pagination and orderby-random

adambeazley

Posted: 16 May 2008 08:42 PM

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I just noticed a little bug when I use paginate="bottom" and orderby="random".

Basically what is happening is I have over 50 entries in a particular weblog.
Now when I test the pagination each time I click to get a new page I get random results. Then I can only run through a total of 25 entires before the pagination stops with no more results.

Is there some kind of way to randomize the list once and then paginate through them?

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PXLated

Posted: 16 May 2008 10:04 PM

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Not that I’m aware of standard but maybe using a query or php.

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Ingmar Greil

Posted: 16 May 2008 11:21 PM

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No, there is no built-in way to use pagination and orderby="random" together easily. These two threads shed some light on the issue. Your best bet would be to support the existing feature request, I guess.

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