CMS Collections get messy, I wish Webflow would allow you to combine two or more collection lists into one.
Thankfully Finsweet allows you to do things you can’t do on Webflow’s platform. In this case, I’m using two Attributes features to combine three collections lists into one, and sorting those lists by date.
Combine and Sort.
This is the test I’m running. When you click “Sort by date” you’ll see the items do just that. The issue I’m having is with the year. Meetup-4 is in the year 2024. It should be last, so it seems the sorting is ignoring the year.
It may be totally unrelated but Finnsweet has a list of accepted date formats in their documentation. You can try to change it (maybe add it as a hidden field and sort by it) and play with it a little.
Did you managed to resolve this? I’m experiencing the same issue Live site - read only link.
As an addition I don’t really want to have the button to sort these I’d prefer they were sorted newest to oldest, on page load but unsure how to do this.
No, it hasn’t been resolved. I tweeted @ Finsweet a few times, and they finally replied, suggesting my setup was wrong. They asked for a public link, which I posted and never heard back.
There are many reasons to use these features, but a bug like this significantly impacts my workflow. I’ve spent hours planning my project, running tests, and investing time using their product. There isn’t anywhere to report bugs on their Finsweet’s website. I guess I would caution anyone who invests time in Finsweet Attributes.
Sorry, you’re struggling with this too, but I’m glad I’m not alone.
Sorry this doesn’t help, but I’m having the same issue as well. Doesn’t matter what I do, I simply can’t get the two Collection Lists to sort. They simply stack, one after the other.
If you’re sorting by date you’ll need to use the format yyyy-mm-dd. Just do this by having two instances of the date on your item, one with the format you prefer visible, and a hidden instance with the yyyy-mm-dd format.
