ThemeShaper Forums Topic: How do I show OLDEST posts first?

ThemeShaper Forums Topic: How do I show OLDEST posts first? http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:14 +0000 helgatheviking on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-23196 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:34:27 +0000 helgatheviking 23196@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ i always like to use wp_parse_args for adjusting the query params (that way i don't lose the tricky $paged variable. how about trying: <pre><code>function oldestfirst() { global $wp_query; $defaults = $wp_query->query_vars; $new = array('order'=> 'ASC'); $args = wp_parse_args( $new, $defaults ); query_posts($args); } add_action('thematic_above_indexloop','oldestfirst');</code></pre> iCristiano on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-23178 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:12:02 +0000 iCristiano 23178@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I have a curious problem with that! I used this action to change de order of the posts: <pre><code>function blue_monday() { query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); } add_action('thematic_above_indexloop', 'blue_monday');</code></pre> The result: I get the oldest post first, but just one. Then, the order keeps the same it was before, I mean, the newest post first. I mean, I have 4 posts. Normaly, they are ordered like that: nov 13 - post 1 nov 10 - post 2 nov 07 - post 3 oct 05 - post 4 when I use the action, this is what happens: oct 05 - post 4 nov 13 - post 1 nov 10 - post 2 nov 07 - post 3 Curious, no? Any idea? Thanks! jonahcoyote on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-8389 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:46:12 +0000 jonahcoyote 8389@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Thanks Chris, I want to use the postMash Filtered plugin to be able to manually order posts in one category (1) and for that to work I need to specify &orderby=menu_order&order=ASC but for all other categories I would want it sorted by date, DESC. Here is the code I'm using to achieve this: <pre><code>function orderPosts($orderBy) { global $wpdb; if(is_category('1')) { $orderBy = "{$wpdb->posts}.menu_order ASC"; } else { $orderBy = "{$wpdb->posts}.date DESC"; } return($orderBy); } add_filter('posts_orderby', 'orderPosts');</code></pre> That totally messes up my home page display and the display of other pages and categories too. What am I doing wrong? Chris on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-8381 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:30:58 +0000 Chris 8381@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, this would be something like: <pre><code>function blue_monday() { if (is_category('Whatever') { query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); } elseif (is_category('Something else') { query_posts($query_string - "&order=DESC"); } } add_action('thematic_above_categoryloop', 'blue_monday');</code></pre> Chris jonahcoyote on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-8379 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:18:13 +0000 jonahcoyote 8379@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ How can this be modified to allow for different orders in different categories? Can it? Chris on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-7161 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:26:13 +0000 Chris 7161@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, try this code in your child theme's functions.php: <pre><code>function blue_monday() { query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); } add_action('thematic_above_indexloop', 'blue_monday');</code></pre> Chris WaltKania on "How do I show OLDEST posts first?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-show-oldest-posts-first#post-7159 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:19:19 +0000 WaltKania 7159@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ For my purposes, it makes a more sense to show my posts in the order they were created, NOT the latest first. Is there a way to tweak .php to show the posts in REVERSE chronological order? Meaning, the most recent posts LAST? I poked around the .php files but couldn't find what governed the date order of the posts. Any advice? I'm using Thematic, a child theme now. Will soon be using Thematic Feature Site.