[nfc5382]

i did some research and was able to hardcode my sort by changing one line in func_search_products in include/func.php

change the following

function func_search_products($query, $membership,$first=0,$count_all=-1,$get_all=0, $orderby="orderby") {

to

function func_search_products($query, $membership,$first=0,$count_all=-1,$get_all=0, $orderby="product") {

replace "product" with whatever field you want to sort by.