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davidkirk
Junior Member

USA
113 Posts
Posted - 28 March 2006 :  09:51:51  Show Profile  Visit davidkirk's Homepage
How can I modify code or an existing admin setting (that I can't find) so that posts, except for sticky ones, will be sorted by popularity, i.e. posts with more readership appear first?
David Kirk

HuwR
Forum Admin

United Kingdom
20595 Posts
Posted - 28 March 2006 :  11:35:37  Show Profile  Visit HuwR's Homepage
you can't change the way they are sorted by default, but users have the ability to change the sort to how they want it using the topic sorting options at the bottom of the table on forum.asp
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muzishun
Senior Member

United States
1079 Posts
Posted - 28 March 2006 :  13:13:39  Show Profile  Visit muzishun's Homepage
There is a way to change the default view by editing the code. If you go into forum.asp, around lines 73-87, you'll find the following block:
Select Case strtopicsortfld
	Case "topic"
		strSortCol = "T_SUBJECT" & strSortOrd
	Case "author"
		strSortCol = "M_NAME" & strSortOrd
	Case "replies"
		strSortCol = "T_REPLIES" & strSortOrd
	Case "views"
		strSortCol = "T_VIEW_COUNT" & strSortOrd
	Case "lastpost"
		strSortCol = "T_LAST_POST" & strSortOrd
	Case Else
		strtopicsortfld = "lastpost"
		strSortCol = "T_LAST_POST" & strSortOrd
End Select

Change this to:
Select Case strtopicsortfld
	Case "topic"
		strSortCol = "T_SUBJECT" & strSortOrd
	Case "author"
		strSortCol = "M_NAME" & strSortOrd
	Case "replies"
		strSortCol = "T_REPLIES" & strSortOrd
	Case "views"
		strSortCol = "T_VIEW_COUNT" & strSortOrd
	Case "lastpost"
		strSortCol = "T_LAST_POST" & strSortOrd
	Case Else
		strtopicsortfld = "views"
		strSortCol = "T_VIEW_COUNT" & strSortOrd
End Select

This should change how topics are sorted. You can still order them manually by using HuwR's recommendation.
Bill Parrott
Senior Web Programmer, University of Kansas
Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
Personal Website (www.chimericdream.com)
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