Changing the order of the +Create Function

[GazzaGarratt]

Wondering if someone can help me understand how to change the order of this core feature.

The '+Create' function is always in a strange order depending on what people have active on their website. I need the ability to change the order so it follows common sense in what people want to do most of first, as well as potentially change some wording if required to make more sense.

I think wording with some I know I can change within the Pages database when you create them as you can give them a name, but if there are other ways please shout up. Main issue really is the order of things....it does feel like this seems to be a core function most of us have that would be better suited alongside the 'Menu Manager' but obviously I know thats more of a suggestion to add.

[Nathan Explosion]

Go to your application listing, and reorder the applications - based on the above, your current order is probably:

System
Forums
Events
Quizzes (possibly the name)
Pages
VideoBox (possily the name)
Raffles (possibly the name)
Polls (possibly the name)

Edited October 14, 2022 by Nathan Explosion

[GazzaGarratt]

Ahhh @Nathan Explosion, that gets me somewhere very quickly! Can't believe I didn't see that order before, thank you!

In terms of the Pages order though, as they can have multiple pages and items, I can't see that the order correlates with the Pages databases in our AdminCP...so is there any tricks to easily manipulate these items at all?

[Nathan Explosion]

18 minutes ago, GazzaGarratt said:

so is there any tricks to easily manipulate these items at all?

Nope - I believe it's based on database ID order, not the language used.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Nathan Explosion

[Marc]

Ther isn't any way in which you would be able to order those at present, unfortunately.

[Nathan Explosion]

[Marc]

12 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

 

Narrator - "It was at this point, Nathan opened his IDE"

[GazzaGarratt]

Well, I added it to the Suggestions based on your responses (although I hear @Nathan Explosion's fingers furiously typing quickly 😅), as I'm hoping it can be part of the core IPS, just like Menu Manager is. It makes complete common sense to do so as its one of the main functions people use as they come to an IPS driven website. 🙂

They're all waiting for you though, Nathan...... 😉🍻

[Nathan Explosion]

17 minutes ago, Marc Stridgen said:

 

Narrator - "It was at this point, Nathan opened his IDE"

See how the attached plugin works for you, setting included to allow you to enter a listing of IDs in your chosen order.

(NE) Order databases in Create menu 1.0.0.xml

[GazzaGarratt]

Oh wow, didn't expect something like @Nathan Explosion, cheers for looking into helping!

Just had a look at changing them, how can you override the options?

 

Also, you might be interested to find that the current default Page order doesn't match the numbering already, so I actually don't think Database ID dictates the order unfortunately.

[Nathan Explosion]

1 minute ago, GazzaGarratt said:

Just had a look at changing them, how can you override the options?

I thought that would be explanatory with the information presented but hey...add a comma-separated listing of the database IDs in the field provided:

Example: 2,3,1,5,6,7,8,9,10,4

2 minutes ago, GazzaGarratt said:

so I actually don't think Database ID dictates the order unfortunately.

It does.

 

May need to clear cache in the ACP to speed up the front-end response

[GazzaGarratt]

Ah, I tried that already but didn't work sadly!...then I thought I was doing something wrong with the commas so posted here 😅

Happy to try again now though....

EDIT:

The clear cache in ACP did the trick after re-entering as I did previously, thanks @Nathan Explosion!

Edited October 14, 2022 by GazzaGarratt

[Nathan Explosion]