[TYPO3-english] mpossnewssorting extension (tt_news)

[Georg Ringer]

Denis Mrkota wrote:
> Generate sorting value for every news record based on it's creation 
> datetime, so news created on 15.7.2008 gets 1, news created on 20.8.2008 
> gets 2 etc.. Then they should be sorted in descending order in BE so that i 
> first see the newest ones and in FE they should also use sorting field 
> order.
> 
> and what i get now is news randomized order.. So in BE i first see news from 
> 2003, then 2004, then again 2003, then 2008 etc.. So id like to know how 
> exactly is sorting value calculated? Thx. 

IMO it should be fine if you update in phpmyadmin the table tt_news and 
set the sorting field to the value of the datetime (which is just a 
timestamp)

Georg