a simple question. In magento, when going to System / Configuration there are some main tabs in left navigation. General, Catalog, Customer, Sales, Advanced, etc.
I wonder what xml set the order for those? I would love to have Advanced somewhere on top.
Looking at the Mage/Core/etc/system.xml file, I see this near the top:
<config>
<tabs>
<general translate="label" module="core">
<label>General</label>
<sort_order>100</sort_order>
</general>
<service translate="label" module="core">
<label>Services</label>
<sort_order>99999</sort_order>
</service>
<advanced translate="label" module="core">
<label>Advanced</label>
<sort_order>999999</sort_order>
</advanced>
</tabs>
...
</config>
I'm guessing (but haven't verified) that changing the sort_order parameter in this file will change that order for you.
Hope that helps!
Thanks, Joe