[oobie11]

Currently my site has the default sort order of "Recently Popular" when someone first comes to my site. I want it to default at "Top Today". How do I do this?

I tried searching for a solution, but everything I found seems to be for an older version of pligg. I have version 1.0.3b using URL Method 2. I have tried to edit the index.php file by finding and replacing

if(isset($_GET['part'])){$search->setmek = $db->escape($_GET['part']);}

with

if(isset($_GET['part'])){
$search->setmek = $db->escape($_GET['part']);
}else{
$search->setmek = "today";
}

but it didn't work.
I also tried changing

RewriteRule ^published/?$ index.php

in .htaccess to

RewriteRule ^published/?$ index.php?part=today

but I was unable to find "RewriteRule ^published/?$ index.php" to change it.
I tried changing

RewriteRule ^/?$ index.php

to

RewriteRule ^/?$ index.php?part=today

but that makes my categories not work.
Please help. Thank You.

[oobie11]

I figured it out. Heres what to do if you want to do something similar.
Open index.php and find the line

$search->filterToStatus = "published";

add below this

$search->filterToTimeFrame = "today";
$search->orderBy = "link_votes DESC";

This makes it so when someone comes to your site, it will default sort to Today and list the stories from most votes down.

[chuckroast]

oobie11
Thanks for sharing your experiences and solutions with the community.

[oobie11]

Another thing you may want to do if you still have the sort options on your site is
Open sidebar2.tpl and find this

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
{if $setmeka eq "" || $setmeka eq "recent"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_recent}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently_Pop#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_recent}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently _Pop#}</a>{/if}</li>
{if $setmeka eq "today"}<li id="active" href="{$index_url_today}"><a href="{$index_url_today}" id="current"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Top_Today#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_today}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Top_Today #}</a>{/if}</li>
{if $setmeka eq "yesterday"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_yesterday}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Yesterday#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_yesterday}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Yeste rday#}</a>{/if}</li>
{if $setmeka eq "week"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_week}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Week#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_week}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Week# }</a>{/if}</li>
{if $setmeka eq "month"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_month}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Month#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_month}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Mont h#}</a>{/if}</li>
{if $setmeka eq "year"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_year}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Year#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_year}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Year# }</a>{/if}</li>
</ul>
</div>

then you want to take this line (from the top most {if} )

$setmeka eq "" ||

and put it infront of the

$setmeka eq "today"

(the next {if} down)

this will make it so when someone goes to your site, the "current" sort order will be selected to top today.

[torsteino]

How about making it possible to change this from within the admin area?

[share]

oobie11, thanks very much for this. You've helped me a lot, but one problem remains!

I am trying to have "month" as the default sort order, and using your method worked for that:

// since this is index, we only want to view "published" stories
$search->filterToStatus = "published";
$search->filterToTimeFrame = "month";
$search->orderBy = "link_votes DESC";

Next, I changed the following in pligg.tpl:

{if $setmeka eq "recent"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_recent}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently_Pop#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_recent}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently_Pop#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "today"}<li id="active" href="{$index_url_today}"><a href="{$index_url_today}" id="current"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Top_Today#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_today}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Top_Today#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "yesterday"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_yesterday}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Yesterday#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_yesterday}">{#PLIGG_Visual_Yesterday#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "week"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_week}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Week#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_week}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Week#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "" || $setmeka eq "month"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_month}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Month#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_month}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Month#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "year"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_year}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Year#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_year}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_Year#}</a>{/if}</li>

{if $setmeka eq "alltime"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="{$index_url_alltime}"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_All#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="{$index_url_alltime}">{#PLIGG_Visual_This_All#}</a>{/if}</li>

And everything seems to work now except for one thing. I can't sort by "recent" any longer.

If I enter http://mypliggsite.com/recent/ into the browser, it just redirects to http://mypliggsite.com/ and continues to sort by "month" - so somehow the ability to sort by "recent" has been completely removed.

Ideas?

[share]

Even if I change the line to read:

{if $setmeka eq "recent"}<li id="active"><a id="current" href="/recent/"><span class="active">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently_Pop#}</span></a>{else}<li><a href="/recent/">{#PLIGG_Visual_Recently_Pop#}</a>{/if}</li>

replacing href="{$index_url_recent}" with href="/recent/" the script still redirects to index.php and sorts by month. So I guess it's a matter of figuring out how to make it so $index_url_recent does not redirect to index.php (I am not a programmer, obviously, so excuse my newbish logic here).

...will keep looking.

[share]

Well, I found index_url_recent in libs\smartyvariables.php, but editing that file seems to make no difference.

I changed

$main_smarty->assign('index_url_recent', getmyurl('maincategory', $pligg_category));

to

$main_smarty->assign('index_url_recent', getmyurl('index_sort', 'recent', $pligg_category));

and changed

$main_smarty->assign('index_url_recent', getmyurl('index'));

to

$main_smarty->assign('index_url_recent', getmyurl('index_sort', 'recent'));

but there is no change.

I am at a loss!

Ideas anyone?

[share]

I find it hard to believe that this issue hasn't ever been addressed by the developers!

IMO sort order functionality is probably one of the most important features in a Pligg site, no?

Help!

[chuckroast]

Originally Posted by share

I find it hard to believe that this issue hasn't ever been addressed by the developers!

IMO sort order functionality is probably one of the most important features in a Pligg site, no?

Help!

Pligg already has sorting.
I find it hard to believe that you think the development staff are here to provide you with personal customizations. Maybe it's time for you to actually read the forum rules.