User talk:Maiden taiwan

Hello Mr. Barrett. I read your whole book and I commend you for your clarity. I am interested in the question you posted on the DPL:FAQ page:
Sorting by the value of a template parameter?
Can DPL order its results based on the value of a template parameter? For example, suppose we have Template:Book: This book is {{{title}}} written by {{{author}}}. Can DPL produce a list of all articles that use this template, sorted by author? --Maiden taiwan 20:36, 9 August 2008 (CEST)

Have you found an answer for this? Perhaps it is simply not possible yet?

I posted this question, which I think is really the same as yours:

Another sorting question: this time by value of phantom template
I want to have a DPL output that is ordered by the value of what is pulled in from a template with the include= syntax. In a set of articles included in one category I have placed a phantom template with meta data information in it. I want to pull that information out and then order the list by that information. For instance:

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.2.1: Warning: Skipping bad option 'dissertations include={Dissertation info}:date format=,# %PAGE%: ,\n,' for parameter 'category'.

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.2.1: Error: No selection criteria found! You must use at least one of the following parameters: category, namespace, titlematch, linksto, uses, createdby, modifiedby, lastmodifiedby, or their 'not' variants

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.2.1: Warning: No results.

This produces a list with the date after each page name, but I want the list given in order by that date. Is this possible? If so, how? Marcusperman 00:12, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much for any help you have the time to give.

Cheers,

Marcusperman 17:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)