I'm not sure that this change has helped, because my test didn't include Order-Reverse before. But with Order-Reverse and creative Item ordering I can accomplish my Multi-Category display.

My problem was with a major and minor category needing to display on the same page. The minor items were displaying before the major items, probably because of the alpha order of the categories. The item order insists on a 1 2 3 sequence for all items in each category, starting at say 7 8 9 is not allowed, so that wasn't a fix.

 

In any case the FTP into my Cpanel and editing of a php file were both useful lessons. I keep learning.

 

Thanks for all the help.

Hi Roger,

Well done in editing the code, a shame it did not work out as the solution for you this time. Trial and error are the best learning tools one can have. Good luck with future edits !

Roger Edrinn said:

I'm not sure that this change has helped, because my test didn't include Order-Reverse before. But with Order-Reverse and creative Item ordering I can accomplish my Multi-Category display.

My problem was with a major and minor category needing to display on the same page. The minor items were displaying before the major items, probably because of the alpha order of the categories. The item order insists on a 1 2 3 sequence for all items in each category, starting at say 7 8 9 is not allowed, so that wasn't a fix.

 

In any case the FTP into my Cpanel and editing of a php file were both useful lessons. I keep learning.

 

Thanks for all the help.

This is interesting and a great fix for menu based multiple categories.It even works for featured items without multiple categories selected in the menu.However.... I cant get a sensible order with this fix or default itemlist.php [model] in a normal category view.Attached is a picture of our 'problem'. It simply doesn't seem possible to control the order. At least not in the way I am trying to achieve.I would add order by 'c.id' too so I could use category order too.After a while this seems like far too much admin overhead ....

Hi Alan,

Sorry it did not help :(

I ended up "faking" it - I used a combo of "empty" categories (with category description displayed - but no items) and k2 content modules, and k2 content by tag modules to display JUST the items I wanted.... Not ideal as it involves manually setting each page up... but it worked - and can be over ridden by metamod pro as required! (site is live - PM me if you want the URL ?) - I am also using this technique(?) to allow multi tag searching on the site !

I am looking into modifying the menu item for "latest items" (setting number of items to display), as I think this may have more scope than the multiple category menu item....(just tested works with subcategory items - one item from the selected categories/subcategories - again PM me for the URL - I have a test copy of the site and will try adapting it to order by "Display order id" - I have not modded the templates to match the existing site for this yet - the items are dark grey text on black background - or even looked at them for long enough to have sorted the css, but it works enough to test - will do later today)

I do think this is possible -  but it just hurts my head when I am working to a deadline for a client and what "should" work doesn't!

Let me know...

Regards

Mat

Great news, Fotis, many thanks to the crew.; but can you tell us just what it means that it is "fixed"?? And where does one gete 2.5SVN?

Do you refer to the original post -

>I can not get the items to be ordered per the "K2 Items" list when I select multiple categories for a Category Menu Item.
>1. I have 3 Child categories selected.  Neurology Staff, Specialty Staff, and Office Staff
>2. I have "Order" selected for Item ordering  (See attached)
>3. The items are not in the "Order" of the "K2 Items" list.  (See attached, "K2 Item Order")
>4. The order on the page is all mixed up.
Thanks, Christian

Only just noticed this Fotis! Brilliant

Its August 7th, 2011 and it appears that k2 v2.4.1 is the latest version and still has this issue.  

 

Is there any solution in the near future by the developers?  
JoomlaWorks said:

We've noted this as a possible bug to investigate. Thanks for mentioning about it.

I can see this becoming a big issue! simply because having multiple categories on a front page is an important thing for building sites and having the order of them the way you want is a must. SO PLEASE people lets make a noise! I have paid for plugins from joomlaworks and i feel a bit let down.. but at the same time i know how hard it is to stay on top of things.

I really hope it gets resolved.

I find it hard to believe that I am part of the minority of users that want Multiple Category Menu Item Layout order.

This is only 1 of 3 issues I have with K2.  It would not deter me from using it for my client's sake: www.primocraft.com  www.modellabs.com  www.therailingguy.com

one of the reasons i like k2 is that it saves me some time and code problems, but SVN2.5 does fix the multi category issue

That's great news!  Any idea when this will be an official release?

Matt Goatley said:
one of the reasons i like k2 is that it saves me some time and code problems, but SVN2.5 does fix the multi category issue

Warrick does have a good point, since i started out with joomla ive really had to learn a shed load of tricks to keep a system running!! i use wordpress just as much too. There is no subsitute for writing some good code and templates for yourself. I have custom coded loads of things into k2 which i have even spent the time adding to my installer versions to save me having to do it again and again. Taking the cookie cutter approach and planning ahead and loading in SVN2.5 has so far not caused me any major issues,

every time i have a major issue with some software it never takes me more than a few days to find a fix, getting good at diagnosis is a really good skill to have, waiting for someone else to fix it just leads to the dark side.. Warrick, just a thought being smug because others havent worked something out is never as nice as saying "have you tried doing this, i had much better results". people will actually think your not an arse.  take care all :)

K2 2.5 has been RC for a couple of weeks now....

I don't understand the point of Warrick's comments.  They are not constructive and seem more like flame posts.

1.  I am not a die hard k2 user.  I don't know why you think you know me.

 

2. K2 devs do need to do a much better job responding to users.

 

3. iweb is because the "the cobblers kids are the last to get shoes"  :-)

 

4. I am not a joomla developer. 

 

5. So you are going to join the k2 community for one post and then unsubscribe?  I think that is the definition of "flame post".