order of project items is getting mixed up

[goetz]

Hy Layteam,

I have set the order of my project thumbnails to "sort by date". If I go on the homepage, initially the order is right. But after visiting other sites of my homepage and returning back to the project thumbnail overview (which is located on the startpage) the order is mixed up. Strangely in the same order the project list is showing in the backend. How can I set it right, so that the thumbnails are constantly sorted by date? Thanks a lot for helping! (Deactivating the two plugins I use didn´t help, neither cleaning the cache).

Browser: Safari, 17.5
System: Mac OS

Best regards
Götz

[goetz]

My Domain is: www.goetzlange.de

[arminunruh]

i see i had the same issue with projectindex and coded a workaround back then

working on it now

[goetz]

Thanks Armin!

[goetz]

Would be nice if you could give me a massage when you solved the problem. Thank you!

[arminunruh]

hey u can update lay theme now and then see if it is fixed!

[goetz]

fixed! Thank you very much for the great support!

[arminunruh]

very nice :))

[sreibel]

Hi,

when using "Sort by Date" in the Project Thumbnail Grid block, the sort order is hardcoded to DESC, meaning the post with the farthest future date appears first. For event-based sites, the expected behavior is the opposite: the nearest upcoming date should appear first, in ascending order.

The fix is a one-line change in frontend/assets/php/elements/thumbnailgrid_functions.php at the two places where $order is set:

Current:
if( $orderby == 'menu_order' || $orderby == 'post_title' ) {
$order = 'ASC';
}

Suggested fix:
if( $orderby == 'menu_order' || $orderby == 'post_title' || $orderby == 'post_date' ) {
$order = 'ASC';
}

Ideally this could also be a configurable option in the block editor, for example "Sort by Date ascending" vs. "Sort by Date descending", similar to the existing "Reverse Order" button.

Thank you!

[arminunruh]

hey! Oh yeah, this is a very good call and an amazing idea. I will implement this, and it will be included with the next update. Thanks for the heads up.

[arminunruh]

well, probably I can't just change the default order, but i will insert a new setting for this

[arminunruh]

this is what it will look like

[sreibel]

Thanks so much Armin!