the
- * intro). Idempotent: a page already carrying a "Why VITEC?" introparagraph
- * is skipped - editors own the band from then on. The Vision sub-group icon
+ * The band lands at the TOP of the main column, before the "Product range"
+ * intro and its cards (0042-FE: placed after the intro it split heading and
+ * cards; fix_why_band_position.php corrected the first seven pages).
+ * Idempotent: a page already carrying a "Why VITEC?" introparagraph gets
+ * no second band; unused icons of its context go onto existing cards whose
+ * title matches the icon theme (2026-11-05: the adopted category pages'
+ * workbook cards) - nothing else is touched. The Vision sub-group icon
  * sets (vision, visionav) stay unassigned: ONE page, TWO sets - editorial
  * decision, reported only.
  *
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
     private const HEADER = 'Why VITEC?';
     private const COLPOS = 0;
 
-    /** staged icon context => overview page slug */
+    /** staged icon context => overview (or, since 2026-11-05, sub-category) page slug */
     private const BANDS = [
         'activesqx' => '/products/activesqx',
         'aetria' => '/products/aetria',
@@ -53,8 +57,18 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
         'image-graphics-cards' => '/products/image-graphics-cards',
         'operator-workstations' => '/products/operator-workstations',
         'prism-transcoder' => '/products/prism-transcoder',
+        // sub-category pages = the adopted 2026-10 category pages (2026-11-05);
+        // they already carry a "Why VITEC?" section from Joe's workbooks whose
+        // cards ARE these icon themes -> icons go onto the existing cards
+        'avoip-and-kvm' => '/products/av-over-ip-and-kvm',
+        'control-room-platform' => '/products/control-room-platforms',
+        'ip-gateway-and-transcoder' => '/products/gateways-and-transcoding',
+        'iptv-distribution-and-signange-platform' => '/products/iptv-and-digital-signage',
     ];
 
+    /** words ignored when an icon theme is matched against a card title */
+    private const STOPWORDS = ['and', 'for', 'the', 'of', 'to', 'a', 'an', 'in', 'on', 'with'];
+
     /** acronyms kept upper-case when the filename theme becomes a card title */
     private const ACRONYMS = ['KVM', 'IPTV', 'AV', 'HD', 'SDI', 'IP', 'SQX', 'RF', 'VSN', 'HDMI', 'DVI'];
 
@@ -85,15 +99,6 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
             }
             $pageUid = (int)$page['uid'];
 
-            $existing = (int)$pool->getConnectionForTable('tt_content')->fetchOne(
-                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tt_content WHERE deleted = 0 AND pid = ? AND CType = 'vitec_introparagraph' AND header = ?",
-                [$pageUid, self::HEADER]
-            );
-            if ($existing > 0) {
-                $output->writeln($slug . ': band exists - untouched');
-                continue;
-            }
-
             $folder = self::ICON_BASE . $context;
             $icons = [];
             if ($storage->hasFolder($folder)) {
@@ -108,6 +113,18 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
                 continue;
             }
 
+            $existing = (int)$pool->getConnectionForTable('tt_content')->fetchOne(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tt_content WHERE deleted = 0 AND pid = ? AND CType = 'vitec_introparagraph' AND header = ?",
+                [$pageUid, self::HEADER]
+            );
+            if ($existing > 0) {
+                // the page has its "Why VITEC?" section already (own band or
+                // a workbook import): put the icons onto matching cards
+                // without one; everything else stays untouched
+                $built += $this->iconsOntoExistingCards($pageUid, $slug, $icons, $apply, $output);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $output->writeln(sprintf("\n<info>%s</info> (#%d): band with %d icon card(s)", $slug, $pageUid, count($icons)));
             foreach ($icons as $icon) {
                 $output->writeln('      "' . $icon['title'] . '"  (' . basename($icon['identifier']) . ')');
@@ -160,11 +177,10 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
                 return Command::FAILURE;
             }
 
-            // final order: first element (intro), then the band, then the rest
+            // final order: the band first, then the existing main column
             $order = array_merge(
-                array_slice($existingUids, 0, 1),
                 array_map(static fn(string $id) => (string)($dataHandler->substNEWwithIDs[$id] ?? '0'), $newIds),
-                array_slice($existingUids, 1)
+                $existingUids
             );
             $sorting = 0;
             foreach ($order as $uid) {
@@ -182,6 +198,97 @@ final class BuildWhyVitecBandsCommand extends Command
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Icons onto the existing cards of a page whose title matches an icon
+     * theme ("Centralized management" ~ CentralManagement: every word of
+     * the theme is a prefix of a card-title word or vice versa, same word
+     * count). Only cards without an icon; they become icon_card like the
+     * generated bands. Returns 1 when anything was (or would be) attached.
+     *
+     * @param array<int,array{identifier:string,title:string}> $icons
+     */
+    private function iconsOntoExistingCards(int $pageUid, string $slug, array $icons, bool $apply, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        $pool = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class);
+        $cards = $pool->getConnectionForTable('tt_content')->fetchAllAssociative(
+            "SELECT c.uid, c.header FROM tt_content c
+              WHERE c.deleted = 0 AND c.pid = ? AND c.CType = 'vitec_card'
+                AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys_file_reference r WHERE r.deleted = 0 AND r.tablenames = 'tt_content'
+                                AND r.fieldname = 'vitec_icon' AND r.uid_foreign = c.uid)
+              ORDER BY c.uid",
+            [$pageUid]
+        );
+        $storage = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(StorageRepository::class)->getDefaultStorage();
+        // icons already on a card of this page (e.g. the generated bands)
+        $used = array_map('intval', $pool->getConnectionForTable('sys_file_reference')->fetchFirstColumn(
+            "SELECT r.uid_local FROM sys_file_reference r JOIN tt_content c ON c.uid = r.uid_foreign
+              WHERE r.deleted = 0 AND r.tablenames = 'tt_content' AND r.fieldname = 'vitec_icon' AND c.deleted = 0 AND c.pid = ?",
+            [$pageUid]
+        ));
+        $datamap = [];
+        $lines = [];
+        foreach ($icons as $icon) {
+            if (in_array($storage->getFile($icon['identifier'])->getUid(), $used, true)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            foreach ($cards as $k => $card) {
+                if (!$this->sameTheme($icon['title'], (string)$card['header'])) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $lines[] = sprintf('      card #%d "%s" <- %s', (int)$card['uid'], $card['header'], basename($icon['identifier']));
+                $refId = $this->newId();
+                $datamap['sys_file_reference'][$refId] = [
+                    'pid' => $pageUid,
+                    'table_local' => 'sys_file',
+                    'uid_local' => $storage->getFile($icon['identifier'])->getUid(),
+                ];
+                $datamap['tt_content'][(int)$card['uid']] = ['vitec_icon' => $refId, 'vitec_layout_variant' => 'icon_card'];
+                unset($cards[$k]);
+                continue 2;
+            }
+            $lines[] = '      <comment>no card for "' . $icon['title'] . '" (' . basename($icon['identifier']) . ')</comment>';
+        }
+        if ($lines === []) {
+            $output->writeln($slug . ': band complete - untouched');
+            return 0;
+        }
+        $output->writeln(sprintf("\n<info>%s</info> (#%d): \"Why VITEC?\" exists - icons onto its cards", $slug, $pageUid));
+        foreach ($lines as $line) {
+            $output->writeln($line);
+        }
+        if ($datamap === []) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if ($apply) {
+            $dataHandler = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(DataHandler::class);
+            $dataHandler->start($datamap, []);
+            $dataHandler->process_datamap();
+            if ($dataHandler->errorLog !== []) {
+                $output->writeln('<error>DataHandler: ' . implode(' | ', $dataHandler->errorLog) . '</error>');
+            }
+        }
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    private function sameTheme(string $iconTitle, string $cardTitle): bool
+    {
+        $words = fn(string $text): array => array_values(array_diff(
+            preg_split('/[^a-z0-9]+/', mb_strtolower($text), -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) ?: [],
+            self::STOPWORDS
+        ));
+        $a = $words($iconTitle);
+        $b = $words($cardTitle);
+        if ($a === [] || count($a) !== count($b)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        foreach ($a as $i => $word) {
+            if (!str_starts_with($b[$i], $word) && !str_starts_with($word, $b[$i])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /** "ScalableArchitecture" -> "Scalable architecture", acronyms kept ("KVMCapability" -> "KVM capability") */
     private function themeTitle(string $theme): string
     {
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/EventListener/ProvideProductCatalog.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/EventListener/ProvideProductCatalog.php
index dc0d6db..3792450 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/EventListener/ProvideProductCatalog.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/EventListener/ProvideProductCatalog.php
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Service\ImageService;
  * version 2 (2026-11-02, agency "Product Menu Prototype"): three levels,
  * the menu ends at the product OVERVIEW pages.
  *
- *   categories[]  (A, menu label)   = sysfolders directly below /products
- *     groups[]    (B, menu label)   = sysfolders below those
+ *   categories[]  (A)               = category pages directly below /products
+ *     groups[]    (B)               = sub-category pages below those
  *       items[]   type "page"       = overview pages (/products/<slug>)
  *                 type "shortcut"   = shortcut pages, resolved to a target
  *                                     group or overview page of this tree
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Service\ImageService;
  * pages the visitor reaches from the overview page; the menu does not show
  * them, the count and the list serve the "N sub-products" line and search.
  *
+ * A and B were sysfolders (menu labels only) until 2026-11-05; Olli: every
+ * category and sub-category is a clickable page. Both levels now carry
+ * `link` (additive; '' while a level is still a folder). Folders are still
+ * read, so the menu survives a half-converted tree; only groups with items
+ * and categories with such groups count (keeps other pages below /products,
+ * e.g. the 2026-10 category pages, out of the menu).
+ *
  * Next to the tree: viewAll (/products) and the type-ahead endpoint. The
  * boxes of the left column ("Product highlight", "Product news") are the
  * entry's editorial teaser cards, not data from here (decision Olli
@@ -81,8 +88,8 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
         if ($root === 0) {
             return [];
         }
-        $categoryRows = $this->children([$root], [self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER]);
-        $groupRows = $this->children(array_column($categoryRows, 'uid'), [self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER]);
+        $categoryRows = $this->children([$root], [self::DOKTYPE_PAGE, self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER]);
+        $groupRows = $this->children(array_column($categoryRows, 'uid'), [self::DOKTYPE_PAGE, self::DOKTYPE_FOLDER]);
         $itemRows = $this->children(array_column($groupRows, 'uid'), [self::DOKTYPE_PAGE, self::DOKTYPE_SHORTCUT]);
         $overviewUids = array_map('intval', array_column(
             array_filter($itemRows, static fn(array $r): bool => (int)$r['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_PAGE), 'uid'
@@ -92,6 +99,12 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
         // positions for shortcut resolution: folder uid => [c, g], page uid => [c, g, p]
         $groupPos = [];
         $pagePos = [];
+        // only the products tree: groups with items, categories with such groups
+        $filledGroups = array_map('intval', array_column($itemRows, 'pid'));
+        $groupRows = array_values(array_filter($groupRows, static fn(array $row): bool => in_array((int)$row['uid'], $filledGroups, true)));
+        $filledCategories = array_map('intval', array_column($groupRows, 'pid'));
+        $categoryRows = array_values(array_filter($categoryRows, static fn(array $row): bool => in_array((int)$row['uid'], $filledCategories, true)));
+
         $categories = [];
         foreach ($categoryRows as $c => $categoryRow) {
             $groups = [];
@@ -119,9 +132,9 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
                     }
                     $items[] = $item;
                 }
-                $groups[] = ['title' => (string)$groupRow['title'], 'items' => $items];
+                $groups[] = ['title' => (string)$groupRow['title'], 'link' => $this->sectionLink($groupRow), 'items' => $items];
             }
-            $categories[] = ['title' => (string)$categoryRow['title'], 'groups' => $groups];
+            $categories[] = ['title' => (string)$categoryRow['title'], 'link' => $this->sectionLink($categoryRow), 'groups' => $groups];
         }
 
         // shortcuts: target = a group of this tree (opens that group) or an
@@ -159,6 +172,12 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
         return $categories;
     }
 
+    /** @param array<string,mixed> $row category or sub-category page row; '' while it is a folder */
+    private function sectionLink(array $row): string
+    {
+        return (int)$row['doktype'] === self::DOKTYPE_PAGE ? (string)$row['slug'] : '';
+    }
+
     private function productsRootUid(): int
     {
         $queryBuilder = $this->connectionPool->getQueryBuilderForTable('pages');
@@ -173,7 +192,9 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
 
     /**
      * Visible child pages (frontend restrictions: hidden/deleted/start/end),
-     * nav_hide respected, in page tree order.
+     * nav_hide respected, in page tree order. `title` is the menu label:
+     * nav_title when set (the adopted 2026-10 category pages carry the
+     * sitemap name there, their page title stays the SEO/H1 one).
      *
      * @param int[] $parents
      * @param int[] $doktypes
@@ -185,7 +206,7 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
             return [];
         }
         $queryBuilder = $this->connectionPool->getQueryBuilderForTable('pages');
-        return $queryBuilder->select('uid', 'pid', 'title', 'slug', 'doktype', 'shortcut')->from('pages')
+        $rows = $queryBuilder->select('uid', 'pid', 'title', 'nav_title', 'slug', 'doktype', 'shortcut')->from('pages')
             ->where(
                 $queryBuilder->expr()->in('pid', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter(array_map('intval', $parents), ArrayParameterType::INTEGER)),
                 $queryBuilder->expr()->in('doktype', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter($doktypes, ArrayParameterType::INTEGER)),
@@ -194,6 +215,12 @@ final class ProvideProductCatalog
             )
             ->orderBy('pid')->addOrderBy('sorting')
             ->executeQuery()->fetchAllAssociative();
+        foreach ($rows as &$row) {
+            if (trim((string)($row['nav_title'] ?? '')) !== '') {
+                $row['title'] = $row['nav_title'];
+            }
+        }
+        return $rows;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/UserFunc/ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/UserFunc/ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer.php
index 0861975..9b96fb9 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/UserFunc/ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/UserFunc/ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer.php
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ final class ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer
     }
 
     /**
-     * The overview pages of the products menu tree (/products > folder >
-     * folder > page, see ProvideProductCatalog) with their menu path.
+     * The overview pages of the products menu tree (/products > category >
+     * sub-category > page, see ProvideProductCatalog) with their menu path.
+     * Category and sub-category are pages since 2026-11-05 (folders before -
+     * both are read).
      *
      * @return array<int,array{uid:int,title:string,link:string,path:string[]}> page uid => overview
      */
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ final class ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer
                 return [];
             }
             $queryBuilder = $pool->getQueryBuilderForTable('pages');
-            return $queryBuilder->select('uid', 'pid', 'title', 'slug')->from('pages')
+            $rows = $queryBuilder->select('uid', 'pid', 'title', 'nav_title', 'slug')->from('pages')
                 ->where(
                     $queryBuilder->expr()->in('pid', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter($parents, ArrayParameterType::INTEGER)),
                     $queryBuilder->expr()->in('doktype', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter($doktypes, ArrayParameterType::INTEGER)),
@@ -104,9 +106,16 @@ final class ProductMenuSearchJsonRenderer
                 )
                 ->orderBy('sorting')
                 ->executeQuery()->fetchAllAssociative();
+            // menu label = nav_title when set (same rule as ProvideProductCatalog)
+            foreach ($rows as &$row) {
+                if (trim((string)($row['nav_title'] ?? '')) !== '') {
+                    $row['title'] = $row['nav_title'];
+                }
+            }
+            return $rows;
         };
-        $categories = array_column($level([$root], [254]), null, 'uid');
-        $groups = array_column($level(array_keys($categories), [254]), null, 'uid');
+        $categories = array_column($level([$root], [1, 254]), null, 'uid');
+        $groups = array_column($level(array_keys($categories), [1, 254]), null, 'uid');
         $overviews = [];
         foreach ($level(array_keys($groups), [1]) as $page) {
             $group = $groups[(int)$page['pid']];
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Configuration/Sets/Vitecset/setup.typoscript b/packages/vitec/Configuration/Sets/Vitecset/setup.typoscript
index 7a63b7e..9227dcc 100755
--- a/packages/vitec/Configuration/Sets/Vitecset/setup.typoscript
+++ b/packages/vitec/Configuration/Sets/Vitecset/setup.typoscript
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ tt_content {
 page.10.fields.jsonLd = USER
 page.10.fields.jsonLd.userFunc = Evomedien\Vitec\UserFunc\PageJsonLdRenderer->render
 
+# =============================================================================
+# No browser caching of the page JSON (2026-11-05). EXT:headless sets
+# page.config.sendCacheHeaders = 1, and TYPO3 14 caches a page for ONE YEAR
+# by default (CacheLifetimeCalculator::defaultCacheTimeout) - every /_json/
+# response went out with "Cache-Control: max-age=~31536000", so browsers
+# kept an old menu/page for up to a year (found when the clickable product
+# categories did not show up). The server-side page cache is unaffected;
+# without the header, .htaccess sends application/json "access plus 0 seconds".
+# =============================================================================
+page.config.sendCacheHeaders = 0
+
 ############################################################
 # Frontend resolution for the record links from the link
 # browser (page.tsconfig TCEMAIN.linkHandler):
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Documentation/Headless-JSON-Architecture.md b/packages/vitec/Documentation/Headless-JSON-Architecture.md
index cceba0c..678abc3 100755
--- a/packages/vitec/Documentation/Headless-JSON-Architecture.md
+++ b/packages/vitec/Documentation/Headless-JSON-Architecture.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 | | |
 |---|---|
 | **Document identifier** | EVO‑VITEC‑HL‑001 |
-| **Version** | 1.31 |
+| **Version** | 1.32 |
 | **Status** | Released |
 | **Date** | 2026‑11‑05 |
 | **Applies to** | `evomedien/vitec` on TYPO3 v14.3 (headless) |
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 | 1.29 | 2026‑11‑02 | **Interface change (removal within the unreleased catalog v2).** `catalog.news` dropped (decision: no automatic news in the products menu). Both promo boxes of the products panel, "Product highlight" and "Product news", are the entry's editorial `teasers` (`kicker` = box label). Megamenu caching: pages carrying the menu are now tagged with the menu tables, so saving menu records refreshes every page; data read from the page tree still needs a cache flush. |
 | 1.30 | 2026‑11‑02 | **Interface change (additive).** Megamenu `pagetree` entries carry `display` (`columns` \| `rail`) and, for `rail`, `cardSize` (`regular` \| `compact`): Markets and Solutions switch to a left list with the sub-pages as image cards on hover. Page-tree items gained `image` (page media) and `teaser` (abstract) from stage 2; the sub-solution pages received their hero background as page media (sub-markets had page media already). |
 | 1.31 | 2026‑11‑05 | **No interface change (data source).** Megamenu Insights `spotlight.news` read only news folder 11; the newer posts live in 442 (ticket 0046-FE). Catalog and spotlight entries gained the editor fields *Data source folders* and *Data source categories*; the Insights listener reads news from them (empty = 11 + 442, no category filter), newest `datetime` first, three cards. Pages carrying the menu are tagged with the news and event tables, so a saved news or event record refreshes the menu. Contract unchanged. |
+| 1.32 | 2026‑11‑05 | **Interface change (additive).** Products menu: categories and sub-categories are clickable pages (were sysfolders/labels): `categories[].link` and `groups[].link`. Six sub-categories are the 2026-10 category pages (content/slug/SEO kept, sitemap name as nav_title = menu `title`); 3 categories, End-Points, RF Gateway and Capture & Graphics (content of Graphics & Multi-Display + Video Capture) are new pages; Graphics & Multi-Display, Video Capture and Infrastructure & Accessories left the menus (reachable). Breadcrumbs run through category and sub-category. Spec text on the removed v1.28 transitional fields corrected. **Caching:** `/_json/` responses no longer carry browser cache headers (`page.config.sendCacheHeaders = 0`) - EXT:headless enables them and TYPO3 14's default page lifetime of one year made browsers keep every JSON response up to a year; front ends should request with `cache: 'no-cache'` to get past copies cached before. |
 
 This document is drafted in the style of, and adopts the terminology conventions of,
 ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 (architecture description), ISO/IEC/IEEE 26514 (information for
@@ -1211,20 +1212,21 @@ tile or `null`.
 **Products menu (megamenu entry `layout: "catalog"`, version 2 since v1.28).**
 The catalog payload is produced by the `ProvideProductCatalog` listener of
 EXT:evo_megamenu_json’s `BuildCatalogEvent` from the page tree below
-`/products`: sysfolders on the first level are the menu **categories**,
-sysfolders below them the **groups** (both labels, never pages), and the
-pages below the groups the **overview pages** (`/products/<slug>`, built by
+`/products`: the pages on the first level are the menu **categories**, the
+pages below them the **groups** (sub-categories), and the pages below the
+groups the **overview pages** (`/products/<slug>`, built by
 `vitec:build-product-overviews` from the agency sitemap of 2026-11-02) or
-**shortcut** pages. The menu ends at the overview pages; product detail
-pages are reached from there.
+**shortcut** pages. Since v1.32 categories and groups are clickable pages
+with `link` (they were sysfolders/labels before); product detail pages are
+reached from the overview pages.
 
 ```json
 "catalog": {
   "version": 2,
   "search": { "endpoint": "/_json/?type=7385", "param": "q", "minChars": 2, "placeholder": "Search products" },
   "viewAll": { "title": "View all products", "link": "/products" },
-  "categories": [ { "title": "IP Video Streaming, Distribution & KVM",
-    "groups": [ { "title": "Encoders & Decoders",
+  "categories": [ { "title": "IP Video Streaming, Distribution & KVM", "link": "/products/ip-video-streaming-distribution-and-kvm",
+    "groups": [ { "title": "Encoders & Decoders", "link": "/products/video-encoding-and-streaming",
       "items": [
         { "type": "page", "uid": 587, "title": "Appliances", "link": "/products/appliances",
           "productCount": 5, "products": [ { "title": "MGW Diamond-H", "link": "/product/…" } ],
@@ -1234,10 +1236,18 @@ pages are reached from there.
 }
 ```
 
+- `categories[].link` / `groups[].link` (v1.32, additive): the category /
+  sub-category page; `""` only while a level is still a folder. `title` is
+  the menu label = the page's *nav_title* when set: six sub-categories are
+  the 2026-10 category pages (Joe's workbooks - content, slug and SEO kept,
+  e.g. "Encoders & Decoders" → `/products/video-encoding-and-streaming`,
+  H1 "Video Encoding & Streaming"). Breadcrumbs run
+  Home › Products › category › sub-category › overview page.
 - `items[].type` is `page` (an overview page) or `shortcut`. A shortcut's
   `target` holds zero-based indices into `categories` / `groups` / `items`:
   with `page` it points to an overview page (and `link` is that page),
-  without `page` it opens a whole group (`link` is `""`).
+  without `page` it opens a whole group (`link` is `""`; the group's own
+  page is `groups[].link` of the target).
 - `products` are the product cards of the overview page that link a detail
   page (container children included, creation order); `productCount` is
   their number - a card without a resolvable product is not counted.
@@ -1251,15 +1261,9 @@ pages are reached from there.
 - Hidden pages and pages with *Hide in menu* drop out; order = page tree
   order. Version 1 (2026-10-09, sys_category groups with products) is no
   longer the source.
-- **Transitional v1 fields (deprecated, removed once the front end reads
-  `items`).** The deployed front end still evaluated the v1 shape for the
-  active state of the Products trigger and crashed the whole site without
-  it. Until it has switched, v2 additionally carries: `categories[].uid`
-  (folder uid) and `categories[].link` (`/products`); `groups[].uid` (`0`),
-  `groups[].link` (link of the group's first overview page) and
-  `groups[].products` (the products of all its overview pages, deduplicated
-  by link); and a `teaser` (card text, plain) on every product. Do not build
-  on these fields.
+- The transitional v1 fields of v1.28 (`groups[].products`, `uid`s,
+  product `teaser`) were removed on 2026-11-03 after the front end switched
+  (0024-FE / 0029-BE). The `link` fields of v1.32 are new and permanent.
 
 **Markets and Solutions menus (megamenu `layout: "pagetree"`, `display`
 since v1.30).** Page-tree entries build their `columns` live from the
@@ -1706,4 +1710,4 @@ remediation.
 - Header convention — the uniform header section across CEs, plugins and containers.
 - `Configuration/Sets/Vitecset/setup.typoscript` — the single TypoScript entry point.
 
-*End of document EVO‑VITEC‑HL‑001 v1.31.*
+*End of document EVO‑VITEC‑HL‑001 v1.32.*