While waiting for a solution, I have tried to change the order of albums by rigidly using a shortcode for the albums like this:
[wppa type=”cover” album=”8″][/wppa]
[wppa type=”cover” album=”7″][/wppa]
[wppa type=”cover” album=”5″][/wppa]
[wppa type=”cover” album=”4″][/wppa]
[wppa type=”cover” album=”2″][/wppa]
[wppa type=”cover” album=”1″][/wppa]
This worked, but, of course, it is not the wanted solution, as it will need an intervention on each instance for display after an album has been added or deleted.
The previously used shortcode was:
[wppa type=”cover” album=”1.2.4.5.7.8″][/wppa]
But this did not result in a change of order when changing the Album Order Setting (Table IV, item D1) to “sequence number”.
For all the mentioned albums, sequence numbers have been added, but to no avail.
Thanks for your time and effort,
burnardo
Two things:
1. Next version ( 5.2.5 next friday ) will have more sort ordering options and will no longer have the descending switch systemwide.
2. If you put the albums 1,2,4,5,7,8 in a parent album ( vreate that album and set the parents of the 6 albums to that parent ), and use
[wppa type=”album” album=”13″][/wppa] ( if the parent is album 13 ), you can set the ordering method of sub albums in the parent different from the rest.
Thanks a million for explaining this so clearly. I did not know that the use of an (empty) album serves as a container within which the order (amongst other things) can be chosen more effectively.
I could not wait for the next update which might make my code-change unnecessary. So I implemented your advice and (again) it works like a charm.
Thanks, burnardo
