Index: trunk/kernel/parser.php
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diff -u -N -r1041 -r1063
--- trunk/kernel/parser.php	(.../parser.php)	(revision 1041)
+++ trunk/kernel/parser.php	(.../parser.php)	(revision 1063)
@@ -1634,14 +1634,20 @@
     }
     else
         $acl_where = "(FIND_IN_SET(0,acl))";
+        
+    $order_by = "EdPick DESC,Relevance DESC";
+    
+    if ($objSession->GetVariable("Category_Sortfield") != "") {
+    	$order_by = $objSession->GetVariable("Category_Sortfield")." ".$objSession->GetVariable("Category_Sortorder");
+    }
 
     $CAT_VIEW = $objPermissions->GetPermId("CATEGORY.VIEW");
     $ctable = $objCatList->SourceTable;
     $stable = $objSession->GetSearchTable(); // $objSearchCats->SourceTable;
     $ptable = GetTablePrefix()."PermCache";
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM $stable INNER JOIN $ctable ON ($stable.ItemId=$ctable.CategoryId) ";
     $sql .= "INNER JOIN $ptable ON ($ctable.CategoryId=$ptable.CategoryId) ";
-    $sql .="WHERE ItemType=1 AND Status=1 AND $acl_where AND PermId=$CAT_VIEW ORDER BY EdPick DESC,Relevance DESC ";
+    $sql .="WHERE ItemType=1 AND Status=1 AND $acl_where AND PermId=$CAT_VIEW ORDER BY $order_by ";
     $objSearchCats->Page = $m_var_list["p"];
     if($objSearchCats->Page<1)
         $objSearchCats->Page=1;