TOPIC: strange date sorting issue

upon entering a new event, (currently I sort by newest first) it will put the event to the top of the list:

Example:

November 10 Event

Sept 10 Event

Sept 12 event

If i go into the configurator, and sort by anything else (oldest etc manual), and switch back to newest first sort method, it will reorder the list and fix the sorting issue.

so that it will look like:

Sept 10 Event

Sept 12 event

November 10 Event

Is there a simple fix for this ? seems like something in the code is sorting it by registration open date rather than the actual events date.

DT register version: 2.6.8d
SSL plugin installed

I am having the same problem only mine won't go back to the correct sorting order. There's definitely something strange going on where it is not putting the next upcoming event first when I choose Newest First from the sort order. Here is the page I'm working off of: http://www.moveplaythrive.com/component ... ,category/

If it's the open registration date, then maybe you've given me a clue of how to manually sort the classes until we can figure out this bug.

Thanks,
Bonnie

Bonnie - the "Newest" ordering is not referring to when it was CREATED. We need to re-word that as it seems to be confusing. The Newest and Oldest is referring to the event date. It has nothing to do with the Registration Open date either. All based on the date of the event itself. If you have ordered events based on the date, you may need to re-save config after adding new events to make sure the new events are ordered correctly. Or after setting up your ordering, just set it to MANUAL ordering... so when you add a new event, you can manually put it in the ordering wherever you need it as the backend ordering of the events should match how you have it set for the frontend viewing.

Thanks for the reply. I did realize that "Newest" is a date sorting, not last to be input. You guys have done a great job putting tool tips that helped me figure out a lot of this.

My challenge is that when I set it to newest, the events are not sorted by date order, next upcoming event at the top of the list, with event furthest out at the bottom. I did reset to Manual sorting, and the system still did not comply and list the events in the order I had them in the admin panel.

The challenge I'm having is the front end does not seem to abide by any sorting order method that I choose. Am I suppose to clear the cache or do something like that after I add new events?

Thanks for all your help!
Bonnie

Hi everybody,

Nathan, I have the same issue.

We have many events and adding new ones all the time. New ones added are not sorted properly according to the backend setting.
Basically after adding a new event I have also to change the sorting to any other setting, save it, then return it to the old setting and all is sorted properly.

Basically if something is sorted

1,2,3,5,6,7

and now I add 4

it looks in the frontend like this
1,2,3,5,6,7,4

Now I change it in the backend to

7,6,5,4,3,2,1 and back again and it is finally right:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Hope I was able to explain it so it is understandable...

all the best,
Matthias

Matthias, thank you for your input. While it doesn't resolve the issue, you have given me a workaround until we can figure this out.
Thanks,
Bonnie