Hello,

I have a guitar teacher website using K2. Each teacher has a K2 Item with Tags corresponding to what they teach (jazz, classical, acoustic etc.) Each teacher can teach more than one style.

I was using these tags to have the K2 Item (teacher profiles) return in a Tag View when a user click on a link for jazz, classical, acoustic, thus returning the profile of the teacher if the tags match.

However, I would like a view that has just as much options as the Category_View.php. I use a custom template for category view item with K2 Extra Fields. I would like the same view in the tag view.

This seems tedious so I thought of asking:

1. if a Multi category Extension would be a good pick for my scenario?
a. if this is a bad idea for SEO?
b. any possible duplicated links issues?
c. possible problems?

Thank you
Regards

Link for category view. Style in the image scroller in mainbody top position (jazz, classical, acoustic, etc)
www.quebecguitare.ca/professeurs

1. if a Multi category Extension would be a good pick for my scenario?
a. if this is a bad idea for SEO?
b. any possible duplicated links issues?

These are questions that should be addressed to the extension's developer.

I have also seen that you are using a canonical link plugin. If that plugin provides a proper canonical link then I do not think you will have an issue with double content.

Furthermore you can adapt your tag layout to look the same as the category layout.

Hello qguitare,

If you decide to use Multiple Categories as a solution, I would recommend the following extension:
extensions.joomla.org/profile/extension/extension-specific/k2-extensions/additional-categories-for-k2

It works well, but best of all, it does not create duplicate content. It merely shows the item in each additional category. When the item is clicked, you are then taken to the item (in the primary category). This way there is never an issue with duplicate content because each full item is only viewable from it's primary category.

So for example, if you categorized "item-1" in "category-1" but then additionally placed it in "category-2" and "category-3", the item would be visible from all three categories, but when click whether from the category-1, category-2 or category-3 list view the item will resolve as /category-1/item-1

I hope this helps,

Joe Campbell

Thank you for your input Joe! I will probably go for that extensions, the reviews seems quite positive.

Best Regards