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hai
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hai
Posted Sep 09, 2007 - 3:52 PM:

Sorry to be a pest for a second time today, but I have another question I cannot seem to find an answer to w/in the manual or forum.

I have found how to have my links sorted by default from w/in the admin area, but what I would like to do - if possible of course - is to give my visitors the option of changing the sort order for that new field. So right now when you click on a category you get a drop down which lets you sort by Newest, Last Edited, Title, etc. How can I add my new field to that list to let visitors sort by that field if they so choose?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Marilyn
babrees
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babrees
Posted Sep 09, 2007 - 9:36 PM:

Although I haven't tried it myself, I would guess that you just add an option?

<option value="fieldname">description</option>



Paul
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Paul
Posted Sep 10, 2007 - 4:36 AM:

Yes, that's how it works.
hai
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hai
Posted Sep 10, 2007 - 9:48 AM:

Thank you both very much.

I had actually tried what you suggested, except I was substituting value="fieldname" for value="[FIELDNAME]" which was giving me an error. Changed it to lower-case and removed the [] and worked perfectly. Thank you.
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