Speakers Order on Speakers Index Page – revisited

  • Resolved carryoncoding

    (@carryoncoding)


    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, I see that @rbirkey raised this question a year ago, but the topic was already marked as resolved and the plugin author may have missed it.

    My client wants the speakers listed by alphabetical order on their family name. So the php in the template-cr3ativspeaker.php file needs to separate out the surname, and arrange the posts accordingly.

    Grateful if akyusa01 (@akyusa01) could have a look at this, or indeed, if anyone else has resolved the problem, please share!

    Many thanks,
    Phil.

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  • Plugin Author akyusa01

    (@akyusa01)

    Hi Phil ??

    I apologize for the delay – I’ve taken the last few days off! ??

    Unfortunately changing the sort order and adding a new field to separate the first name from the last name is a little more than just providing a quick php code to change the order since the name is currently only 1 field.

    The only way to do this is to basically completely change how the plugin is currently coded. You would need to add another meta box (for the surname) and change the name of the current metabox to be the first name and then you would have to change the loop of the template to look at the surname box and sort alphabetically.

    I apologize but feature requests such as this has to be taken into account any other requests before we consider building in this option. You are certainly free to change the core files if you wish and make this your very own plugin (since it’s just a free version) but you couldn’t apply any updates or you would wipe out any changes you’ve made to the files.

    Again, I’m very sorry for any trouble, I’ll certainly keep this in mind as a possible future update but currently this isn’t something we would be considering at this time.

    Thread Starter carryoncoding

    (@carryoncoding)

    Thanks very much for your considered reply. As an interim measure we have manipulated the “Published” date for each speaker record, so that the speakers display in the desired sequence on the index page.

    All the best for the future and thanks for a great plugin.

    Phil.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by carryoncoding.
    • This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by carryoncoding. Reason: Typos!
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