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Sort images by: Peculiar behavior

reneesanguinetti Member
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Hello,
Just wanted to post this information in case anyone else has the same issue with the Sort images by: feature for "edit album" in admin.
I like the images in my albums to be sorted by date descending so I set that on the options "image" tab. In the "edit album" I also set Sort images by: date descending or manual and the thumbnail as "random".
At times I needed to manually change the image order and my changes were applied on the back-end, but when I viewed the album none of the changes were reflected.
This was frustrating to me, so I tested many scenarios. All albums and images are published. No difference if unpublished.
I cleared the image cache and browser cache. Tried "Replicate IPTC metadata" enabled and disabled. Refreshed metadata and the database. No difference.
So I tested each choice of Sort images by: with all the choices of the thumbnail (except the individual image).
And finally I found a combination that allowed the Sort images by: to work!
It seems that Sort images by: manual or date descending only works when the thumbnail is set to "most recent" which appears to be the default setting. (as I said I didn't test with the individual image).
I am currently using Zenphoto version 1.4.2.3 [9980] (Official Build) and Zenphoto version 1.4.2.3 [9995] (Official Build) with gallery theme: zpFocus_ v1.4.2.2.
I also created a test with Zenphoto 1.4.3 Release Beta (2012-05-15-trunk) all had the same behavior.
I hope this information is useful. Thank-you for your time!
Renee

Comments

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    It seems that Sort images by: manual or date descending only works when the thumbnail is set to "most recent" which appears to be the default setting.
    If this is really the case (I have no time to test) this would probably be a bug.
  • sbillard Member
    Please create a ticket for this. Off hand I do not see how the thumbnail could be related to the sorting. But who knows.
  • reneesanguinetti Member
    I created the ticket. Also wanted to add: I did test with included themes.
  • sbillard Member
    Thanks. I think this is now fixed. Try tonight's nightly build.
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