How to Order Carousel Items?

[style 0]

Hello, I have my carousel pulling in posts, how can I set it up so that the carousel pulls in items in a specific order? I tried using PostMash to order the carousel but it didn't work. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[cmunns 16]

By default it pulls in from most recent. How would you like it to pull in?

[thomastallaksen 0]

I have the same problem. Since it pulls in form most recent, I thought I just could manipulate the post date, but it doesn't seem to work.

[Kate 3]

Hi Thomas, Have you tried any of the plugins that give you a drag and drop way to reorder your posts?

[thomastallaksen 0]

It jsut needed som time to readjust. Works now. Thanks.

[corbett 0]

I would like to do the same thing. Carousel items are ordered by date, but I need them to be ordered by the menu_order field. I have already tried the drag/drop post order plugins but they mess up the order of the prev/next links for posts. Other ideas?

[corbett 0]

OK, I figured out a way to make this work, but it's a hack at this point. Maybe you can let me know where to make this edit so it won't be overwritten by theme upgrades? To order the carousel items by the "menu_order" field, I edited the file platformpro/sections/carousel/section.carousel.php and replaced this line (130): $carousel_post_query .= '&category_name='.$carousel_post_id; with this: $carousel_post_query .= '&category_name='.$carousel_post_id.'&orderby=menu_order&order=asc';

[a9k3d 0]

Ah I just replaced the same line. Here's the condensed version:

1. You copy lines 85-151 from the latest section.carousel.php. (Basically from

   div

   to

   /div

   inside the function

   section_template()

   .

2. Make a new blank file in the root of your theme called template.carousel.php
3. Paste into your new template.carousel.php
4. Customize it your way.

[corbett 0]

Awesome Alan, thanks so much! I had read something like that somewhere, but couldn't get it to work exactly. This did the trick.