Image Gallery sort by filename or imagename?

hi,

is it possible to sort the images in the gallery by filename?

I would also love to see the answer to this. I uploaded about 66 images the other day into an album and they are in random order. I set the filenames numerically in an attempt to get them to display in a particular order to no avail.

I think it's important and should be addressed. Most people post a series of photos to tell a story and that story becomes very hard to follow if the photos display out of the order they were created in.

It is available via editing code of BxPhotosSearch.php file in modules/boonex/photos/classes folder (redeclare method getAlterOrder). But in this case can disturb logic of showing pics in albums. So variant by date of upload is most acceptable.

Date of upload is the worst possible way to do it. Date of upload has absolutely no relevancy to the image itself.

UPDATE:

I need to explain myself better.

The flash uploader will mess the order up if you upload multiple files at once. Lets say you select like this example.

You highlight the following files from within the uploader and start the process:

file01

file02

file03

file04

file05

The upload order that will display during the upload process looks like this:

file02

file03

file04

file05

file01

Don't ask me why because I have no clue. Once the files are uploaded, they will display in random order. I think this is happening because the system is attaching the exact same date/time to the files. This is obviously a bug that needs attention.

If someone wants to show a series of photos in a specific order, the best way to prepare them is to assure they are in numerical/alphabetical order. That way, you know no matter what happens, they will remain in order. Using the date of upload to order the images can leave you open to all kinds of issues. If you want to use a date, use the date the photo was taken, that would be better but not as good as an alpha/numeric ordering system.

How come I know so much? My old site has many thousands of images on it and one of our biggest hurdles was getting them all to open in the proper order in all the different areas they are displayed. It seems easy but in reality, it is a very difficult task to accomplish successfully.