[support] Taxonomy generated pages sort order

[Earl Miles]

Kobus Myburgh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a basic node type with a field "itemcode", which I want to be used as
> the default sorting field with ASC order for the taxonomy generated pages.
> 
> I found a lengthy thead on the Drupal site which indicates that this is a 
> often sought feature, but that it is postponed to post version 4.7, but I am 
> not sure that it can handle a specific field as well as a different sort 
> order. (http://drupal.org/node/10839). If not, is there a way I can specify 
> this by command-line, i.e. "taxonomy/term/3,5&field=itemcode&order=asc" or 
> similar?

Use Views; I designed the tool for exactly this kind of purpose. Though it's not 
really something that can be resorted via the command line, so it's not quite 
what you're asking for, but very close.