Thanks again Basara for the reply.  I *think* I found the section storefront/model/catalog/product.php
As I suspected, the products are being sorted by date_available (line 773) so that's why the clones are going to the end of the page and the new entries to the top. Haven't figured out what the SQL is to change date_available to product_descriptions.name with all the joins going on, so if anybody knows, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks again!

Hi.
Changing the sort order in System -> Settings -> General -> Sort Products as default by:
Unfortunately, has no effect on the Featured Product page which is where all our products are shown (all the drop downs don't change a thing).
Anybody know what needs to be changed to get the Featured Product page to sort A-Z for example?

Thanks!

Something like Contact 7 “Additional Headers” perhaps?

Thanks Lee, I did check out the notification biz first and found that the problem with the alert approach is every email bounces on the no-reply@example.com, right? This would not be a problem using BCC or CC. Don't know why AbanteCart doesn't have BCC and CC since they're about as standard as email headers go and have been around forever. I can only conclude the absence as simply an oversight by the developers.  Hopefully it'll be corrected in future versions.

How do you add a BCC address to the customer email send? Anybody know? Thanks!

Got it!
[guest_step_1.tpl]

<h1 class="heading1">
  <span class="maintext"><?php echo $heading_title; ?></span>
  <span class="subtext"></span>
</h1>

<?php if ($success) { ?>
<div class="alert alert-success">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button>
<?php echo $success; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

<?php if ($error_warning) { ?>
<div class="alert alert-error alert-danger">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button>
<?php echo $error_warning; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

<div class="contentpanel">
   <?php echo $form['form_open']; ?>

   <h4 class="heading4"><?php echo $text_your_details; ?></h4>
   <div class="registerbox form-horizontal">
      <fieldset>
               <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4">First Name:</label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <input type="text" name="firstname" id="guestFrm_firstname" value="" placeholder="" class="form-control "   />
<span class="input-group-addon"><span class="required">*</span></span>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"></span>
         </div>      
               <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4">Last Name:</label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <input type="text" name="lastname" id="guestFrm_lastname" value="" placeholder="" class="form-control "   />
<span class="input-group-addon"><span class="required">*</span></span>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"></span>
         </div>      
               <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4">E-Mail:</label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <input type="text" name="email" id="guestFrm_email" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" value="" placeholder="" class="form-control "   />
<span class="input-group-addon"><span class="required">*</span></span>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"></span>
         </div>
         <div class="hide">      
         <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4">State</label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <input type="text" name="zone_id" id="guestFrm_zone_id" value="3624" placeholder="" class="form-control "   />
<span class="input-group-addon"><span class="required">*</span></span>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"></span>
         </div>      
         <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4">Country</label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <input type="text" name="country_id" id="guestFrm_country_id" value="223" placeholder="" class="form-control "   />
<span class="input-group-addon"><span class="required">*</span></span>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"></span>
         </div>
         </div>      
            </fieldset>
   </div>   
<div class="hide">
   <h4 class="heading4"><?php echo $text_your_address; ?></h4>
   <div class="registerbox form-horizontal">
      <fieldset>
      <?php
         $field_list = array('company' => 'company',
                        'address_1' => 'address_1',
                        'address_2' => 'address_2',
                        'city' => 'city',
                        'zone' => 'zone_id',
                        'postcode' => 'postcode',
                        'country' => 'country_id',
                        );
         
         foreach ($form['fields']['address'] as $field_name=>$field) {?>
         <div class="form-group <?php if (${'error_'.$field_name}) echo 'has-error'; ?>">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4"><?php echo ${'entry_'.$field_name}; ?></label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <?php echo $field; ?>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"><?php echo ${'error_'.$field_name}; ?></span>
         </div>      
      <?php }
         echo $this->getHookVar('address_entry_section'); ?>

         <div class="form-group">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4"></label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
                <?php echo $form['shipping_indicator']; ?>
            </div>
         </div>      
      </fieldset>
   </div>
         
   <!-- start shipping address -->
   <div id="shipping_details" style="<?php echo ($shipping_addr) ? 'display:block;' : 'display:none;' ?>">
   <h4 class="heading4"><?php echo $text_shipping_address; ?></h4>
      <div class="registerbox form-horizontal">
      <fieldset>
      <?php
         $field_list = array('firstname' => 'shipping_firstname',
                        'lastname' => 'shipping_lastname',
                        'company' => 'shipping_company',
                        'address_1' => 'shipping_address_1',
                        'address_2' => 'shipping_address_2',
                        'city' => 'shipping_city',
                        'zone' => 'shipping_zone',
                        'postcode' => 'shipping_postcode',
                        'country' => 'shipping_country',
                        );
         
         foreach ($form['fields']['shipping'] as $field_name=>$field) {
      ?>
         <div class="form-group <?php if (${'error_'.$field_id}) echo 'has-error'; ?>">
            <label class="control-label col-md-4"><?php echo ${'entry_'.$field_name}; ?></label>
            <div class="input-group col-md-6">
               <?php
                     echo $field;
                  ?>
            </div>
            <span class="help-block"><?php echo ${'error_'.$field_id}; ?></span>
         </div>      
      <?php
         }
      ?>   
      </fieldset>
      </div>     
   </div>
   <!-- end shipping address -->     
      </div>
   <div class="form-group">
       <div class="col-md-12 mt20">
          <button class="btn btn-orange pull-right lock-on-click" title="<?php echo $form['continue']->name ?>" type="submit">
              <i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>
              <?php echo $form['continue']->name ?>
          </button>
          <a href="<?php echo $back; ?>" class="btn btn-default mr10" title="<?php echo $form['back']->text ?>">
              <i class="fa fa-arrow-left"></i>
              <?php echo $form['back']->text ?>
          </a>
       </div>
   </div>
   </form>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">

$('#guestFrm_shipping_indicator').change( function(){
   (this.checked) ? $('#shipping_details').show() : $('#shipping_details').hide();
});
<?php $cz_url = $this->html->getURL('common/zone', '&zone_id='. $zone_id); ?>
$('#guestFrm_country_id').change(function() {
    $('select[name=\'zone_id\']').load('<?php echo $cz_url;?>&country_id=' + $(this).val());
});
$('select[name=\'zone_id\']').load('<?php echo $cz_url;?>&country_id='+$('#guestFrm_country_id').val());

<?php $cz_url = $this->html->getURL('common/zone', '&zone_id='. $shipping_zone_id); ?>
$('#guestFrm_shipping_country_id').change(function() {
   $('select[name=\'shipping_zone_id\']').load('<?php echo $cz_url;?>&country_id=' + $(this).val());
});
$('select[name=\'shipping_zone_id\']').load('<?php echo $cz_url;?>&country_id='+$('#guestFrm_shipping_country_id').val());

</script>

Not sure I'm even editing the right page anymore... I *thought* it was guest_step_1.tpl, but no matter what I do it still shows all the shipping fields - even after I delete them!
What file is index.php?rt=checkout/guest_step_1 calling from??

Thanks! I just figured out where the problem is - it's the drop down choose State.  If I don't choose California, then tax doesn't carry through.  Would prefer to have California selected by default (just like United States is for the Country field).  Do you know what file the states are coming from or how to hard code that in guest_step_1.tpl [storefront/view/default/template/pages/checkout]
Thanks again for all your help with this!