[SOLVED] Change default sort order in search page

[MGLimhamn]

Hi,

 

I currently have "Default order by": Product name set in an ascending order for my products in my products list. However, if I search for any products, the setting I set in the Back-Office doesn't apply to this one.

 

As you can see in the image below, my product list gets sorted the way I want to, sorted by product name in alphabetical order.

 

But the search page sorts it by the default "--" value which I removed as I don't want it, because I use A to Z as default. However, it displays the first option in the html select box: Price: Lowest first, even though it's not sorted by price.

So, it shows Price: Lowest first, but sorts as the default "--", which I think sorts by the order you added the products?

 

I'd like the search sort to work the same way as the product sort function. I tried to simply just enter selected="selected" on the Product name: A to Z but then the Price: Lowest first and Price: Highest first started to act weird. It works as it should, but the value in the select box changes back to Product name: A to Z after the sort is done.

 

Can someone help me with this? All help is appreciated!

 

Kind regards,

MGLimhamn

Edited October 25, 2013 by MGLimhamn (see edit history)

[MGLimhamn]

Anyone?

[vekia]

as far as i remember you can change it in searchController (controllers/admin/searchController)

$search = Search::find($this->context->language->id, $query, $this->p, $this->n, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay);

[MGLimhamn]

I only found a file called AdminSearchController.php in controllers/admin. And I couldn't find the code you said inside that file

[vekia]

so what ps version you use?

[MGLimhamn]

1.5.4.1 am I currently using.

[vekia]

hello

 

open search module .tpl file and you will see there:

		<input type="hidden" name="orderby" value="position" />
		<input type="hidden" name="orderway" value="desc" />

change orderby param value.

for example: 

<input type="hidden" name="orderby" value="name" />

[MGLimhamn]

Thanks vekia, but which file do you mean? And where is it located?

[vekia]

sorry,

 

i talked about this file: modules/blocksearch/blocksearch-top.tpl

or if exists: /themes/YOUR_THEME/blocksearch/blocksearch-top.tpl

[MGLimhamn]

Thanks for the update. I tried to change:

- modules/blocksearch/blocksearch-top.tpl

- modules/blocksearch/blocksearch.tpl

- themes/YOUR_THEME/blocksearch/blocksearch.tpl

 

But none of them changed anything unfortunately. The URL is still the same: ?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc

[vekia]

does the blocksearch-top.tpl file exist in your theme directory?

after chainging .tpl files you have to recompile theme (adv. parameters > performance turn on force compile, turn of cache - then refresh your front office)

[MGLimhamn]

No, I only have blocksearch.tpl and translation folder in my themes directory.

I know that, I already ticked force recompile on and no on cache. Still didn't work

[vekia]

can you share url to your website? i will inspect code there 

[MGLimhamn]

http://shop.wowtoys.se/gb/

 

Thanks vekia.

[vekia]

ok the problem is in fact that you don't use blocksearch module, 

you use search tool located in blocktopmenu module.

in this case you have to edit this file:

 

/modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.tpl

 

there is a code:
 

{if $MENU_SEARCH}
				<li class="sf-search noBack" style="float:right">
					<form id="searchbox" action="{$link->getPageLink('search')|escape:'html'}" method="get">
						<p>
							<input type="hidden" name="controller" value="search" />
							<input type="hidden" value="position" name="orderby"/>
							<input type="hidden" value="desc" name="orderway"/>
							<input type="text" name="search_query" value="{if isset($smarty.get.search_query)}{$smarty.get.search_query|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}{/if}" />
						</p>
					</form>
				</li>
			{/if}

[MGLimhamn]

Oh, I see. However, I edited the blocktopmenu.tpl file to:

{if $MENU_SEARCH}
				<li class="sf-search noBack" style="float:right">
					<form id="searchbox" action="{$link->getPageLink('search')}" method="get">
						<p>
							<input type="hidden" name="controller" value="search" />
							<input type="hidden" value="name" name="orderby"/>
							<input type="hidden" value="asc" name="orderway"/>
							<input type="text" placeholder="Sök leksaker..." onblur="javascript:if(this.placeholder=='')this.placeholder='Sök leksaker...';" onfocus="javascript:if(this.placeholder=='Sök leksaker...')this.placeholder='';" name="search_query" value="{if isset($smarty.get.search_query)}{$smarty.get.search_query|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}{/if}" />
						</p>
					</form>
				</li>
			{/if}

But I still get the same result as before. Nothing has changed.

 

 

EDIT: after I refreshed the page again (twice), it worked somehow. Thanks vekia for helping out as always!

I'll mark it as solved

Edited October 25, 2013 by MGLimhamn (see edit history)

[vekia]

yeah! finally solved i checked it and it works like a charm

thank you for your patience

[Ben90]

 

ok the problem is in fact that you don't use blocksearch module, 

you use search tool located in blocktopmenu module.

in this case you have to edit this file:

 

/modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.tpl

 

there is a code:

 

{if $MENU_SEARCH}
				<li class="sf-search noBack" style="float:right">
					<form id="searchbox" action="{$link->getPageLink('search')|escape:'html'}" method="get">
						<p>
							<input type="hidden" name="controller" value="search" />
							<input type="hidden" value="position" name="orderby"/>
							<input type="hidden" value="desc" name="orderway"/>
							<input type="text" name="search_query" value="{if isset($smarty.get.search_query)}{$smarty.get.search_query|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}{/if}" />
						</p>
					</form>
				</li>
			{/if}

 

Hi Milos,

 

I managed to change the search result default by lowest price first, but the instant result still showing based on "position" ; "desc".

You know there's an instant result before we press enter. How can I change that into lowest price as well? I thank you in advance 

Edited January 30, 2015 by rukano (see edit history)

[rakepl]

Change

<input type="hidden" value="position" name="orderby"/>

by

<input type="hidden" value="price" name="orderby"/>