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For a new installation of v2.5.1 - Build Date: 20120529, I’m just starting to input content. I have a list of 34 categories that I entered in alphabetical order. Yesterday, the sort order in the tab under the edit menu was random. I searched the forums, went back to the control panel and clicked around and somehow or another the sort order returned (wish I knew how).

Today I tried creating a second entry and once again the order of the categories appeared random. Under Admin > Channels > Categories I was surprised to see “custom” selected as the sort order so I changed it to alphabetical and submitted. Ah-ha! I thought, problem solved, as they looked correct under Admin, but when I went back to the Edit screen they are still presented in random order there. Makes no sense to me.

I have the Low Seg2Cat extension installed so for a lark I tried disabling it. No effect on category order, so I tried to Enable it again and couldn’t. When I click Enable, nothing happens. I opened the low2seg php file and it reads enabled => ‘y’ even though the Control Panel shows it as “Disabled.”

So I’m at a loss. Is this an extension conflict? a bug? what? I need to view the categories in alphabetical order as I have 80 entries to create each with multiple categories selected from a long list.

Hi vmills,

Let’s try a couple of things to get this sorted out.

First, remove Seg2Cat entirely. Take it out of third_party, just to be safe.

Now, go to Admin->Channel Administration->Categories and open a category group. Set the order to Alphabetical and click update. Make sure not to inadvertently click any of the blue arrows in the list.

Go to create a new channel entry and see if the categories are behaving. What was the result?

If everything is in order, download a fresh copy of Seg2Cat to make sure you have the latest and try re-installing. Then check the category order again.

Let me know the results.

Cheers,

I did everything you said and still get the wrong sort order. What next?

Hi vmills,

I’d like to see this first hand. Be on the lookout for an email from me!

Cheers,

Hi Vicki

I wasn’t able to “correct” the issue on your site, and the publish page is the *only* place that is ignoring the sort order.

I am unable to replicate this problem in ExpressionEngine 2.5.2 - I need to ask if you can update to that and see if the issue persists.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Cheers,