OJS issue, articles can't be reordered

[dung]

Description of issue or problem I’m having:

In this case, users have noticed that they are unable to switch the order around in the upcoming issue that will be published soon.

Steps I took leading up to the issue:

go to this url https:// → journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/manageIssues

ex:

So below link in will take you to the section I am trying to change

https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/manageIssues

I am logged in as admin user which is a username with journal manager privileges

Then click the blue link under “future Issues” that says Vol. 74 No. 4

The window that opens - “table of contents” is where you want to be

On the right hand side there is a button that says “order”

Click that and then you will see up/down arrows beside all of the sections

“book review” section should be just after the “notes” section

Once you move that up, at the bottom of the pop-up window click the “done” button

This is when the section I’ve just moved jumps back to just under “letters to the Editor” .

What I tried to resolve the issue:

Read and followed this post

try turning on and off config param: enable_minified = On/Off

Application Version - e.g., OJS 3.1.2:

just upgraded from ojs-3.2.1-4 to ojs-3.3.0-8

Additional information, such as screenshots and error log messages if applicable:

You will see javascript warning in this attachment.

Thank you for any help!

Dung.

[abadan]

Hi @dung

If the sections must be in this order in all issues, try this path:

Settings > Journal > Sections > Order

Reorder as desired and click Done.

Does it solve?

[dung]

Hello @abadan ,

Thank you so much for getting back to us. Your procedure works but that was not the problem we encountered as described.

Please see this attachment.

Can you still help us with the original question?

Best,

Dung.

[dung]

Also with your method I found DOM error below:

[abadan]

Too bad it didn’t. We have some cases where reordering the sections in the place I indicated solves them within the issues.

In this case, I suggest analyzing the old posts on this forum on this subject, being a little frequent. Probably the solution will now depend on editing the database, after an additional backup.

An example approach:

[OJS 3.1.2.4] Reordering of articles and sections isn't working

Colleagues, We encountered the same bug in the modification of the order of sections inside an already published issue. One of our journal editor created a new section and added it in an already published issue as a replacement of another section, it appeared that this new section came at the bottom of the Table of Content of the issue. Modifying the order was not possible. We noticed in the “custom_section_orders” table that a new entry was not created as expected, preventing the reordering.…

[dung]

Thankyou @abadan for sure I will try that and report back the result.

Best,

Dung.

[dung]

Hello @abadan , it is good news that the link you gave helped me resolved my issue

And I have also contributed some notes to fit new version 3.3.0-8 as pasted below:

Thank you so much @abadan for the pointer!

Best,

Dung.

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[OJS 3.1.2.4] Reordering of articles and sections isn't working

Hello all, @asmecher, @NateWr, @ctgraham I’m having the same problem as in post https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/section-order-in-issue/50426 Reordering sections was done in the database, so they are displayed in the sections list correctly. However, the sections are misplaced in the table of contents, and the Ordering within section configuration and Table of Contents isn’t working within the editors interface (I have multiple roles within multiple journals!). OJS 3.1.2.4 is in use. Checking the…

Thank you @claivaz !

I followed your instruction and it was a bit hard to identify the “section_id”, “issue_id” but I figured it out as shown in attached screenshot. It works!

Much appreciate your sharing.

Best regards,

Dung.