show feature listings by lastest added first

[jason1971]

Hi there, ( v4.0.9 Hosted )

Is it possible in both feature_listings_horizontal to have the listings to appear in order of dated added, with the newest featured listings showing first ?

I would also like to do the same with the search results if possible ???

I have set (in admin) my search results to appear as featured listings first, which they do but the oldest ones keep appearing first.

Any thoughts ???

Many thanks for your time

Jason

[Eric Barnes]

The easiest thing would be to just change your link in the template:

Instead of toplistings.php?pg=featured
Change it to:
toplistings.php?pg=featured&sortfield=dateadded&so rtorder=desc

[jason1971]

below is my search field for a quick search of my site, How do I make the featured results appear first BUT with the newest showing first, I have changed the search results in admin to show featured first, but they seem to appear in the order they were placed and NOT with the newest showing first ?

<td COLSPAN=2><center><form name="fastsearch" id="fastsearch" method="get" action="searchresults.php">
<input name="searchtext" type="text" id="searchtext" /> 
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search us" />
</form></center> </td>


also how do I make my feature_listings_horizontal
appear by the newest featured listings showing first
<h2>{$smarty.const.LANG_FEATURED_LISTINGS}</h2>
{feature_listings_horizontal cat=108 number=12 cols=4 table_attr='width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"' td_attr='style="border-top: 1px dashed #999;"'}

as these sem to appear in a ramdom order,

Many thanks

Jason

[Eric Barnes]

In that case the only way would be to manually edit the includes/classes/kernel/Listings file and manually change the sorting.

[jason1971]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, however, when I got there and started to scroll through it, I reaslised I never had a clue what bit I need to change, and even if I knew that. I would not have a clue what to put.

If it is not too time consuming on your part, could you please let me know exactly what I need to put and where ??


Many Thanks

Jason

[Eric Barnes]

You will need to look in the getAllListings method inside that file.

It has two switch statements that handle the sorting and you would either need to remove that and force it to sort or alter that.

This method is ran anywhere a list of ads is displayed. This includes frontend and backend.

[jason1971]

Hi there,

Could somebody please assisit me with this, as I am totallt lost as to which bit I need to alter and what to alter it to

Many thanks

Jason