i'm not sure if you can style each field since they are generated with a "while" statement in php (while there are fields in the group, it will display them) So it's not like they are hard coded somewhere.

The only solution i can think of is to create some sort of php function and a field inside the extra fields table in mysql which caries the styling. Then have php parse out the style and apply it to the actual field when it's being rendered. But that's just what i can come up with now. You can also do it with javascript but not sure how.

i found this post here  but im not understanding how to do them all? i jsut want each field to have an icon rather than text and the link within that icon.and when there is no link inserted the icon does not show.....this si the code from the other post but im not getting it! thanks for your help nick
adding this line <?php $custom = $this->item->extra_fields; ?> and then addressing extra fields for the item like <?php echo $custom[1]->value;? as long as the order of the fields is static.

Gimme a sec. I'll whip up the code for this for you. How many extra fields do you have?

8 in total

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wow thanks alot....ive been going nutz here

go here:
pastebin.com/Fr8L6Vza

rename your old item.php to something else.

paste the code from pastebin in a new item.php

tell me the results pls :)

awsome..........so now the name of the field doesnt shhow which is perfect...how can i now style each individual field with its own icon? sorry to ruin your sunday nick........thanks again!

well you need to open up dreamweaver or whatever and go to line 263. That's where the magic happens. There you can give each
tag it's own style.

ok perfect - can i take the fields out of the unordered list and just have a div defining each field?

sure

I've implemented the hacks succesfully.

 

But is there a way to show only the first 4 extra fields in category view? And then show all extra fields in the item view?

 

I have about 15 extra fields.

 

Thanks in advance!

yes. go to my pastebin post here : pastebin.com/Fr8L6Vza

 

and copy from line 254 to 272 and replace your original extra fields section with that one. then remove lines 265 to 268. That's a very quick fix to your problem. I am not on my computer right now so i can't write out a prettier code. this should fix the problem. You have to put the code in item_list.php i think.

I've implemented this fix, but nothing happens (all my extra fields are now gone!) I've put this hack in the category_item.php.

 

 

I've found it!

 

I've changed the code in category_item.php to:

 

<?php if($this->item->params->get('catItemExtraFields') && count($this->item->extra_fields)): ?>         <!-- Item extra fields -->        <div class="itemExtraFields">            <h3><?php echo JText::_('Additional Info'); ?></h3>            <ul>                <?php $exfields = $this->item->extra_fields; ?> <!--This part puts the extra fields in a variable-->                <li>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsLabel"><?php if($exfields[1]->value) echo $exfields[1]->name;?></span>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsValue"><?php if($exfields[1]->value) echo $exfields[1]->value;?></span>                </li>                <li>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsLabel"><?php if($exfields[2]->value) echo $exfields[2]->name;?></span>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsValue"><?php if($exfields[2]->value) echo $exfields[2]->value;?></span>                </li>                            <li>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsLabel"><?php if($exfields[3]->value) echo $exfields[3]->name;?></span>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsValue"><?php if($exfields[3]->value) echo $exfields[3]->value;?></span>                </li>                <li>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsLabel"><?php if($exfields[4]->value) echo $exfields[4]->name;?></span>                    <span class="itemExtraFieldsValue"><?php if($exfields[4]->value) echo $exfields[4]->value;?></span>                </li>            </ul>            <div class="clr"></div>        </div>        <?php endif; ?>

 

I know this is old but for anyone searching these forums, you can find a tutorial on hiding extra empty fields at: toxzen.co.za/webdevoloper/item/34-hide-empty-k2-extra-fields-in-joomla

It's literally 2 lines of code you can add.