[TYPO3-english] mpossnewssorting extension (tt_news)

[Denis Mrkota]

"Georg Ringer" <news at ringerge.org> wrote in message 
news:mailman.1.1226494283.19734.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de...
> 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)

I'll try this!