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jeffr_ca  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:23:27 AM(UTC)
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I would like to use the Featured Category Grid Widget to display a selection of Categories, but in a static order.

Is it possible for us to change the behaviour of this widget to NOT Random Sort the displayed categories on each page load? We would like the categories to be shown in the same order at all times, using the order that they are created in the Admin side.

Thanks!

-Jeff
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shari  
#2 Posted : Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:54:04 AM(UTC)
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You have to make changes in controller to achieve the requirements.

Please follow the steps:

1- Open category controller file \Website\Controllers\CategoryController.cs
2- Search for the code

Code:
var categories = _categoryRepo.GetRandomFeaturedCategories(parameters.PublicOnly, parameters.Size)
                .Select(category => new CategoryModel()
                {
                    Id = category.Id,
                    Name = category.Name,
                    NavigateUrl = category.NavigateUrl,
                    ThumbnailUrl = category.ThumbnailUrl,
                    ThumbnailAltText = category.ThumbnailAltText,
                    Summary = category.Summary,
                }).ToList();

3- Replace it with


Code:
var categories = _categoryRepo.GetFeaturedCategories(parameters.PublicOnly, maximumRows: parameters.Size)
                .Select(category => new CategoryModel()
                {
                    Id = category.Id,
                    Name = category.Name,
                    NavigateUrl = category.NavigateUrl,
                    ThumbnailUrl = category.ThumbnailUrl,
                    ThumbnailAltText = category.ThumbnailAltText,
                    Summary = category.Summary,
                }).ToList();


4- Compile the project

This is a server side change so you must use the code after compilation.
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jeffr_ca  
#3 Posted : Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:03:25 AM(UTC)
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Thank you Shari!

-Jeff
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