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How do I set the default sort order for catalog pages?

It looks like the default is “Best Value” and I’d like it to be “name” (Alpha) descending. Is this possible in the current release?

Thanks!

nobody?

@macsmart: it’s not configurable from admin yet, take a look in app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List/Toolbar.php function getCurrentOrder() - it will take the first available. So you can either change this method or change available orders on line 41

Perfect!

Here’s what I did, in case anyone else is interested:

in Toolbar,php, (near line 40) I changed this:

to this:

Thanks again, Moshe!

oh, this really helped me,it would be great if we can add more Order fiter and Set default for those

worked like a charm!

I have got rid of the Best Value ,
which I can’t understand much, in any case…
for ex.: what does it mean its code name position ? and
what is the VALUE it’s talking about:
money value? convenience?? ethics ??? 

In the same place, app / code / core / Mage / Catalog / Block / Product / List / Toolbar.php,
from this:

Could some of the code-gurus around here confirm if the above is OK ?

Also, it could be wonderful to be able to add a choice of
DATE , i.e. from newest to oldest and vice-versa.
Anyone would like to suggest the code for this?

As usual…
THANK YOU for your valuable time !

A n g e l o

Thanks for this piece of code. It helped me!

thanks, very useful

however, I have to agree with WisdOMbooks
there should be more options for sorting
price is useful
I would suggest date also (newest)

We need things sorted by product entered date since my industry is very front-line driven. So I wen and changed things to this:

$this->_availableOrder = array(
‘entity_id’ => $this->__(’Newest’),
‘name’ => $this->__(’Name’),
‘price’ => $this->__(’Price’)
);

And that actually worked. It shows products from newest to oldest books in that category. Thank god the default was to show newest to oldest (DESC).

This is definatly an option that should be added.

James
http://www.rpgshop.com

Moshe, you rock!

RPGShop - 16 June 2008 08:39 PM

We need things sorted by product entered date since my industry is very front-line driven. So I wen and changed things to this:

$this->_availableOrder = array(
‘entity_id’ => $this->__(’Newest’),
‘name’ => $this->__(’Name’),
‘price’ => $this->__(’Price’)
);

And that actually worked. It shows products from newest to oldest books in that category. Thank god the default was to show newest to oldest (DESC).

I was wrong, I think the default is ASC… how do I change the default for Newest to be DESC?  I see a function to getCurrentDirection() but not sure that’ll help. How do I set it to ‘desc’ to start with on each page?

RPGShop - 21 June 2008 02:12 AM

I was wrong, I think the default is ASC… how do I change the default for Newest to be DESC?  I see a function to getCurrentDirection() but not sure that’ll help. How do I set it to ‘desc’ to start with on each page?

Figured it out: in the same toolbar.php file, around lines 101-110, change this:

public function getCurrentDirection()
{
if ($dir = (string) $this->getRequest()->getParam($this->getDirectionVarName())) {
$dir = strtolower($dir);
if (in_array($dir, array(’desc’, ‘asc’))) {
return $dir;
}
}
return ‘asc’;
}

To this:

public function getCurrentDirection()
{
if ($dir = (string) $this->getRequest()->getParam($this->getDirectionVarName())) {
$dir = strtolower($dir);
if (in_array($dir, array(’desc’, ‘asc’))) {
return $dir;
}
}
return ‘desc’;
}

Along with your ‘newest’ entity_id it works like a charm!

Thanks a lot! (Can somebody add this hack to the wishlist? It would be better if you can configure this sort-options in the shop-settings)

in case someone finds this useful (I know how frustrating magento can get) this is what I had to do:
- I had to sort the products alphabetically in “sort by manufacturer” mode; this means I had to have products sorted after two fields: first by manufacturer and then by name;

what I did is change the same file: app / code / core / Mage / Catalog / Block / Product / List / Toolbar.php

at about line 72 I changed this

to this:

it works just fine.

ofcourse that someone can change the hardcoded value like “asc” to get the current direction with “$this->getCurrentDirection()”; and any other hacks someone may need in its project.

Hope that helped!! Cheers.

WOOOT! GO MOSHE!!! Just remember to put the “,” marks where they should be if you mess with the syntax. I got a fatal error until my noobness figured out I didn’t have a “,” where it should have been.