Magento 1.9.2.4 Category Sorting – Cannot Sort by Position

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for ->Sorting by rating

Copy the file

app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php to

app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php

in list.php find for this line

$this->_productCollection =$layer->getProductCollection();

which will be in around line no 86 add the following code after that

$this->_productCollection->joinField('rating_summary', 'review_entity_summary', 'rating_summary', 'entity_pk_value=entity_id', array('entity_type'=>1, 'store_id'=> Mage::app()->getStore()->getId()), 'left')

now copy

app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Config.php to

app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Model/Config.php

in config.php find for this code

$options = array(
    'position'  => Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Position')
);

replace with

$options = array(
    'position'  => Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Position'),
    'rating_summary' => Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Rating')
);

-->>for BESTSELLER

follow this procedure create a folder naming Inchoo and inside that folder place Catalog and inside catalog create 3 folders Block,etc and Model In Block add Product in Product add List and in List create a file and name it as Toolbar.php and ad this code into it

<?php
class Inchoo_Catalog_Block_Product_List_Toolbar extends Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List_Toolbar
{
    public function setCollection($collection)
    {
        parent::setCollection($collection);

        if ($this->getCurrentOrder()) {
            if($this->getCurrentOrder() == 'qty_ordered') {
                $this->getCollection()->getSelect()
                     ->joinLeft(
                            array('sfoi' => $collection->getResource()->getTable('sales/order_item')),
                             'e.entity_id = sfoi.product_id',
                             array('qty_ordered' => 'SUM(sfoi.qty_ordered)')
                         )
                     ->group('e.entity_id')
                     ->order('qty_ordered ' . $this->getCurrentDirection());
            } else {
                $this->getCollection()
                     ->setOrder($this->getCurrentOrder(), $this->getCurrentDirection())->getSelect();
            }
        }

        return $this;
    }
}

now in etc folder create a file with name config.xml and add this code

<config>
    <modules>
        <Inchoo_Catalog>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Inchoo_Catalog>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <catalog>
                <rewrite>
                    <product_list_toolbar>Inchoo_Catalog_Block_Product_List_Toolbar</product_list_toolbar>
                </rewrite>
            </catalog>
        </blocks>
        <models>
            <catalog>
                <rewrite>
                    <config>Inchoo_Catalog_Model_Config</config>
                </rewrite>
            </catalog>
            <catalog_resource>
                <rewrite>
                    <product_collection>Inchoo_Catalog_Model_Resource_Product_Collection</product_collection>
                </rewrite>
            </catalog_resource>
        </models>
    </global>
</config>

Now in Model create a file naming Config.php and add this code.

<?php class Inchoo_Catalog_Model_Config extends Mage_Catalog_Model_Config
{
    public function getAttributeUsedForSortByArray()
    {
        return array_merge(
            parent::getAttributeUsedForSortByArray(),
            array('qty_ordered' => Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Sold quantity'))
        );
    }
}

also create Resource folder in Model and in Resource folder create Product folder and create a file naming Collection.php and add following code.

<?php
class Inchoo_Catalog_Model_Resource_Product_Collection extends Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Product_Collection
{
    protected function _getSelectCountSql($select = null, $resetLeftJoins = true)
    {
       $this->_renderFilters();
       $countSelect = (is_null($select)) ?
           $this->_getClearSelect() :
           $this->_buildClearSelect($select);

       if(count($countSelect->getPart(Zend_Db_Select::GROUP)) > 0) {
           $countSelect->reset(Zend_Db_Select::GROUP);
       }

       $countSelect->columns('COUNT(DISTINCT e.entity_id)');
       if ($resetLeftJoins) {
           $countSelect->resetJoinLeft();
       }
       return $countSelect;
    }
}

Now finally activate this module by going to app/etc/modules create a file Inchoo_Catalog.xml add this code.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
 * Magento
 *
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 *
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 * that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE_AFL.txt.
 * It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
 * http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php
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 * obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send an email
 * to license@magentocommerce.com so we can send you a copy immediately.
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 * DISCLAIMER
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 * Do not edit or add to this file if you wish to upgrade Magento to newer
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 *
 * @category    Mage
 * @package     Mage_Connect
 * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2014 Magento Inc. (http://www.magentocommerce.com)
 * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php  Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
 */
-->
<config>
    <modules>
        <Inchoo_Catalog>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>community</codePool>
            <depends />
        </Inchoo_Catalog>
    </modules>
</config>

and for SALE I suggest you this extension as I cannot find any programmatic way to achieve this.

I think you could either do it for each category or you could do it here as seen in the screenshot below

UPDATE Otherwise try this

In the toolbar block there is a method called disableParamsMemorizing. This should disable the storing of parameters in session. Try to add this in the toolbar block.

<action method="disableParamsMemorizing" />

or you can override the Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List class and make the getToolbarBlock method look like this:

public function getToolbarBlock()
{
    if ($blockName = $this->getToolbarBlockName()) {
        if ($block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock($blockName)) {
            $block->disableParamsMemorizing();
            return $block;
        }
    }
    $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock($this->_defaultToolbarBlock, microtime());
    $block->disableParamsMemorizing();
    return $block;
}