TYPO3 news (tx_news) ordering of records not working

Question

I'm running TYPO3 V6 and the latest version of tx_news (not tt_news) and when I attempt to change the order of sorting for the LIST display, the settings in the plugin are not overriding the Typoscript settings. There doesn't seem to be a way to change to sort order of articles in the list view. I am aware that flagging a news record as "top news" will float it to the top of the list, but none of my records have that flag set.

Has anyone else had this problem?

No problem here. I'm using TYPO3 6.1.5 and tx_news 2.2.0 and do not have any problems with ordering. Both ascending and descending sorting of the desired fields work fine. — derhansen
It does suggest it's a config issue at my end in that case. I'll keep looking. — Forsh
Can you post the entire TS configuration for plugin.tx_news on that given page? As far as I know does this extension provide several options to override flexform settings. — Kitze

Alexander Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-13T11:19:21

I got the same problem: My listview always showed the oldest news on the top. I've been searching for a solution for hours. As i wanted to start to change the extension files manually, I found the "setup.txt" in the configuration folder. From there I copied the following code into my Typoscript. The problem is solved now.

plugin.tx_news{
  settings{

    overrideFlexformSettingsIfEmpty = cropMaxCharacters,dateField,timeRestriction,orderBy,orderDirection,backPid,listPid,startingpoint,recursive    
    orderBy = datetime
    orderDirection = desc
    orderByRespectTopNews = 0
    orderByAllowed = sorting,author,uid,title,teaser,author,tstamp,crdate,datetime,categories.title  

    list{  
      paginate {
        itemsPerPage=4
        insertBelow=TRUE
        lessPages=TRUE
        #forcedNumberOfLinks=3
        pagesBefore=1
        pagesAfter=1
      }
    }
  }
}

You can ignore the pagination lines. Important is the orderby stuff.

Typo3 Version: 4.7 (not my fault :D ) News System Version: 2.3

TYPO3 news (tx_news) ordering of records not working

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