Sort order of Categories and Albums

[pols1337]

Hi Andre,

I have a brilliant, brilliant idea for you!  In future versions of Coppermine, you can ask if the user wants his categories and albums alphabetically sorted (alphabetical-ascending, alphabetical-descending).  I spend so much time manually sorting my albums, when all I want is for them to be alphabetically sorted 

Currently in Coppermine, you ask in Config > Albums if Categories should be alphabetically sorted.  (See attached)  But you should also ask for albums, since those are another list that many users may want to be auto-sorted. 

Additionally, perhaps you should move the option for alphabetical sorting from the Config menu to "Files" > "Categories" or "Files" > "Album" menus, since those would be the more 'logical' places to ask about ordering.

Just a thought. 

Joel

Gallery link: http://adonismale.com/tg/index.php

[Αndré]

albums alphabetically sorted

It's already on my TODO list for cpg1.6.x and maybe also as a hidden config option for cpg1.5.x.

[Αndré]

Added config option for cpg1.6.x and hidden feature for cpg1.5.x in SVN revision 8453.

Additionally, I plan to add some user defined sort order like it's done for thumbnails and each a config option to toggle that feature.

[pols1337]

Nice.  Good job 

[pols1337]

Oh dear god, I hope you're planning to release cpg1.6.x soon ... if only so I can use this option.  So much time wasted on reordering albums manually.   

[phill104]

1.6 is a long way off at the moment. Please look at the code changes Andre has made as they allow you to do just what you are after.

[Αndré]

Added [..] hidden feature for cpg1.5.x in SVN revision 8453.

If you don't need this feature urgently, just wait for the release of cpg1.5.22 (which will be released soon).

[pols1337]

Okay sounds good!

[phill104]

Andre release 1.5.22 today - http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,75858.0.html

[pols1337]

Yup.  I'm already uploading to my server!

[pols1337]

Okay.  Whoa, let's take a step back.  Apparently the option is hidden ... so how can I toggle it? 

[Αndré]

You have to edit the config value directly in your MySQL database with a tool like PHPMyAdmin.

[pols1337]

Okay, so I think I got to the config value via PHPMyAdmin ... album_sort_order = pa.  What should it be set to, or what are the other choices?

[pols1337]

/bump 

[Αndré]

Possibilities:

Code (trunk/cpg1.6.x/include/admin.inc.php) Select Expand

    'album_sort_order' => array(
      'type'          => 'select',
      'default_value' => 'pa',
      'help_link'     => 'f=configuration.htm&as=admin_album_sort_order_start&ae=admin_album_sort_order_end',
      'options'       => array('ta' => $lang_admin_php['title_a'],
                           'td' => $lang_admin_php['title_d'],
                           'da' => $lang_admin_php['date_a'],
                           'dd' => $lang_admin_php['date_d'],
                           'pa' => $lang_admin_php['pos_a'],
                           'pd' => $lang_admin_php['pos_d'],
                         ),
    ),


So you can sort by title, date and position each ascending and descending.