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I have set my master sort order to alphabetical in

Admin ›  Weblog Administration ›  Category Groups ›  Category Management

and everything looks fine.

But when I view my categories it’s not in alphabetical order.

beta.computerexplorers.com/locations

how do I get it to be alphabetical?

nevermind. I guess the functionality of the master sort order just doesn’t work. I ended up adding an order by syntax to my query to get it to display correctly.

It should- but I’m not dead sure where/how it isn’t working for you.  When you switch it to alpha in the control panel- does it sort properly in the actual control panel display on the main category management page?

(If you don’t want to poke it further, let me know.  But the category tag should respect that setting.)

I have the same problem with subcategories. Categories show up in correct alphabetical order on the blog but subcategories don’t although they are listed correctly by alphabetical order in the admin.

Can you paste the tag you’re using to show them- exactly as used.  And what build/version are you running?

Site (in development stage) is here. http://www.ibcom.ch/ee01/
Using version 1.6.3
Code used is:

<dl>
{exp:weblog:categories weblog="xrv" style="nested"}
<dd><a href="http://{path=xrv/index}">{category_name}</a></dd>
{/exp:weblog:categories}
</dl>

Hi Robin,

I’ve been trying to get sub-categories to sort alphabetically, which is how how they are set to display in the control panel. The sub-categories simply aren’t being sorted alphabetically, period.

Would you please confirm if this is a bug or offer a solution to rectifying this situation. It is a basic function with straightforward syntax and simply doesn’t seem to be working.

The code in the post above will help you understand the problem.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Robert

In fact, even the main categories (level 1) don’t show up in alphabetical order any longer. They don’t in the admin edit/publish section either.

Robert, how were the categories entered? Were they done by hand or via an import of some sort?

They were typed by hand, practically all at the same time.

It’s working as expected for me.  What build/version are you both running?  And- if more than one category group is assigned, it outputs them as distinct groups rather than combining them into one big sort (which makes sense).  I’m wondering if that’s making things look wrong?

Try specifying the category group- should sort the same way it does in ‘Admin- Weblog Admin- Cat Management’.

So- my test looks like:

<dl>
{exp:weblog:categories weblog="reading" style="nested" category_group="3"}
<dd><a href="http://{path=xrv/index}">{category_name}</a></dd>
{/exp:weblog:categories}
</dl>

That make any difference?

Hi Robin,

Here is the code I’m using:

<dl>
    <dt>Rubriques</dt>
    {exp:weblog:categories weblog="xrv" category_group="2" style="nested"}
        <dd><a href="http://{path=xrv/index}">{category_name}</a></dd>
    {/exp:weblog:categories}
</dl>

Everything looks fine in the control panel, including the sort order being set to alphabetical.

We’re running ExpressionEngine 1.6.3 - Build:  20080421, which I think is the very latest version.

Have any other users reported this problem?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Robert

No- definitely not a frequent issue.  Let’s try blowing the dust out of the sort- go edit the categories.  Switch the order to custom, move one- submit.  Clear caches.  Is the order matching the backend order now?  If so, we can try switching it back to alpha.

Also- any extensions installed that might possibly be in play?