Ordering events with same start time/date

[Dan]

I have a few events that start at the same time, and I’d like to be able to set the order in which they appear in a list view (e.g. …/events/category/…).
Thanks!

[Rob]

Hi Dan. Thanks for the heads up; doesn’t look like that’d be too complicated at first glance, but it’s outside my area of expertise…so let me get a member of the dev team to take a look and respond if they have any suggestions. Jonah will take a look Monday when he hits the forum next!

[Dan]

Thanks, Rob!

[Rob]

Dan: just a heads up that I had Jonah take a look here, and he wasn’t quite sure how to approach this. So I’ve passed it on up the ladder to another dev and should have a response of some shape for you here shortly. Apologies for the delay thus far.

[Dan]

Thanks, Rob. I really appreciate your persistence with this!

[Rob]

Just a heads up, Dan, that the dev who was going to take a look here got a bit sidetracked but I’m going to get him to take a look as soon as possible. Apologies for the delay.

[Dan]

Thanks, Rob. We’ve only got two weeks until we go live with the site for our convention. I hope we can get this figured out!

[Rob]

Hey Dan. So I got our dev Paul to take a look at this over the weekend; unfortunately, he doesn’t think there is a simple way to do this. His only suggestion is that it appears that events are listed in post order (oldest to newest) when they are listed at the same time, so if you or the poster considers the order in which you/they post the events, he might be able to achieve what you are wanting.

Apologies for both the delay and that we couldn’t offer up more here. Let me know if you’ve got other questions along these lines.

[Dan]

Thanks, Rob. I wish it were that simple. Unfortunately, in one category list the events with the same start time appear in one order. And in another category list, they appear in another. (Neither are exactly what we’d prefer.)

They are concurrent workshops, and one “event” is the header. Each are tagged/categorized with the date – as a way to show all events on that day – and the general subject of the workshop.

I’d be happy to send you the links to check ’em out yourself through private email. (The site is not public yet.)

[Rob]

Hey Dan. Sure, let me see if anyone else has any ideas on the team here. If you want to send an email to pro /a/ tri.be with a link to this thread as a frame of reference, we’ll do what we can.

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