If you use stub files you can set "$order = 'ASC';" in the stub. If you don't use stubs and you use only one skin you can probably place the same line into your skins/yourskin/_main.php file.

hmm... i'm not using stubs. would there be an ideal place to stick that in the main.php file? i hope that will work.

thanks for your help!

I'm guessing, but right before the "</head>" tag try adding this:

<?php $order = 'ASC'; ?>

If it works it'll do it to all the blogs in your installation. If you only want (for example) blog #3 to act that way try this:

<?php if( $blog == 3 ) {
$order = 'ASC';
} ?>

Can't hurt to try!

i gave it a try, but no luck :( any other inspiration?

;)

stick it at the top of your index.php

you seem to be on the right track here...
i opened index.php and found the $order='ASC'; line, as in the stub file, however when I activated that nothing changed. (i also tried putting it at the top, as you suggested, but no luck there either.) i activated/changed other commands in that same file (like the min/max display dates, etc) just to make sure i actually was having some effect on the display and found that those definitely worked. any ideas as to why this $order command isn't working?

thanks for all your help!

also: tried using a stub file... also no effect :(

Got link? Set it to ASC and show us where it's not working, please.

Yeah the index.php is just a stub file anyway, maybe also attach the source of the index.php you used with the applied $asc, so we can see if it's all good. :)

here's the code:

<?php
/**
 * This is the main public interface file!
 *
 * This file is NOT mandatory. You can delete it if you want.
 * You can also replace the contents of this file with contents similar to the contents
 * of a_stub.php, a_noskin.php, multiblogs.php, etc.
 *
 * b2evolution - {@link http://b2evolution.net/}
 * Released under GNU GPL License - {@link http://b2evolution.net/about/license.html}
 * @copyright (c)2003-2006 by Francois PLANQUE - {@link http://fplanque.net/}
 *
 * {@internal Note: we need at least one file in the main package}}
 *
 * @package main
 */

/**
 * First thing: Do the minimal initializations required for b2evo:
 */
require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/conf/_config.php';

require_once $inc_path.'_main.inc.php';

// Check if a specific blog has been requested in the URL:
param( 'blog', 'integer', '', true );

if( empty($blog) )
{ // No blog requested by URL param, let's try to match something in the URL
	$Debuglog->add( 'No blog param received, checking extra path...', 'detectblog' );

	if( preg_match( '#^(.+?)index.php/([^/]+)#', $ReqHost.$ReqPath, $matches ) )
	{ // We have an URL blog name:
		$Debuglog->add( 'Found a potential URL blog name: '.$matches[2], 'detectblog' );
		if( (($Blog = & $BlogCache->get_by_urlname( $matches[2], false )) !== false) )
		{ // We found a matching blog:
			$blog = $Blog->ID;
		}
	}

	if( empty($blog) )
	{ // No blog identified by URL name, let's try to match the absolute URL
		if( preg_match( '#^(.+?)index.php#', $ReqHost.$ReqPath, $matches ) )
		{ // Remove what's not part of the absolute URL
			$ReqAbsUrl = $matches[1];
		}
		else
		{
			$ReqAbsUrl = $ReqHost.$ReqPath;
		}
		$Debuglog->add( 'Looking up absolute url : '.$ReqAbsUrl, 'detectblog' );

		if( (($Blog = & $BlogCache->get_by_url( $ReqAbsUrl, false )) !== false) )
		{ // We found a matching blog:
			$blog = $Blog->ID;
			$Debuglog->add( 'Found matching blog: '.$blog, 'detectblog' );
		}
	}

	if( empty($blog) )
	{ // Still no blog requested, use default
		$blog = $Settings->get('default_blog_ID');
		$Debuglog->add( 'Using default blog '.$blog, 'detectblog' );
	}

	if( empty($blog) )
	{ // No specific blog to be displayed:
		// we are going to display the default page:
		require dirname(__FILE__).'/default.php';
		exit();
	}
}

// A blog has been requested... Let's set a few default params:

# You could *force* a specific skin here with this setting:
# $skin = 'basic';

# This setting retricts posts to those published, thus hiding drafts.
# You should not have to change this.
$show_statuses = array();

# You could *force* a specific link blog here with this setting: (otherwise, default will be used)
# $linkblog = 4;

# This is the list of categories to restrict the linkblog to (cats will be displayed recursively)
# Example: $linkblog_cat = '4,6,7';
$linkblog_cat = '';

# This is the array if categories to restrict the linkblog to (non recursive)
# Example: $linkblog_catsel = array( 4, 6, 7 );
$linkblog_catsel = array( );

# Here you can set a limit before which posts will be ignored
# You can use a unix timestamp value or 'now' which will hide all posts in the past
$timestamp_min = '';

# Here you can set a limit after which posts will be ignored
# You can use a unix timestamp value or 'now' which will hide all posts in the future
$timestamp_max = 'now';

# Additionnaly, you can set other values (see URL params in the manual)...
$order = 'asc'; // This for example would display the blog in chronological order...

// That's it, now let b2evolution do the rest! :)
require $inc_path.'_blog_main.inc.php';

?>

thanks!

can you provide a link to the blog as well, and stick this below your $order = 'asc':
$_GET['order'] = 'asc';

If it works still post back instead of saying thanks, as if it does work it's a bug...

still does not work :(

here is the url:
http://www.theurbanendeavor.net

or for just the index.php,
http://www.theurbanendeavor.net/b2evolution/blogs/index.php

It is working, http://www.theurbanendeavor.net/b2evolution/blogs/index.php?cat=15

Posts:
2006.10.06 - from russia with love
2006.11.23 - Happy Turkey Day from Turkey!

What is odd is that your default page is the all category (or the other way round) and only shows just a single post.

Edit:
the post it is showing is from your '...but seriously' category and is the oldest post. Have you been fiddling with any settings?

Also on a unrelated note, your skin looks a tad loftsided on a 1680x1050 monitor... Maybe it's better centering the content and for the right side, just have those bars extend accross

aha -- i found what i had changed earlier. sorry to keep bothering you, sorry! thanks so much!

can you post what you changed so it can help others with the same problem later on?

of course.

What I had changed was in the "blog settings" in the back office. I had it set to display # of days = 5 on the main page. I'm not sure why that went to show the 5 most recent days (in which there was only that one post) rather than the 5 oldest days, but in any case I changed it to # of posts instead, and now it works beautifully.