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13 years 6 months ago [\#99543](#99543) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")  Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[How to put the variants in a particular order?](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/37735-how-to-put-the-variants-in-a-particular-order?start=20#99543 "Hi Nicolas,  Is there a way to put the vaiants in a set order? I can't see any ordering boxes in the manage variant window. My problem is that I have a site where the users need to choose a date for available events.  So, for example, I have a characterstic called "Choose date" and the variants are:  2 Feb 2012 12 March 2012 1 April 2012 etc  From what I can see, I can tell the system to display the characteristics by ID or Name (Alphabetical) and the variants then inherit that setting. When I add the variants the ID is set by the system by some sort of logic but I can't change it or control the order. So, my only option is to set the display to Name. In the above example I end up with:  1 April 2012 12 March 2012 2 Feb 2012  or if I put the name of the day I get:  Monday, 12 March 2012 Sunday, 1 April 2012 Thursday, 2 Feb 2012  The ordering only seems to cater for straight numbers, 1, 2, 3 etc, like sizes.  Also, I can see in the HS demo site a field in the product setup called "Layout on product page" as seen in attached pic. Is this new to 1.5.6? How does it work? There does not appear to be anything in the help files.  Thanks!")*

It's always possible to duplicate the characteristic in that case to have a different ordering for different products by using a different characteristic.

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