[27] The attached screenshot is of a course I am running using Discourse. It’s spread over four weeks, and the students are asking for me to order the assignments chronologically. I can’t find a way to do this? Is it possible? Lee

You mean topics right? This should be doable by: [image] Falco: If necessary, you can use the :wrench: button in the topic to change timestamps to re-order. Inside a topic, in the top right, above the blue scroll bar you should see the Wrench button, that can “Change Timestamp” of a topic.

They are in order of most recent activity, though I think that they can be changed with a theme component. What I did was create a syllabus topic that linked to stuff. You can see it https://forum.literatecomputing.com/t/syllabus-edm510-2016-summer/2970

[image] pfaffman: They are in order of most recent activity, though I think that they can be changed with a theme component. No need for a theme component. Edit the category where the topics are, in the settings change " Topic List Sort By" to created. If necessary, you can use the :wrench: button in the topic to change timestamps to re-order.

Thanks for the response @pfaffman but @Falco seems to be closer to my mental ability :wink: I will try it and get back to you.

Once I have set them in ‘Order Created’ is there a way of moving individual posts around? I ask because moving forward, setting it to Order Created for a new course will work, but not for this current course because the order of posts has been all over the place.

Ok, so laborious, but I can change each one individually. Thanks for all your help. Lee

Is there a way to enable users to select this sort view on their own? E.g. by adding a created option to top menu and/or topic list action? I haven’t yet written a plugin; would this be a good case for such an attempt?

[image] D8vid: I haven’t yet written a plugin; would this be a good case for such an attempt? You can do this in a theme component, which is easier than a plugin.

Ooo, thanks for the tip! A site where I admin uses an ‘archive’ tag, and chronological topic view of tagged topics would be very useful. I better get studying on writing theme components…

I suppose I should ask, so I begin to look in the correct places, Would a theme component allow for configuration via topic list action, or would it use another mechanism? Is there an index on the topic created (date) field?

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Falco (Falco) December 12, 2018, 5:01pm 6

You mean topics right?

This should be doable by:

Inside a topic, in the top right, above the blue scroll bar you should see the Wrench button, that can “Change Timestamp” of a topic.

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