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@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Tom Holmes Jr. Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:21 AM To: support@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