Alphabetical Sort Default By Forum for vB3

[chrisvonc]

Hi gang,

I have been using Chens code for alphabetical sorting of a forum by default (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29039), and would like to ask if someone could take a stab at applying this for vB3 Gold.

Thanks! :)

Chris

[Boofo]

In forumdisplay.php

Find:

if ($sortorder != 'asc')
{

REPLACE it with:

if ($sortorder != 'asc' AND $foruminfo['forumid'] != 'XX')
{

Find:

default:
$sqlsortfield = 'lastpost';
$sortfield = 'lastpost';
}

REPLACE it with:

default:
if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 'XX'):
$sqlsortfield = 'thread.title';
$sortfield = 'thread.title';
else:
$sqlsortfield = 'lastpost';
$sortfield = 'lastpost';
endif;
}

That's how I have it set up to sort one of my forums. ;)

Don't forget to replace XX with the forumid of the forum you want to default to alphabetical sorting. ;)

[chrisvonc]

Boofo, thank you so much! Worked like a charm.

2 follow ups:
- How should I add more than one forum to sort like this? I have a couple that need to have this?
- Not as important but would be a nice touch, do you think it is possible to modify the "Previous Thread | Next Thread" links to direct to the next thread by alphabetical order as well?

Thank you again for the fast responce. :)

Chris

[Boofo]

You would use this in place of the code I posted above:

if ($sortorder != 'asc' AND $foruminfo['forumid'] != 'XX' AND $foruminfo['forumid'] != 'XX' AND $foruminfo['forumid'] != 'XX')
{


default:
if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 'XX' OR $foruminfo['forumid'] == 'XX' OR $foruminfo['forumid'] == 'XX'):
$sqlsortfield = 'thread.title';
$sortfield = 'thread.title';
else:
$sqlsortfield = 'lastpost';
$sortfield = 'lastpost';
endif;
}

As far as the last thread and next thread goes, I'm not sure how to pull that off. Since I only use this on 1 forum, I've never had the need to try and figure it out. ;)

[chrisvonc]

Thank you again! I will make the changes tonight.

For the Previous/Next" thread link issue, the more I thought about it, I think it just may be simpler to remove it from that template that section uses. Not a big deal for this perticular section.

[Boofo]

You're very welcome. ;)

Let me know how it goes. ;)

[hockyfan]

If this is applied to a forum, will it be applied to all of its subforums as well?



h

[chrisvonc]

Boofo,

Just tried it now and the code for applying to multiple forums is working great!

Thank you again. :)

[Boofo]

You're very welcome. ;)

[Boofo]

If this is applied to a forum, will it be applied to all of its subforums as well?



h

You would have to enter the forumids of those forums, too, I think. ;)

[hockyfan]

Ok thank you, I will try this out.

h

[LoOnEyToOnZ]

Hi guys any idea how to list the threads in a forum by date the thread was created ?

Thanks....

[teejayh]

for anyone who has this mod, is there a way to set it so its either accending or decending. when I applied this mod above... it did sort alphabetical, however its going z to a and I'd like to make it a to z

[chrisvonc]

For me, it sorted mine from A to Z as soon as I applied it and the only modification I made to the above code was to use the multiple forum version of the coding above.

But I remember Chens vB2.x version had that issues as well at first and then he fixed it by adding
$sqlsortorder='';
$order['asc']='selected';
}Maybe there is a vb3 type of similar fix that you need?

[BrandonC]

I guess I'll start in this post before making a new one....Is there a way to sort FORUMS like this? As an example, say I have a forum with a large list of music groups in it. Each one of those groups has its own subforum with threads in it. I would like the forums for the artists to be sorted alphabetically. Is that possible?

[Andreas]

You can define forum order in Forum Manager (Admin Control Panel)

[BrandonC]

Yes, but if there are new forums added (new artists, etc.), those ordering fields will have to be constantly updated. I was just wondering if there was a way to put a default sort on the forums display without having to manually type in the order.

Thanks for the quick reply though!!

[oldford]

Hi guys any idea how to list the threads in a forum by date the thread was created ?

Thanks....I second this question. :)

[alqadir]

where can you set asc or desc in the admin panel. Can the users set this?

[africanw]

Hi I've tried the mentioned examples to the T but they don't appear to be working for me.
I am using vBulletin Version 3.0.3
Any ideas why?
Thanks in advance

[africanw]

HI,

Ok got the code to work but I don't want to display the threads Alphabetical just the main forums. Ie the first page you load.

anyone done this?

Thanks

AW

[gibgib]

How can I get this modification to also override a users default post display by days" to "since beginning" & display all threads on one page overriding the general forum's 25 threads per page default?
I only require this in one forum.