JasonBosch wants to display the latest topics on the home page in order of creation date, rather than by activity. He has enabled the “Categories and Latest Topics (sort by topic created date)” option in the desktop category page style settings, but it only applies when clicking on the Latest tab, not on the home page.
Hiddenseal shared a topic that states this is not currently possible and not planned, but offers non-official workarounds. Th21 provided a workaround using a parameter and custom top navigation links.
JasonBosch decided to redirect the home page to /latest?order=created as the best option to achieve the desired outcome.
I searched this forum but couldn’t find the answer to my question.
I have my home default page set up to show the Latest and it orders them based on activity rather than simply the latest topic. So whenever anyone comments on a topic it keeps that topic at the top of the list. Because some topics have a lot of conversation they stay at the top while new topics get buried.
I did find the option in the setting for “desktop category page style” "Categories and Latest Topics (sort by topic created date) and I have enabled that. But it still shows the topics on the home page (which is set to show Latest) by activity rather than topic created date. If I click on the Latest link it will then show the topics by created date but not on my default home page, which is set to show Latest.
Thanks hiddenseal, looks like I’m not the only one who wants this. Perhaps they will add this option in the future. In the meantime I will try one of these workarounds.
I just want the home page to land on it. I already have the Latest tab do what I want thanks to the setting for “desktop category page style” “Categories and Latest Topics (sort by topic created date)” but you have to then click on the latest tab in order for that order to appear. When you just go to the home page it shows the old order by activity even though the Latest tab is highlighted. Actually, I also noticed that every time I click on the Latest tab it toggles back and forth between home (straight url) and yoursiteurl/latest?order=created.
Anyhow, looks like the best option is to redirect my home page to /latest?order=created