Hi,

the pagination of category list is broken when you choose random ordering, cause the ordering is computed on each new page.

In mysql you can use a seed, this way the random order is allways the same

the seed I propose you is based on the session id

this way, the order will be random between each visitors and each distinct visit

 

in file models/itemlist.php @ line 249change the case 'rand' :

 

            case 'rand':                $currentSession = &JFactory::getSession();                                $sessionNum = substr(preg_replace('/[^0-9]/i','',$currentSession->getId()),2,3);                $orderby = 'RAND('.$sessionNum.')';                break;

 

:)