Changing order of Pages is not reflesting in the footer

[Peterr-K]

When I change order of the pages in Backend -> Design -> Pages, it is not changed on front end - footer via Link Widget module.

Numbers in "Position" column in the backend is changed, but again not reflesting in Link Widget. Maybe by mistake Link Widget is sorting modules by "ID of the page" and not by "Position ID" ?

Steps to reproduce the issue:

You need to check that all pages are checked in the link block

1. Go to the BO => Design => Pages => change position of some pages.
2. Check the position of these in the BO => Design => link widget => OK
3. check the FO => Those pages are not well sorted

We can solve this problem by following these steps:

1. Change the position of pages
   

2. Go to the BO => Design => Link widget page => position => OK

3. check the FO => NOK => Issue

4. Uncheck all pages
   

5. Save

6. Edit the block again & check all pages
   

7. Save

8. check the FO => OK
   

[khouloudbelguith]

Hi @jannyba,

In your case, this issue occurs in the FO?
I tried with PS1.7.6.1. & the Link Widget module v3.0.4.
In the BO => After changing the page's position, in the link widget configuration, pages are well displayed.
I attached a screen record
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-bwecKZroteXa-9fsdU7Qvj9nS9oMQp/view
Thanks to check & feedback.

[Peterr-K]

@khouloudbelguith Thanks for your time,
what you showed is ok, re-ordered pages are re-ordered in the Link Widget module. But you have disabled all these pages in the module. If you will enable them, in the FO they are not respecting the changed order.
Please check these screenshots and try if you have the same behaviour:
https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/1005446-pages-reordering-is-not-reflecting-in-link-widget-module/?tab=comments#comment-3165478

[khouloudbelguith]

@jannyba, I manage to reproduce the issue with PS1.7.5.2 & PS1.7.6.1 & the ps_linklist v3.0.4.
Steps to reproduce the issue:

You need to check that all pages are checked in the link block

1. Go to the BO => Design => Pages => change position of some pages.
2. Check the position of these in the BO => Design => link widget => OK
3. check the FO => Those pages are not well sorted

We can solve this problem by following these steps:

1. Change the position of pages
   

2. Go to the BO => Design => Link widget page => position => OK

3. check the FO => NOK => Issue

4. Uncheck all pages
   

5. Save

6. Edit the block again & check all pages
   

7. Save

8. check the FO => OK
   

PS the link widget v2.1.6 doesn't work correctly.
I’ll add this to the debug roadmap so that it’s fixed. If you have already fixed it on your end or if you think you can do it, please do send us a pull request!
Thanks!

[khouloudbelguith]

Ping @jolelievre

[NeOMakinG]

Order should be handled in backend, can't do something there... What do you think @jolelievre @matks ?

[Peterr-K]

Order should be handled in backend, can't do something there... What do you think @jolelievre @matks ?
thank you

[HartLarsson]

Order works but links are shown in FO not in order
PS 1.7.6.4

[matks]

I explored a bit this issue tonight.

The content of a block inside "Link list module" is stored inside MySQL table ps_link_block.

If you add the 5 first Pages to the block to the default configuration, the storage will contain that:

{"cms":["1","2","3","4","5"],"product":[false],"static":["contact","sitemap","stores"],"category":[false]}

So the problem is that, when you save from the "BO > Design > Link list" page the configuration of the block, it stores the order of these pages like above. Then it displays them following this sort. The sorting of these blocks is being hard written inside the database, any change you perform on "BO > Design > Pages" is ignored.

So what this mean

What cannot be done

A scenario where you go to "BO > Design > Link list" page and you add 3 Pages to a block, they have position 2, 6 and 9.
Then you go to "BO > Design > Pages" and you modify the Pages positions to 5, 6 and 9.
Then automatically this re-orders the Pages displayed in the footer.

This scenario cannot happen unless a big change in the module data model is done.

What can be done

A new feature could be added to Link list module, it would allow to sort the items added to a block. It would allow BO user to choose the order to use for this list:

This order would be stored inside MySQL to be displayed exactly as the BO user wanted it.

@MatShir following this exploration I suggest to re-qualify this issue.

AFAIK this is not a bug but a limitation of the current system.

I can suggest to transform this issue into an improvement

• if we want to improve it following my suggestion to allow BO user to sort items manually
• if we want to have the "automatic acknowledgement of Pages positions" feature we need to modify the data model

Or if it does not make sense for the project to follow this path I suggest to close this issue.

But this is not a bug. A bug is a behavior that is not working as expected. From the data model I see, the behavior reported here was never planned or expected.

[kpodemski]

@matks

It's exactly what I was thinking: add a sortable plugin to the list of pages so we can easily change via drag&drop.

If you have 🟢 from PM I can do it :-)

[matks]

Adding the waiting for PM