UNC-Libraries/Carolina-Digital-Repository — Issue #8: Admin function to alphabetize a folder
Author: gregjan
Created: 2011-10-18 20:14:41+00:00
State: open

Folders are ingested in a certain order. The order in the METS file is followed in a very specific way to allow users to dictate an exact order. Another option is to create an alphabetized folder, which will be automatically re-ordered whenever new children are added (disregarding METS order).

However, we have a gap. When a folder is created as a normal folder, we sometimes want to alphabetize it after several ingests. This is natural as collections may grow over time. Sometimes things just get ingested or moved into an unnatural order.

I propose:

- We add a function that let's the user reorder a folder (alphabetically)
- We add an option to this function which will make this sticky, such that it will continue to be alphabetized as new children are added via ingest or move.

Most of the functionality for this is already there in the code to support our alphabetized folders..