[support] Blog Sort Order by Date

[Metzler, David]

Whereas you might be able to do this, consider using the sticky at top
for your post.  This is exactly what this is intended for.   You set
sticky at top, and those items pop to the top of the list. 

If you have administer nodes permissions you can edit most of the
posting settings, including the create date.  You'll find it under
"Authoring Information" in the edit node screen. 

Finally the views module is a must for creating custom sort orders etc.
If  your sort needs get more complicated then this, consider installing
that module.

Dave 


-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Holmes Jr.
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:21 AM
To: support at drupal.org
Subject: [support] Blog Sort Order by Date

I'm creating a new site in Drupal 5.7 hosted at SiteGround.
I'm collecting data (news) from two older sites, and I will move them 
into this new site.

So ... I was thinking of creating a blog .... that way every new news 
item goes to the top of the list and the old news items get pushed down.
The problem is that since I am collecting data from other sites, I would

like to sort these things myself.
For example as I create these entries, I will include a date that the 
news item happened, I would like it sorted in that Chronological order 
with the most recent first.
If I just create a blog and I add items out of data order, I am afraid 
they will appear in the blog out of order.

So, since I haven't looked at the blog, can I edit the create date and 
put it in the order I want?
If so that's great, then I can create my entries and they will be sorted

on the date I entered, not on the actual date I created the node.
If that solution won't work, what is an alternative solution?

Thanks for the help!
                                                  Tom
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