Hello all,
i am new to k2. It is a must component for every site. But i just wanted to know that how can we call a different php file for a particular k2 category. for eg: i have 5 categories, 4 are coming through the default file (for k2) and for the last category, i want it to come in a different way. So, how can i customize this in a way that rest 4 categories are not affected and the last one also comes in the way i want!!!

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i want it to come in a different way.

Please be more specific in what you mean by come in.
If you are trying to have the display of a single k2 cateogry look different, consider using a k2 override, also called k2 template. Check the documentation links above for paths, and also the videos from ostraining, and you may find the answer your looking for. If not, please elaborate on what you mean by come in and also state the versions of k2 and joomla you are using

Thank you William White, for such a quick response.
i read the documentation. it is very interesting. but after reading, i have a question that how k2 will recognize that where to go, as in
-> head for /components/com_k2/templates/ OR
->/templates/YOURJOOMLATEMPLATE/html/com_k2/

Sorry if i sound very basic.

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docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides

Hi Shiv,
just to complete William answer and to be more accurate if i had well understood your question...
K2 will recognize wich template to show just because you specifie it in the category parameter. So if you build a specific template for this category (in templates/yourtemplate/html/com_k2) and choose it in category pamameters (on right column), it will print this category with this template... As simple as this :-)

Thanks Stéphan Herby..
just last question.. so the category name and the folder name in templates/yourtemplate/html/com_k2
should be same??? am i right??

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hello

I am about to reach my answer.. can any body help me in the answer??


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www.ostraining.com/courses/session/joomla-25/k2/advanced/templates?subcate_id=21

found this link.. and it really helped.. simple !!!

Thanks.