How to sort products alphabetically?

[DocRocks]

How can I configure Zen Cart to sort products alphabetically? I searched the forums but didn't see any postings and the e-start ... Zen Cart book is kind of cryptic on the subject.

[stevesh]

If you don't set a sort order when you create the products, they should sort alphabetically. If yours aren't, please post a link to your site.

[DocRocks]

If you don't set a sort order when you create the products, they should sort alphabetically. If yours aren't, please post a link to your site.

Hi Steve - the site is prestonribbons.com. The products in the Ribbon Catalog are currently sorted by their model number and we want to sort them by first letter in the product name.

[stevesh]

What do you have in Admin - Configuration - Layout Settings - Categories/Products Display Sort Order ?

[DocRocks]

What do you have in Admin - Configuration - Layout Settings - Categories/Products Display Sort Order ?

Thanks for pointing me to the right control. The value was zero. I changed it to 1 but that did not change the sort order of the product list. Looking at the non-standard size attribute columns I think there may be a customized display template for product lists that would need some programming to change the sort order. What do you think?

[stevesh]

My stock Zencart test site has that setting set to 1 and the product listing sorts alphabetically by product name, so it's possible your template designer has changed something.

I would look at the files included with the template and see if any files dealing with the product listing other than files beginning with tpl_ have been edited.

[DocRocks]

Thanks Steve - I'll have a look.