I use the code below in my template to show a list of all child pages.

Links are returned in the order of the menu hierarchy however I want the links to be returned in alphabetical order.

	<ul id="SectionPageList">
  	<% control Menu(2) %>
		<% if Children %><% else %><li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li><% end_if %>
		 <% if Children %> 
		 <% control Children %> 
		 <li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li>
		 <% end_control %> 
		 <% end_if %> 
	<% end_control %>
	</ul>

create a method SortedChildren in your controller and...

function SortedChildren()
{
	$dosChildren = $this->Children();
	if ($dosChildren)
		return $dosChildren->sort('Title',ASC);
}

Thanks, now how can I use that in my template? This does not work:

Code:

class SectionPage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

	function SortedChildren () 
	{ 
	   $dosChildren = $this->Children(); 
	   if ($dosChildren) 
	      return $dosChildren->sort('Title',ASC); 
	}
}

Template:

   <ul id="SectionPageList"> 
   <% control SortedChildren %> 
   <% control Menu(2) %> 
      <% if Children %><% else %><li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li><% end_if %> 
       <% if Children %> 
       <% control Children %> 
       <li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li> 
       <% end_control %> 
       <% end_if %> 
   <% end_control %> 
   <% end_control %> 
   </ul>

any more info than, "doesn't work"?
maybe a debug::show within the function to dee a) if it is called and b) what data is flowing through it would give you an answer?

Thanks. Now I get an error when I use sort:

Uncaught Exception: Object->__call(): the method 'sort' does not exist on 'SectionPage_Controller'

	function SortedChildren() { 
	$o = $this; 
	  if (!empty($o)) {
		$o->sort('Title');
		return $o;
	  }
	}

Here is the template code that I am using. I am still getting that sort error.

  		<ul>
		  	<% control SortedChildren %>
		  	<% control Menu(2) %>
			<% if Children %><% else %><li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li><% end_if %>
			 <% if Children %> 
			 <% control Children %> 
			 <li><a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">$MenuTitle.XML</a></li>
			 <% end_control %> 
			 <% end_if %> 
  			<% end_control %>
  			<% end_control %>
  		</ul>

You are controlling in the wrong place as i see it.

Firstly, you need to decide if you want the Menu(2) to return an alphabetical list as well as the children of the items in the menu.

If you do, you need to overload the 'getMenu' function in the page_controller so that it returns alphabetised children.

In the template you then need to control SortedChildren *inside* the menu control (not outside). You will also have to move the sorted children to the model (page class) rather than the controller (page_controller class).

template to look like:

<ul>
<% control Menu(2) %>
<% if Children %>
<% control SortedChildren %>
...
<% end_control %>
<% else %> ... <% end_if %>
<% end_control %>

Your getMenu function should practically copy the one in SiteTree_Controller, except for the bit where it fetches the pages as this should sort by Title (or MenuTitle).

Good luck

Hi there i was just looking at this and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to return a list of all children pages on the CMS so then you can choose which ones can have a link in the content area of the page.

was thinking of maybe using a checkbox to tick which ones displayed