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Originally Posted by Michael_Morris

They have one - display order. that still doesn't answer my question though - how to sort the threads by the display order of the post icons?

We added a few extra sorts for users to categorize threads, so I've had to do this sort of thing a couple of times. Hacing said that, I did not make an exhaustive check before posting this, nor did i test it.

If what you want to is to sort a list of threads by icon, you'll have to make a mod to a script and and a template.

1. In forumdisplay.php, find

     switch ($sortfield)
     {
          case 'title':

BEFORE the case 'title': add:

          case 'iconid':
               $sqlsortfield = 'thread.iconid';
               break;

2. In FORUMDISPLAY template

Find this line:

     <option value="title" $sort[title]>$vbphrase[thread_title]</option>

BEFORE or AFTER this line, or anywhere in that group of options, put this line:

     <option value="iconid" $sort[iconid]>$vbphrase[post_icons]</option>

This adds "Post Icons" to the list of sort options in the "Display Options" form at the bottom of the page.

I do not know what your sort order will be, as all this is supposed to do is use the internal iconid number to sort on.

What I have not addressed, is the code to add a column heding that one could click to sort on that column. If you need that, we can talk about it after you try this much. Cheers