8 replies to this topic

[JakobÆbeløeKjøller]

Hi

I have create a couple of custom boxes, but my problem is, that the sort order, does not work.

Not even in the old ones, like category or search.

The installed version is: osCommerce Online Merchant v2.3.1

What can be the problem?

[kymation]

This can happen if you named the constants with the same name in two different modules. Check your new modules for duplicate constants.

Regards
Jim

[JakobÆbeløeKjøller]

Tnx. will look at it

[JakobÆbeløeKjøller]

Hey, it dons't look like it

[kymation]

Are your Sort Order values distinct? Are any of them set to zero?

Regards
Jim

[SermoJohn]

hello,

I have a problem to locate the shopping card box on the top of the right column, so I have started looking at the code, but still haven't found where the sort order of the box is applied.

If this problem is not know or does not exist to other 2.3.1 installations, could someone help me locate the line in code where the box sort order is taken into account for placing the boxex.

Thanx in advance

[SermoJohn]

hello again,

it seems that there is no bug at all, its just a bit complicated in the code.

my error was that I was using the same sort order values for left column boxes and right column boxes, which weirdly results in placing the conflicting box to the last place in its column.

Conclusion:
You should use unique values for each box, for the sorting to work properly!

hope this info will save time from other osCommerce users/developers!

[multimixer]

SermoJohn, on 25 October 2011, 13:32, said:

it seems that there is no bug at all, its just a bit complicated in the code.

my error was that I was using the same sort order values for left column boxes and right column boxes, which weirdly results in placing the conflicting box to the last place in its column.

Conclusion:
You should use unique values for each box, for the sorting to work properly!

This has nothing to do with any code, complicated or not, it's a question of making the correct settings and has been pointed out a couple of posts above

kymation, on 09 September 2011, 17:32, said:

Are your Sort Order values distinct? Are any of them set to zero?

[SermoJohn]

Indeed, thanx a lot! It was just not clear to me that I should use distinct values of boxes on different columns.

Thanx anyway