Solution for sorting products by date

Store Builder Questions
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  1. Add the following line in bold to fn.catalog.php



    function fn_get_products_sorting($simple_mode = true)

    {

    $sorting = array(

    ‘position’ => array(‘description’ => fn_get_lang_var(‘default’), ‘default_order’ => ‘desc’),

    ‘timestamp’ => array(‘description’ => fn_get_lang_var(‘timestamp’), ‘default_order’ => ‘desc’),

    ‘product’ => array(‘description’ => fn_get_lang_var(‘name’), ‘default_order’ => ‘asc’),

    ‘price’ => array(‘description’ => fn_get_lang_var(‘price’), ‘default_order’ => ‘asc’),

    ‘popularity’ => array(‘description’ => fn_get_lang_var(‘popularity’), ‘default_order’ => ‘desc’)

    );


  2. Then add a new language variable in the admin area called ‘timestamp’ and set its value to ‘Newest’.


  3. Change the cscart_settings table in database, find this record

    (10035, ‘default_products_sorting’, ‘Appearance’, ‘’, ‘S’, ‘position’, 180, ‘Y’),

    change to

    (10035, ‘default_products_sorting’, ‘Appearance’, ‘’, ‘S’, ‘timestamp’, 180, ‘Y’),


  4. Go to admin settings > appearance > choose product sort list by “newest”.



    Done! Tested under CSCart 2.1.2
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great job, thanks for sharing