I had to add code in toolbar.php because the “available order array” was not there. I was looking to add “rating summary” to the array.

This is from several other posters, not my code, perhaps is more clear in my summary (hopefully helpful to someone )as this was in pieces in several posts over different forums. Thanks to posters!
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Toolbar.php
Line 233
public function setCollection($collection)
{
parent::setCollection($collection);
if ($this->getCurrentOrder()) {
—————
// Begin new Code
$this->getCollection()->joinField(‘rating’,
‘review/review_aggregate’,
‘rating_summary’,
‘entity_pk_value=entity_id’,
‘{{table}}.store_id=1′,
‘left’);
// End new Code
—————–
$this->getCollection()->setOrder($this->getCurrentOrder(), $this->getCurrentDirection());
}
return $this;
}
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Line 422 ( after adding lines at 233)

public function getAvailableOrders()
{
// Add rating to “Sort by”
$_availableOrder = $this->_availableOrder;
$_availableOrder['rating'] = ‘Rating’;
return $_availableOrder;

$this->_availableOrder = array(
‘entity_id’ => Mage::helper(’catalog’)->__(’Newest’),
‘name’ => Mage::helper(’catalog’)->__(’Name’),
‘price’ => Mage::helper(’catalog’)->__(’Price’),
‘rating_summary’ => Mage::helper(’catalog’)->__(’Rating’)
);

return $this->_availableOrder;
}
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This works but displays:

Position
Name
Price
Rating

I was expecting it to display

Newest
Name
Price
Rating

I do not think Position is equal to Newest?
And I changed line 119 to
protected $_direction = ‘desc’;
but does not seem to have any effect.

I am wanting to display
Reviews: descending
Newest: descending
Price: ascending

and not show Position.
Thanks for any help or pointers.
Bryan.

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