sub-category default sort order

PeterLyons

I like to keep my sub-categories sorted a certain way. For some, I like the most recent new galleries at the top. And in others, I want the galleries sorted alphabetically. I know how to sort them this way using the arrange button, but every time I add new galleries, they go to the bottom of the stack, and I need to manually re-sort. Is there some way to set specific sub-cats such that my preferred order is the default?

Thanks!

darryl

AFAIK, you can't have *any* automatic sorting set for galleries within categories or subcategories. It really stinks, and it's stunk this way for a long time. :-/

2008.01.12 - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=81229
2005.06.23 - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=125638#post125638
2005.06.01 - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=12650

(I got tired of digging through posts. Back in 2005 somebody wrote a Python script to automatically sort his galleries the way he wanted. I've thought about this as well, but it would be yet another hack I shouldn't have to do.)

I like most recent at the top as well. It makes a ton of sense.

Andy

darryl wrote:

I like most recent at the top as well. It makes a ton of sense.

I just tried it and sorting by most recent does in fact work, the newest gallery I created is at the top.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/arrange-albums

darryl wrote:

AFAIK, you can't have *any* automatic sorting set for galleries within categories or subcategories. It really stinks, and it's stunk this way for a long time. :-/

See above?

darryl

Andy:

We're not talking about the home page. Sure, if we wanted every gallery we ever created to be on the home page sorted in reverse-chronological order like JT (http://jt.smugmug.com/) then yes, you're right, it works.

The subject of this thread is "sub-category default sort order". So we're using categories. Galleries created in subcategories, or categories, are *not* sorted in reverse chronological order.

When I use the web UI to create a new gallery in category X, it gets placed at the bottom of the category page. Same with subcategories.

Interestingly, the Picasa SmugMug uploader places galleries at the top of category or subcategory. Devbobo says that there *is* a gallery position setting available for galleries, and that the Picasa uploader uses it.

No longer the way it works. :-{

But yeah, the point is, it'd be nice if you could set automatic sorting options for category and subcategory pages.