Adjusting blog post ordering (chronological)?

Hi all, 

I'm reaching out to see if anyone has found a custom coding solution for adjusting the ordering of blogposts in a summary block. I'm working on an archive website, so changing the dates of each entry to adjust the ordering isn't an option for me, as the publish dates are important to display. Squarespace orders the blogposts in reverse chronological order, but I would like them ordered in chronological order. 

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. 

19 hours ago, lsstone said:

Hi all, 

I'm reaching out to see if anyone has found a custom coding solution for adjusting the ordering of blogposts in a summary block. I'm working on an archive website, so changing the dates of each entry to adjust the ordering isn't an option for me, as the publish dates are important to display. Squarespace orders the blogposts in reverse chronological order, but I would like them ordered in chronological order. 

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. 

Can you share your site with the protected password so I can take a look at your requirement?

Hi @bangank36, the website is https://www.viewfromtheground.com/vol-1 (pw: vftg). 

As you can see on that page, there's an archive of old issues/editions that are organized by year in summary blocks. Within the summary blocks I would like them to be ordered in chronological order as opposed to reverse chronological order. 

Most resources say I should adjust the publish date to adjust the order, but this isn't a good solution for me because the publication date is important to display in the archive. 

Thanks so much for any help or advice you can provide here. 

Hi @bangank36just following up here to see if there is any guidance or advice you could provide me. Thanks!

I think you need to use a 3rd party plugin to control this. If you still need it, I will check & give the name

@isstone, did you ever find a solution to this issue?

I'm setting up a site that uses a third-party event registrations. The blog feature is perfect for most of what they need except it lists the events in the wrong order November-September rather than September-November. I can use custom CSS to reverse the order in the main blog but not in the summary blocks that pull from that blog. Squarespace Events list in the correct order but the title and image in that feature automatically link internally causing a bad loop for users.

On 9/21/2024 at 10:17 PM, MeganIrving said:

@isstone, did you ever find a solution to this issue?

I'm setting up a site that uses a third-party event registrations. The blog feature is perfect for most of what they need except it lists the events in the wrong order November-September rather than September-November. I can use custom CSS to reverse the order in the main blog but not in the summary blocks that pull from that blog. Squarespace Events list in the correct order but the title and image in that feature automatically link internally causing a bad loop for users.

Can you share link to page where you have problem?

The site is unpublished at this time.

I used this bit of CSS

.blog-side-by-side-wrapper { display:flex; flex-direction:column-reverse; }

and it works to reorder the blog posts in the opposite order, September-December. Built-in. However, it only works on the main blog page, not in the summary blocks, and only for 20 posts. Over 20 and the events that are soonest, September 28th so example, are on the next page. It is so broken.

I'd love to be able to use the events feature and have events move automatically to past, but all the built-in links in event posts send the visitor back to the main events page causing a terrible loop. I need visitors to see the preview and then click through to the registration page. I can't be the only person who wants this to work this way...

Here is the link:

https://roxburyartsgroup.squarespace.com/experience

On 9/25/2024 at 7:22 PM, MeganIrving said:

Here is the link:

https://roxburyartsgroup.squarespace.com/experience

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