make threadstart default sort order in search.php

[btappan]

I am trying to make "threadstart" the default sort order for the search results in my forum but am not having much luck. I tried this as OCEAN suggested but have had no success:

Originally Posted by Ocean

1. In the "Search.php" file, find:

PHP Code:

 
'sortby' => 'lastpost', 


2. Change it to this:

PHP Code:

 
'sortby' => 'threadstart', 


3. Now, Find:

PHP Code:

 
$sortby = 'lastpost'; 


4. And change that to this:

PHP Code:

 
$sortby = 'threadstart'; 


That should do it!

Anybody got an idea of where else the default is being set in this file? with the mod above it still sorts by 'lastpost'

[btappan]

okay....this works when you actually do a search, threadstart is the default. the problem is when you click predefined searches like "new posts" or "get daily" then the function does not work. so now where do I look at for modding to get it to work with these functions?

[Ocean]

Originally Posted by btappan

okay....this works when you actually do a search, threadstart is the default. the problem is when you click predefined searches like "new posts" or "get daily" then the function does not work. so now where do I look at for modding to get it to work with these functions?

I posted a possible solution here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=14

[btappan]

Originally Posted by Ocean

I posted a possible solution here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=14

tried this as well, also tried changing

addslashes($forumid) . "', 'lastpost', 'DESC', $searchtime

to

addslashes($forumid) . "', 'threadstart', 'DESC', $searchtime



nothing wants to affect the behavior of this script :ermm: