Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-44043-20121213041002/@comment-3508190-20121214045737

The sorting is not the problem. The problem is that the script would have to make one or more API requests to fetch all the category members. The script that I wrote for you only sorts. It does not collect any off-page data. That's why it's fast.

If I were to add that, the script would still be reasonably fast, but you would start to notice it. You would be able to see the page change while it loads. It wouldn't be dramatic, but noticeable. The main stress would be on the server side however. That's why I said staff might be interested in helping you avoid such dirty hacks.

In case they do tell you this is impossible, you might want to ask them what they're opinion on circumventing that limitation with JavaScript is...

EDIT: I should add that I'm not familiar with the DPL extension. If the DPL extension offers an easy solution, go for it :)