When a user enters a new K2 item from the frontend, sometimes it does not show up in the user's "Latest From"
I have tried entering a duplicate of the item as administrator and then reassigning the item to the user's name and this works only occasionally. This is a relatively new problem. I have K2 2.6.9 and Joomla 3.3. The website is ieterna.org and K2 has been the perfect tool to design this nonprofit site!

What about the cache configuration?

Look into your plugins. It's often recommended to deactivate plugins to see if they are causing the targeted issue.

On another note: your website is very nice - you should consider submitting to be featured in the K2 Showcase section - getk2.org/showcase

Thank you Joseph, for your quick response!

I deactivated plugins but the problem remained.

However, with some experimenting, I found that if the user enters their own "Author alias" then "Latest from..." gets turned OFF.

When I removed the author alias, "Latest from..." was turned ON and the user's published items showed up. This was repeatable.

I can intercept this error now that I understand it, but how could it be fixed permanently?

Also, thank you for your kind words about our nonprofit foundation website! I will submit it to the K2 showcase.

Regards,
John

Hello John,

I do not know how to permanently fix this issues, perhaps Mohamed could assist you. As he is a Joomla K2 programmer (www.joomreem.com)

On another note, you should consider using a Joomla optimization script to reduce the number of HTTP requests and minify your JavaScript and CSS.

I would recommend the following two extensions:

www.yireo.com/software/joomla-extensions/scriptmerge
www.jch-optimize.net/downloads.html

Take Care,

Joe

Make sure that this is not a caching issue.
Clear your site's AND your browser's cache and re-visit that page.

Dear Pathfinder,
Have you determined a solution to the issue of Latest From Author not updating. We have a much simpler site. Doesn't seem that the 'author alias' issue is our issue...
Thanks,
brotherdon
ps Very nice site.

Hello Donald,

I have not found any other way to correct this problem, other than deleting the Author alias. I don't have the programming background to go exploring any deeper. It is a very recent problem, so maybe it could be tracked down by looking at differences to the previous K2/Joomla release combination?

John

Many thanks John, I'll keep searching. Peace, donald

When you enable the alias, the item is assigned to an alias not to the actual user.

The alias field is used to assign an item to a user that is not registered to the site nor does he belong to any K2 user groups.

To keep my answer short items that have an alias setup will not show up to the author's page since they 'belong' to another user.