public function setArticleRank()
{
$article_id = intval($this->request->postVar('id'));
$old_rank = intval($this->request->postVar('old_rank'));
$new_rank = intval($this->request->postVar('new_rank'));
$type = $this->request->postVar('type');
$target = $this->request->postVar('target');
$is_new = $this->request->postVar('is_new');
if ($is_new == 1) {
// new item coming in, add and reorder
$this->news_manager->moveNewsArticle($article_id, $new_rank, $target);
$this->news_manager->sortNewsArticles($article_id, $new_rank, $old_rank, true, false, $target);
} elseif ($type == $target) {
//sorting within section, reorder
$this->news_manager->sortNewsArticles($article_id, $new_rank, $old_rank, false, false, $type);
$this->news_manager->moveNewsArticle($article_id, $new_rank, $target);
} else {
//item removed, reorder
$this->news_manager->sortNewsArticles($article_id, $new_rank, $old_rank, false, true, $type);
}
}
