Custom Order of Category Links

husainhk · 2012-09-04 06:26:31

Hi,

A linked category list is sorted alphabetically, is it possible to sort them manually, similar to how the esq_sectionsort plugin does?

Cheers,
Husain

etc · 2012-09-04 06:54:03

To some extent, yes, if you manually order the names.

<txp:etc_query data='["cat1","cat4","cat3"]' markup="json">
  <txp:category name="{?}" link="1" />
</txp:etc_query>

Edit: silly me, <txp:category_list categories="cat1,cat4,cat3" /> does the same.

Last edited by etc (2012-09-04 06:57:34)

husainhk · 2012-09-04 07:17:01

Thanks Oleg! I guess this would be good if the number categories are fixed on the site. Any ideas on what if the categories are dynamic, added/modified/deleted by the admin?

etc · 2012-09-04 07:28:17

Then what do you mean by “sort them manually”? Sorting them by id?

etc · 2012-09-04 07:44:16

I do not know if a plugin similar to esq_sectionsort exists for categories, sorry. If you need a central place to define the sort order, you could use adi_variables, define a variable custom_sort, with a value like cat1,cat4,cat3, then use

<txp:category_list categories='<txp:variable name="custom_sort" />' />

etc · 2012-09-04 08:28:32

According to this post, a category version of esq_sectionsort should be ready soon.

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Custom Order of Category Links

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