Display Product Listing Default Sort Order

[Website Rob]

Admin > Product Listing > Display Product Listing Default Sort Order

I had thought that is where I could set the order in which products are displayed but apparently not.

Current default setting is to show Products in Alphabetical order.
What I want to do is list by Product ID and in Descending order.

Example

In Category 1 there are 10 products. I want to display starting with Product ID #10 and descending to ID #1.

Anyone know how to do this?


Also, the instructions provided do not make much sense, but maybe it's just me.

Product Listing Default sort order?

NOTE: Leave Blank for Product Sort Order. Sort the Product Listing in the order you wish for the default display to start in to get the sort order setting. Example: 2a

[kobra]

Try this as it should respond

0d

Products Display Order by
0= Product ID
1= Product Name
2= Model
3= Price, Product Name
4= Price, Model
5= Product Name, Model
6= Product Sort Order

[kobra]

Well "0" does not work but "6" does and as there are only 10 items at this point you can set the product sort order

[Website Rob]

Try this as it should respond

0d

Products Display Order by
0= Product ID
1= Product Name
2= Model
3= Price, Product Name
4= Price, Model
5= Product Name, Model
6= Product Sort Order

Where are you finding this?

[kobra]

Rob,

That is the display code for the product info next previous listing

[Website Rob]

Admin > Product Info > Previous Next - Sort Order

Presuming that is what you are referring to, none of the 6 settings made any difference.

Appreciate the feedback but looks like a bug has been uncovered or I'm still doing something wrong / in the wrong place.

[DrByte]

Admin > Product Listing > Display Product Listing Default Sort Order

... the instructions provided do not make much sense, but maybe it's just me.

Product Listing Default sort order?

NOTE: Leave Blank for Product Sort Order. Sort the Product Listing in the order you wish for the default display to start in to get the sort order setting. Example: 2a

In your product listing, you have certain columns enabled, in a certain order left-to-right.

If your 2nd column is your Product Name, and you set your "Display Product Listing Default Sort Order" to "2a" then it'll sort by Product Name in Ascending order.
If you changed things to have your Product Name in a different column, you'd change the default to use the new number of the column you moved it to.
If you wanted "Descending" instead of Ascending, you'd use a "d" instead of "a".

The available columns for product listing are the first 7 entries in Admin->Configuration->Product Listing. The numbers you enter for each of those are the order from left-to-right in which columns are going to appear. And thus the "Default sort order" switch is controlled by those numbers as well.

[Website Rob]

Good insider knowledge DrByte, but doesn't seem to do what I had expected.

Display Product Image = 1
Display Product Name = 2

The other Display Product settings are 0.

I get the following sort order:

2a = Product ID #2 - #3 - #1
2d = Product ID #1 - #3 - #2

What I'm looking for is displaying Product ID 3 - 2 - 1.

[DrByte]

What I want to do is list by Product ID and in Descending order.

That's not currently offered as a configurable option.

But if you leave the Default Sort Order switch blank, then it will sort by the Sort Order you've assigned to the products, followed by the product name.

ie:

Sort Order     Name
    10         Apple
    10         Banana
    20         Avocado
    30         Artichoke

[Website Rob]

Maybe I'm just not understanding the concept of the "Display Product Listing Default Sort Order".

If I cannot display by Product ID and in Descending or Ascending order, what is the purpose of that option in the Admin section?

But if you leave the Default Sort Order switch blank, then it will sort by the Sort Order you've assigned to the products, followed by the product name.

How would I do that?

To my knowledge, if I leave the sort order blank then products are listed/displayed Alphabetically.