How do I change the order of entries that are loaded in a category?
Entry Display Order within a Category
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Dave Aiello on September 26, 2013, 3:54 p.m. Reply
There are lots of ways to affect the order of entries within a category archive in Movable Type.
You can use the attributes of the mt:Entries tag to “specify exactly which entries to show on your page. Attributes can be used in combination to sort, select, and filter entries exactly as desired.”
For example,
would show the entries in the category in chronological order, rather than reverse chronological order, which is considered the typical entry order for most blogs.Rick on October 5, 2013, 2:02 a.m. Reply
By default the most recent entries are listed first (by “authored_on” attribute. You can easily change the publish date from the Edit Entry panel.
You can also create a template to display “sticky” entries at the top. See https://github.com/movabletype/Documentation/wiki/Sticky-Entries