How to Sort New Products at Home by Product Name

Question

how to sort New Products at Home by Product Name ?

because I see to put it through CMS page in the Admin:

Admin - CMS Pages - home - Content :

{{widget type="catalog/product_widget_new" display_type="new_products" products_count="4" column_count="4" template="catalog/product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml"}}

Answer 1

Take class Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Widget_New in local folder or extend it with your own

Find the below function

protected function _getProductCollection()
    {
        switch ($this->getDisplayType()) {
            case self::DISPLAY_TYPE_NEW_PRODUCTS:
                $collection = parent::_getProductCollection();
                break;
            default:
                $collection = $this->_getRecentlyAddedProductsCollection();
                break;
        }

        return $collection;
    }

and replace with this

protected function _getProductCollection()
    {
        switch ($this->getDisplayType()) {
            case self::DISPLAY_TYPE_NEW_PRODUCTS:
                $collection = parent::_getProductCollection();
                break;
            default:
                $collection = $this->_getRecentlyAddedProductsCollection();
                break;
        }
        $collection->addAttributeToSort('name');
        return $collection;
    }

Answer 2

Please update bellow function from:

protected function _getProductCollection()
    {
        switch ($this->getDisplayType()) {
            case self::DISPLAY_TYPE_NEW_PRODUCTS:
                $collection = parent::_getProductCollection();
                break;
            default:
                $collection = $this->_getRecentlyAddedProductsCollection();
                break;
        }
        return $collection;
    }

To

protected function _getProductCollection()
{
    switch ($this->getDisplayType()) {
        case self::DISPLAY_TYPE_NEW_PRODUCTS:
            $collection = parent::_getProductCollection();
           $collection->addAttributeToSort('name', 'ASC');
            //or $collection->addAttributeToSort('name', 'desc'); 
            break;
        default:
            $collection = $this->_getRecentlyAddedProductsCollection();
            break;
    }
    return $collection;