1.4.8.2 New Product Sort Order

[SuperCharlie]

Thought Id share this quick nugget.

 

There is a global sort option in the admin but I wanted the regular categories to sort by category order and for new products to sort by last date added.. so I made this tweak.

 

In controllers/NewProductsController.php around line 47 you will find this..

 

 'products' => Product::getNewProducts((int)(self::$cookie->id_lang), (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay),

 

Change the end of it like this for great sorting victory..

 

 'products' => Product::getNewProducts((int)(self::$cookie->id_lang), (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, 'date_add', 'DESC'),

 

Remember to back up

 

Will probably not make it thru an upgrade/update

 

Works for me, your mileage may vary.

 

SC

 

 

Update: I just realized this will disable any other sorting.. so there ya go..

Edited August 13, 2012 by SuperCharlie (see edit history)

[patrikar]

As SuperCharlie realized in the update to his post, the solution disables other sorting on the New products page.

 

How to show newest first on New Products AND still have other sorting available

 

1. If you have done the edits described in SuperCharlies post, undo them!

 

2. Open up /override/controllers/front/NewProductsController.php and make it look like this:

<?php

class NewProductsController extends NewProductsControllerCore
{
	
	/**
	 * Assign template vars related to page content
	 * @see FrontController::initContent()
	 */
	public function initContent()
	{
		parent::initContent();

		$this->productSort();

		$nbProducts = (int)Product::getNewProducts(
			$this->context->language->id,
			(isset($this->p) ? (int)($this->p) - 1 : null),
			(isset($this->n) ? (int)($this->n) : null),
			true
		);

		$this->pagination($nbProducts);
		
		if(
			( empty($this->orderBy) || $this->orderBy == 'position' )
			&&
			( empty($this->orderWay) || $this->orderWay == 'asc' )
		) {

			$this->context->smarty->assign(array(
				//'products' => Product::getNewProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay),
				'products' => Product::getNewProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, 'date_add', 'DESC'),
				'add_prod_display' => Configuration::get('PS_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY'),
				'nbProducts' => (int)($nbProducts),
				'homeSize' => Image::getSize('home_default'),
				'comparator_max_item' => Configuration::get('PS_COMPARATOR_MAX_ITEM')
			));
		
		}
		else {

			$this->context->smarty->assign(array(
				'products' => Product::getNewProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay),
				//'products' => Product::getNewProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)($this->p) - 1, (int)($this->n), false, 'date_add', 'DESC'),
				'add_prod_display' => Configuration::get('PS_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY'),
				'nbProducts' => (int)($nbProducts),
				'homeSize' => Image::getSize('home_default'),
				'comparator_max_item' => Configuration::get('PS_COMPARATOR_MAX_ITEM')
			));
		
		}

		$this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'new-products.tpl');
	}
	
}

3. Upload the new file, finito!

 

Extra: This adds a check so that SuperCharlies fix is applied only when the "default" order is in place.

 

Thanks SuperCharlie and good luck to all of you!

 

I've tested this on 1.5.2.0.

[motion2082]

Will this work on Version 1.6.0.14?