We have multiple news outlets on campus that ended up being created in different structures. When we wanted to syndicate these news sources onto one page, we needed a way to present them in a co-mingled list listed newest first. But how could we do that with 3 different structures? The key to making this work is having the publication date field in each of the 3 structures named the same. I suppose there's a way around this but fortunately I didn't need to give that much thought. The other key is using the velocity org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SortTool@1eae8343 tool on your foreach statement. This is what does the actual sort once you've got all your data in one list. More info on org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SortTool@1eae8343: https://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/javadoc/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/SortTool.html
## First, set your lists
#set($newsList = $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:CcNewsStories ..."))
#set($sparkList = $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:CcSparkContents ... "))
#set($vergeList = $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:CcVergeFeatureStory ..."))
## Now combine them into one list
#set($combined = [])
#foreach($n in $newsList)
#set($test = $combined.add($n))
#end
#foreach($s in $sparkList)
#set($test = $combined.add($s))
#end
#foreach($v in $vergeList)
#set($test = $combined.add($v))
#end
#if($combined.size() > 0)
<ul>
## Here's the key: use the $sorter tool on your foreach statement
#foreach($c in $sorter.sort($combined,"publishDate:desc"))
<li>
<!--Display your story -->
</li>
#end
</ul>
#end