Sort by name actually sorts by URL in folders set to use organizer position...

TheoGeek

It seems that, if the Organizer says "Sort by name", they are ordered according to the name of the gallery. However, if the gallery settings are set to use the position from the organizer, it actually sorts by the short URL name.

For example, if I have the following galleries in a folder:

Meet 01 (CR), Meet 02 (AM), Meet 03 (PM)

with the following URLs

<whatever>\CR, <whatever>\AM, <whatever>\PM

the organizer (when set to order ascending by name) shows them ordered like this: Meet 01 (CR), Meet 02 (AM), Meet 03 (PM), just as I'd expect.

However, when I browse to the actual folder that contains the galleries (which is set to use the position from the organizer) orders them like this: Meet 02 (AM), Meet 01 (CR), Meet 03 (PM).

In order to fix this, I had to manually order them in the organizer to get the correct positions in the gallery.

Bug or feature?

leftquark

Would you be able to provide a link to me so I can dig deeper? Feel free to send me a Private Message if you don't want to publicly post the URL.

leftquark

I tested it on one of my own Folders and everything sorts as you would expect (Folder 01 (Z), Folder 02 (X), Folder 03 (A)) in both the Organizer and on the site.

I moved your Mens 2016 gallery back to sort by Name in the Organizer and it also appears to sort as you'd expect (01, 02, 03).

TheoGeek

Thanks for responding so quickly!

Your response led me to try it again, so I am currently accessing my organizer from a different computer. I tried to replicate the issue I saw last night and can't. It is sorting fine. Maybe a cache issue or something? Could there sometimes be a delay between creating and modifying things in the organizer and when it is presented on the site?

All of the galleries in question are smart galleries, maybe that's another oddity?

Anyway, I'd consider this a false positive unless I see it again.

Thanks again!
Jeff.

leftquark

Let me know if it creeps back! If so, we'll definitely get on squashing it!