DRUPAL: ordering the content in the back-end without using Views

I would like to order alphabetically the content in my Drupal back-end

Is there any simpler method than using Views module or hacking the code for doing it ?

I don't need an ordering selector, 开发者_如何学Cjust to statically order the nodes differently.

thanks

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Doing this is very simple with Views.

1. Install Views module.
2. Go to /admin/build/views/list.
3. Click "enable" next to whatever default node list you want to override (probably "admin_content").
4. Find the "Sort criteria" section of the edit page:
   • Remove "Node: updated date".
   • Click the add button, choose "Node: title", "ascending".
5. Save, and you're done!

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1. View is the simplest/easiest solution.
2. An alternative solution would be to use a jQuery plugin and do sorting via js, but that would only work for the items on the page and not globally.
3. You could also create your own display using hook_menu in a custom module.
4. Yet another solution would be to rewrite the SQL of node_admin_nodes function to implement a sorting that way, or use hook_form_alter and create your own implementation of node_admin_nodes. But that would be the most time consuming and complex route to take that I don't want to describe how you would do it in details and I would definitely adwise strongly against it. But it's a possibility if you really don't want to use views…

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The core content view 'Edit' is annoyingly unconfigurable. You will need Views.