/forum_topics: don't list stickies first in json/atom responses.

app/controllers/forum_topics_controller.rb

@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ class ForumTopicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def index
+    params[:search] ||= {}
+    params[:search][:order] ||= "sticky" if request.format == Mime::HTML
+
     @query = ForumTopic.active.search(params[:search])
-    @forum_topics = @query.order("is_sticky DESC, updated_at DESC").paginate(params[:page], :limit => per_page, :search_count => params[:search])
+    @forum_topics = @query.paginate(params[:page], :limit => per_page, :search_count => params[:search])
 
     respond_with(@forum_topics) do |format|
       format.html do

app/models/forum_topic.rb

@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ class ForumTopic < ActiveRecord::Base
       where("min_level <= ?", CurrentUser.level)
     end
 
+    def sticky_first
+      order(is_sticky: :desc, updated_at: :desc)
+    end
+
     def search(params)
       q = permitted
-      return q if params.blank?
 
       if params[:id].present?
         q = q.where(id: params[:id].split(",").map(&:to_i))
@@ -92,6 +95,13 @@ class ForumTopic < ActiveRecord::Base
         q = q.where("title = ?", params[:title])
       end
 
+      case params[:order]
+      when "sticky"
+        q = q.sticky_first
+      else
+        q = q.order(updated_at: :desc)
+      end
+
       q
     end
   end