Product Listing Default Sort Order

[fjavier]

It seems like I do not get any sort=#x in the URL when I click on mine,
one of my listing categories is:
dadd yeso nusa DOT com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_3_8

URL for the first product in the list:
dadd yeso nusa DOT com/shop/index.php?main_page=document_product_info&cPath=2_3_8&products_id=51

Question: is the _id=# my current sorting order and do I need to enter that? and will it be possible to order products by date added?

Thanks in advance
Francisco

[Ajeh]

If you click on Item Name you will see:
&sort=2a

So you would enter 2a in the Product Listing Sort Order, if you wanted to sort on Product Name ...

[GTHENRY]

Configuration-Product listing-Display Product Listing Default Sort Order



1a=model number sort ascending
1d=model number sort descending
2a=name sort ascending
2d=name sort descending
4a=price sort ascending
4d=price sort descending

[Ajeh]

Actually, that is a misnomer ...

The Sort Order is also determined by what your individual columns are in the Product Listing ...

So your Model might be 1a but mine might be 4a ...

The better way to know what to use is to go to the Product Listing on your site and click the headers until you are in the right order ... then, look in the URL for the &sort=#x and enter your #x for the sort order ...

[tracyselena]

Hi,
In the last post you say to:

"go to the Product Listing on your site and click the headers until you are in the right order ... then, look in the URL for the &sort=#x and enter your #x for the sort order ..."

but I don't have headers when I look at my product listing.
See here:

http://weircomfees.com/zencart/index...=index&cPath=2

Tracy

[DocRocks]

Hi,
In the last post you say to:

"go to the Product Listing on your site and click the headers until you are in the right order ... then, look in the URL for the &sort=#x and enter your #x for the sort order ..."

but I don't have headers when I look at my product listing.
See here:

http://weircomfees.com/zencart/index...=index&cPath=2

Tracy

I have the same issue as Tracy. I don't have headers that are clickable in my catalog - eg http://prestonribbons.com/catalog/in...dex&cPath=17_5 - and I don' see sort= in the url of the browser. Do I need to try all possible combinates of number-letter to find the right combo to make this work?

Thanks

[pavka]

just try there:

Display Product Listing Default Sort Order

1a
2a
3a
4a
and you will see what you want

cheers

[b_funtomas]

Thank you Ajeh!

Your answer from 2008 helped me out today!
In my case: Sort by price is 3a

Thank you again :)

Actually, that is a misnomer ...

The Sort Order is also determined by what your individual columns are in the Product Listing ...

So your Model might be 1a but mine might be 4a ...

The better way to know what to use is to go to the Product Listing on your site and click the headers until you are in the right order ... then, look in the URL for the &sort=#x and enter your #x for the sort order ...

[Ajeh]

Thanks for the update that this was able to help you get your Sort Order setup correctly ...

[wormgineer]

admin/config/product listing/Product Listing Default Sort Order is blank

Which means the sort value seen listed for each category controls the order listed on the page for that Category.

Function confirmed.

BUT

Upon clicking to a product page, the order presented when clicking previous or next is not what I want. They are sorted alphabetically by Product Name.

How to I match the prev/next order when looking at product pages to the listed order on the Category page?