Asset Sorting

Squiz Matrix Support
1

The asset sorting on an asset listing is great at sorting items in order when they are seen on the front end. But applying sorting does not change the order in the tree it the back end.


For example:



In the back end the asset tree might show:



Asset Listing page

|__Page B

|__Page A

|__Page F





While the front end with asset sorting applied might show:



Asset Listing page

|__Page A

|__Page B

|__Page F





However what I'm finding is that navigation especially the CSS dropdown menus I'm working on is being printed to the frontend in the order they are in the backend and not the sorted order unless they are shown within the body, so my drop down navigation shows:



Asset Listing page

|__Page B

|__Page A

|__Page F



So what I'm asking is how I automatically reorder the back end tree so that my navigation is listing in the correct order?



Thanks

2

Correct – the menu uses whatever order the assets are in in the Administration Interface. This allows you specific control of the order of your menu items. There is an Asset Sorting tool in the Administration Interface (in v3.10 and higher) that allows you to sort the children of a particular asset. You can find it in the Global Tools menu – the icon is in the top right-hand corner.

3

Interesting feature or annoyance?..What I'd like to see is that the backend tree is also sorted if the asset listing page has sorting switched on.

[quote]There is an Asset Sorting tool in the Administration Interface (in v3.10 and higher) that allows you to sort the children of a particular asset. You can find it in the Global Tools menu – the icon is in the top right-hand corner.

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Im on 3.10.4 and in my Tools menu I just have



Mass Clone Tool

Re-Indexing Tool

Global Search and Replace



no sorting tool :ph34r:

4

This could never happen -- there is no relation (hierarchically) between the asset map and an asset listing. Asset listings can list assets from [i]anywhere[/i]. Also, I have some systems where I have three or four asset listings listing the same assets in different orders.

[quote]no sorting tool  :ph34r:
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Bugger, must be in v3.12 or higher then. Sorry, I was sure it was in 3.10. :(