sorting by custom field: WSN Support

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sorting by custom field

hai
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Posted 09/09/07 - 02:52 PM:	#1
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
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babrees
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Posted 09/09/07 - 08:36 PM:	#2
Although I haven't tried it myself, I would guess that you just add an option? <option value="fieldname">description</option>

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Posted 09/10/07 - 03:36 AM:	#3
Yes, that's how it works.
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Posted 09/10/07 - 08:48 AM:	#4
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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