Custom Sort Order does not work

[DeepGirl]

Hi folks,

I need your advice. Tried to look up everywhere, but no success.

By default, my products are displayed by ID descending, i.e. from newest to olders.

Then, I wanted certain categories with custom sort order. I added numbers to all the products like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/shaxdw1ls53njrx/zen1.jpg

However, they are still displayed by ID
http://www.deepgirldesign.com/store/...ex&cPath=32_43

I found this post
http://www.magento60s.com/zen-cart/m...der-36484.html

and double-checked that Display Product Listing Default Sort Order is left blank, even though no. 6 did not work either

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cax3fe7dv5dfzx1/zen2.jpg

The Previous Next - Sort Order as set in Configuration ... Product Info ... works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngezylyl51lzyll/zen3.jpg

Could you please help me with a settings, so the category displays products in the custom sort order?

THANK YOU!

[kahunah]

Under "Catalog" - "Categories/Products" you should see the sort order for each category. (See red rectangle in image below.) That should be where you define the sort order.

[kahunah]

I forgot to add: Edit the category and define the sort order. (The sort order is located at the bottom left when editing a category.)

[kahunah]

Also, under "Configuration" - "Layout Settings" set the "Category/Products Display Sort Order" to "0".

[mc12345678]

It's also a little unclear whether the desire is to apply this sorting for a unique category as compared to globally, but if you follow the guidance of kahunah above, all items will be sorted by the sort order identified. If certain categories/products are to continue to be listed in a as added basis, then simply updating the product(s) to contaain the sort order associated/desired will keep them in that order until changed. There are ways to do this en masse if you have several products already in your store. (Ie, make the sort order 10 times the current product I'd which would allow some slight resequencing/addition later or could just equal the current product id and then it is a little easier to tell what is what. :) )

[DeepGirl]

Thank you for your quick reactions.

We might have misunderstood each other - I don't want to sort categories, but PRODUCTS within a certain category.

I applied custom sort order on them as you can see here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/shaxdw1ls53njrx/zen1.jpg

But they still show by ID descending:
http://www.deepgirldesign.com/store/...ex&cPath=32_43

And yeah, I already got "0" set under "Configuration" - "Layout Settings" - "Category/Products Display Sort Order"

[mc12345678]

Thank you for your quick reactions.

We might have misunderstood each other - I don't want to sort categories, but PRODUCTS within a certain category.

I applied custom sort order on them as you can see here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/shaxdw1ls53njrx/zen1.jpg

But they still show by ID descending:
http://www.deepgirldesign.com/store/...ex&cPath=32_43

And yeah, I already got "0" set under "Configuration" - "Layout Settings" - "Category/Products Display Sort Order"

Thank you for letting us know about having that setting established. Perhaps there was some "over communication" about the various sorts.

I found today, the following link that may provide some troubleshooting for you to try/look into as it seems something has been modified about the "normal" way ZC functions. (Maybe an add-on was incorporated that affected the code, etc. I wouldn't initially think that it was malicious, considering we're talking about a sort order problem, not something more.)

The link included is the first point at which a code modification repaired the problem. There is assistance offered earlier and later for identification of how a standard cart could be setup to provide the sort order you would like.

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...489#post710489

Good luck.

[kahunah]

What is your setting under "Configuration" - "All Listing" "Display Product Display - Default Sort Order"?

Mine is set to "1" which results in the products being sorted alphabetically by "Product Name" if all sort orders are the same value. However, if I change the sort order number for the product, it overrides and sorts by the value first and then by product name.

This site is not yet live, but it may help. If you would like pdf files of my configuration settings, I'd be happy to share them.
http://www.uniqueideasnmore.com/shopping

[mc12345678]

What is your setting under "Configuration" - "All Listing" "Display Product Display - Default Sort Order"?

Mine is set to "1" which results in the products being sorted alphabetically by "Product Name" if all sort orders are the same value. However, if I change the sort order number for the product, it overrides and sorts by the value first and then by product name.

This site is not yet live, but it may help. If you would like pdf files of my configuration settings, I'd be happy to share them.
http://www.uniqueideasnmore.com/shopping

That only affects the products listed when viewing the all products area. That said, it would be beneficial to look at the various listing screens (all products, new products, featured products, etc to see if the sort order applied to the product is respected on any of those listings. If some yes, others no, then there is more than likely a change that happened to thecode that does the sorting. The post at the other end of the link provided (ie, click link and see that post) identifies a file that controls what the default sort order is. (Sort order expected when the configuration setting is left blank.) It may have been modified from the default cart, or in the possible upgrade to 1.5.0, the file(s) were not properly upgraded. How did you come to have version 1.5.0? (Upgrade? Fresh install? Etc...)