How do I alter the announcements list so that it shows the most current news event at the top?

I have the announcent list module on my home page and it shows 25 news/announcements however you can only see a few on the home page without scrolling down. I would like it to display those events that are coming up soon (and then when the date has passed, remove them) rather than events that are six months away.
How do I do this please?
Regards
Kate

Hi Kate, depends on the setup. You mentioned scrolling so I guess your using one of those old BC templates?
By default announcements will run in date order so the new ones are at the top. There are options in the module to set it datereverse and by alphabetical.
{module_announcement}  
{module_announcement,filter,id,noTemplate,effect,targetFrame,reserved,reserved,reserved,reserved,sort} 
After adding the announcement module to a web page, you can make changes to it to slightly alter its behavior. Normally the module would look like:
{module_announcement,filter,id,noTemplate,effect,targetFrame,reserved,reserved,reserved,reserved,sort}
Parameters
filter - filtering criteria for display and can be one of the following:
i - individual item
a - all items
c - all items in some category
cl - latest items in some category
l - latest items
r - random item
id – system generated (do not change)
noTemplate – if you want to force the item not to use a site-level template when displayed pass in true, otherwise leave empty
effect – Enter ajax if you want to take advantage of the latest web technologies for a better customer experience
targetFrame – the frame in which to open the item in
reserved - for use in a future release
sort - if you leave this parameter blank, by default announcements are sorted from the latest to the oldest where the latest is displayed first
alphabetical - sorts announcements alphabetically
datereverse - sorts announcements in the reverse order, that is from the oldest to the latest
Examples of use
{module_announcement,a,,,,_parent} - displays all announcements and open them in parent frame
{module_announcement,l,5} - displays the latest five announcements.
{module_announcement,r,,true,ajax,_blank,,,,,datereverse} - opens a random item in a new window and doesn't apply the template. It uses the Ajax effect, where the detail content opens right underneath the announcement name and all the announcements are displayed from the oldest to the latest
{module_announcement,cl,34392,,ajax,,,,,5} - displays the five latest announcements in category 34392
Check to see what the module has been set as

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