Magento 默认排序为最新产品在前 How to sort Magento products by date added as default

Today I had to change Magento default products list sorting to sort by product’s date. In fact we don’t need to sort by date, just by entity_id which is product ID in Magento world. To accomplish this, we need to edit /app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php

You have to find _beforeToHtml() function and change some things inside. First we need to define all available sorting options:

Php代码

    $orders = array('entity_id' => $this->__('Newest'), 'name' => $this->__('Name'), 'price' => $this->__('Price') );  

then remove all getters of default sorting and order, and put those:

Php代码

    $toolbar->setAvailableOrders($orders);  
    $toolbar->setDefaultOrder('entity_id');  
    $toolbar->setDefaultDirection('desc');  

so finally your _beforeToHtml() should looks like this one:

Php代码

 protected function _beforeToHtml()  
  {  
      $toolbar = $this->getToolbarBlock();  
  
      // called prepare sortable parameters  
      $collection = $this->_getProductCollection();  
  
      // use sortable parameters  
      /* 
      if ($orders = $this->getAvailableOrders()) { 
          $toolbar->setAvailableOrders($orders); 
      } 
      if ($sort = $this->getSortBy()) { 
          $toolbar->setDefaultOrder($sort); 
      } 
      if ($dir = $this->getDefaultDirection()) { 
          $toolbar->setDefaultDirection($dir); 
      } 
      if ($modes = $this->getModes()) { 
          $toolbar->setModes($modes); 
      } 
*/  
  
$orders = array('entity_id' => $this->__('Newest'), 'name' => $this->__('Name'), 'price' => $this->__('Price') );  
$toolbar->setAvailableOrders($orders);  
$toolbar->setDefaultOrder('entity_id');  
$toolbar->setDefaultDirection('desc');  
  
      // set collection to toolbar and apply sort  
      $toolbar->setCollection($collection);  
  
      $this->setChild('toolbar', $toolbar);  
      Mage::dispatchEvent('catalog_block_product_list_collection', array(  
          'collection' => $this->_getProductCollection()  
      ));  
  
      $this->_getProductCollection()->load();  
  
      return parent::_beforeToHtml();  
  }  

from: http://www.blastar.biz/2011/07/29/how-to-sort-magento-products-by-date-added-as-default/