I would like for the category list view to default to being sorted by a different column than date. As I recall from earlier versions of AdsManager, it was a simple edit to one file that determined the default sort index, but I don't remember what file needs the override or edit.

Also- users are reporting that if they choose something other than the default sort value, that choice is not continued after the first page of listings. Sorting order returns to the default. This is clearly a bug, not a feature Is there any way to continue the chosen sort order beyond the first page?

Thanks. I changed the file as directed to sort by ad_headline. That fixed half of the problem - now Adsmanager remembers what sort order has been chosen on all pages of a multiple page listing, but it still defaults to sorting by date. What am I missing?

There were two problems mentioned in my first post:

1) I want to have the default sort index be on ad_headline rather than date.
2) When a user chooses a sort order from the select menu, that choice was followed only on the first page of multiple page lists, then every subsequent page was sorted by date.

I modified the file as you indicated to choose ad_headline as the default sort order. This did not change the default - it still defaults to sorting by date. But, when one selects a different sort field than the date, that choice is reflected in every page of a multiple page listing.

So, the fix for default sort order did not change the default sort order, but it did fix the problem of the chosen non-default sort being remembered through multiple page listings.

Does that help?

Actually, I wrote too soon- I just tried the pages in Safari instead of Firefox and the same problem #2 is still present.

See www.hornsociety.org/free-classifieds - choose a sub-category such as horns—>full double. You'll see it sorted by date. Choose Make ASC from the sort select menu to change it to sorting by title. The scroll to the bottom and click page 2. On Safari, Chrome and Opera it will show you page two of a sort by date :-( On Firefox, at least it does stick with the sort by make.

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Another update: I think I've found a temporary fix to the problem of sort order not sticking- I did have display mode in general options set to give the user the option of short, expand or grid. When I changed that to only offer short mode, the alternative sort works in every browser I've tried. Default sort is still date, however...

Sorry to come back to this so much later, but yes, the modification to make ad_headline the default sort did not work.