Question about permalinks

[Ch.h.]

Hi folks,

I got a question about permalinks and I searched both the docs and the forums for a solution, but I couldn't find any, so I have to ask you:

Is it possible to sort entries ascending by passing an argument over to a permalink like this one:

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http://[host]/news/categories/1-Termine

I wanted to call the appointment (Termine) category with a link in my main navigation, with the next appointment on top.

There is perhaps an easy solution, but I'm so tired right now that I could miss it even when it's in front of me :s

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Usually all entries are sorted chronologically, so you should always see the most recent entry of a category on top of your entry listing?

You can't change the sort order of the display with permalinks, I'm sorry. You would either need to create a PHP plugin for that, or edit the include/genpage.inc.php file and patch the serendipity_FetchEntries() function to pass the DESC/ASC order parameter.

HTH,
Garvin

[Ch.h.]

Usually all entries are sorted chronologically, so you should always see the most recent entry of a category on top of your entry listing?

See, that's the problem... I wanted the entries to be sorted the other way round because the next appointment should be on top and the future (!) ones should follow...

You can't change the sort order of the display with permalinks, I'm sorry. You would either need to create a PHP plugin for that, or edit the include/genpage.inc.php file and patch the serendipity_FetchEntries() function to pass the DESC/ASC order parameter.

Isn't there a plugin with which you can pass aguments over to permalinks? I thought I saw something like this in Spartacus...
I only need to reverse the sort order for this special page...
There is one category in my navigation called "News", where the serendipity index is called (with an event_plugin to hide the "termine" category) and one called "Termine" where this Permalink I talked about should call the reversed appointment list.

Isn't there an easy solution to this?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Isn't there a plugin with which you can pass aguments over to permalinks? I thought I saw something like this in Spartacus...

Maybe you mean the "custom archive" event plugin, there you cna have a select field to change the order of entries. Maybe you can even add the "?serendipity[order]=DESC/ASC" parameter to your URL to make that automatted, you could have a try?

If you know some PHP, there is an easy solution by building your own plugin and setting a variable that is passed to serendipity_fetchEntries in the include/genpage.inc.php file...of course, only if the mentioned plugin doesn't do the trick

HTH,
Garvin