Custom Sort Order of Channel Items

Aloqa LBS Platform Documentation

• Sign up for an Aloqa Partner Account
• Build a Feed
  
  • Source Types
  • KML 2.1 Feed for Aloqa
  • Custom Sort Order of Channel Items
• Create a Channel
• Preview a Channel
• Publish to Channel Store
• Aloqa Features

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Step 1: Add the sortindex tag in your KML

Add a sortindexes tag to your Placemark as shown in this example:

<Placemark id="11.525,48.14,0_MondayAfterWorkDrinks" >
    <name>Monday After Work Drinks</name>
    <description>
        <![CDATA[ ...some description here... ]]>
    </description>
    <Point><coordinates>11.525,48.14,0</coordinates></Point>
    <aloqa:snippet>Monday, September 12, at 5:00PM</aloqa:snippet>

    <aloqa:sortindexes>
        <aloqa:index>5.0</aloqa:index>
    </aloqa:sortindexes>

    <aloqa:onView>
        <aloqa:actions>
            <aloqa:map/>
        </aloqa:actions>
    </aloqa:onView>
</Placemark>

The index must be a floating point number in the range of the Java type Double (4.9^-324 to 1.7976931348623157^308). Items with a smaller number are shown before items with a larger number. In case you have ratings ranging from 1 to 5, where 1 means a bad and 5 a good rating, you should multiply the rating by -1.0 . Then your semantics is preserved.

Step 2: Configure channel sorting in the Aloqa Partner Portal

In the Aloqa Partner Portal, open your channel and scroll to the Filtering & Sorting section. Next to Sorting, click the Edit button. The default is set in the following order:

1. Distance
2. Index 1
3. Index 2
4. Index 3

Now drag the line with "Index 1" to the top. Note that the "Distance" item moves to the second position. The result should look like this:

1. Index 1
2. Distance
3. Index 2
4. Index 3

Click the Submit button to confirm the changes.

Don't forget to publish your changes on the channel, so that all subscribers get the updated content.