Trying to add post sort/order abilities to category.php

I am trying to add sorting function in the category template.

I have come up with 2 diffrent things that I am pretty certain should work. But yet they dont..

here is my first attempt:

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<a href="http://mylocalhost/mysite/?orderby=date&order=asc" class="btn">A - Z</a>
      <a href="http://mylocalhost/mysite/?orderby=date&order=dsc" class="btn">Z - A</a>
      <a href="http://mylocalhost/mysite/games/league-of-legends/" class="btn">New</a>
      <a href="http://mylocalhost/mysite/games/league-of-legends/" class="btn">Old</a>
      <a href="http://mylocalhost/mysite/games/league-of-legends/" class="btn">Popular</a>


here is my second attempt:

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      <div class="sort">
   Sort by 
     <select onclick="if (this.value) { document.location = this.value; }"> 
        <option value="" selected="selected">Latest first</option> 
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=date">Oldest first</option> 
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=title">Titles A-Z</option> 
     </select>
</div>


What could the problem be?

Hi,

did you tried to use in the select element the onchange event instead of the onclick?

That worked perfect!

Here is the code if anyone use it:

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<div class="sort">
   Sort by:
     <select onchange="if (this.value) { document.location = this.value; }"> 
        <option value="" selected="selected">Latest first</option> 
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=date&order=dsc">Oldest first</option> 
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=title&order=asc">Titles A-Z</option>
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=title&order=dsc">Titles Z-A</option>
        <option value="<?php echo $short_page_url; ?>?orderby=comment_count&order=asc">Most Commented</option>
     </select>
</div>