Hi, When k2 v3 will be available? had to be available by the end of April and now we are in May and still do not know anything, we are many users waiting for news about! k2 v3 Has Been Canceled? Give us the news so we can decide Whether to wait k2 v3 or we still have to work with k2 v2 for new sites.

please support to answer the question, k2 v3 when it will be available?

Up front, I really like K2 and enjoy using it. I think it is a great tool and plan to keep using it. I want them to be successful with the v3 launch and that is partly why I am writing this.

On the other hand JoomlaWorks seems to be one of the worst companies about effectively communicating anything. We have been waiting for v3 forever. We begged for any form of update and they never gave us one. Then out of the blue they announce we will have a beta on v3 right around the corner and give us a date. They are obviously missing that date significantly and once again they decide to keep us in the dark.

I don't expect every detail on what is going wrong and I would be extremely accepting of the schedule slipping. What I can't stand is this attitude they have about keeping their loyal customers in the dark. It make me lose faith in them. I can't imagine what they would be like to work with on a project. Good communication is critical.

I understand that Fotis may have other things to focus on or he may not be the best communicator, but get someone to do the job. I want them to succeed and a little communication with the users would go a long way towards making that happen. Instruct an intern to give a basic update every two weeks. All it needs to say is;

"Here is where we are at, this is roughly what we think will happen and we are committed to keeping people in the loop."

Right now this silence after giving us a public timeline really sucks and I believe it is hurting many peoples opinion of JoomlaWorks.

This is obviously just my opinion, but I hope someone thinks about what is going on and starts talking to the users.

Up the post, we have not yet received the news, want answers on k2 v3 version that was supposed to be available in late April. It is rumored that the project K2 was abandoned, we all have to move to a new CCK for joomla? Give us the news and dates safe, this post will be upped until we have some news!

The schedule based on the blog entry by Fotis was this;

"We are soon wrapping up development and beginning extensive testing on the upcoming "big" upgrade to K2, version 3. We estimate to have a beta release out by the end of March, with the stable release being scheduled for late April 2014. "

The march beta release was missed in a big way and we are obviously not seeing a live version in April. At this point I doubt anything will happen in May.

Please just tell us what is happening! The K2 users deserve to be treated better than this.

+1 !
I'm currently building a new website based on K2 but things like this, the absense of new on updates or support are freightning me. Please give us some news on this!
Thanks in a dvance!

danko54 wrote: ...It is rumored that the project K2 was abandoned...

Please provide a reference to your statement.

We are all waiting for K2 version 3. Until then 2.6.9 dev edition is running fine with no problems on Joomla 3.3.0.

I would like to know where the rumor of v3 being canceled is coming from also. I don't know anything about that.

I understand that people with long standing sites using K2 may not be as worried about this, but I have a new site we are trying to implement that has a huge amount of K2 integration. Not just template work, but also using extra fields and other features to integrate with outside data sources.

This is work that I do not want to do twice. If v3 is actually right around the corner then I want to do the whole implementation in v3. If v3 is actually vaporware then I also need to know that so I can make my decisions.

As much as I like K2 this lack of communication seriously bothers me. If they can't be relied on to give us information then I may be forced to find alternatives. I don't want to do that, but they have been jerking us around on this forever.

The sad part is that they have an amazing opportunity to monetize this that is stupidly being wasted. I would be happy to pay a reasonable amount for K2 as long as they were actually treating me like a customer. If they had paid support I would also be happy to buy that - as long as they could be trusted to follow through and provide it. At this point they are seriously eroding that trust.

I don't need K2 to be free, but I do need to be able to trust that they will maintain it and support me when I need the help.

We are all waiting for K2 version 3. Until then 2.6.9 dev edition is running fine with no problems on Joomla 3.3.0.

I think there might be a bug that has been introduced when upgrading to Joomla! 3.3.0 Stable. When updating the K2 settings in the Parameters (Components | K2| Parameters), one can't "Save"; "Save & Close" or "Cancel" from the screen. To leave the screen, one must select "Global Configuration" (on the top left side of the screen) and then cancel. "Save", "Save & Close" have no effect on any of the changes made whilst on the K2 option.

I'm not sure if this is a Joomla bug, or a K2.
Has anyone else had a similar problem, and are waiting for a new release of K2 to hopefully rectify it.

Hi Murray

I'm not sure if this is a Joomla bug, or a K2.
Has anyone else had a similar problem, and are waiting for a new release of K2 to hopefully rectify it.

I would imaging that any bug like that would be fixed in the main 2.x.x versions. I certianly hope you wouldn't need to wait for v3 for K2 to address an issue like that.

What we are mainly discussing in this thread is the lack of updates about the new version 3 of K2 after they promoted it and gave us release dates on the blog. This should not affect your concern.

Doug

Thank you for coming into the conversation. I appreciate your participation here, but you still have done nothing to give us the answers about the timeline that many of us are asking for. It is good to know that this isn't being abandoned. That wasn't my personal concern anyhow.

What is important to me and most other people that are expressing frustration is the total lack of any new information about when we will see v3. I am not asking you to abandon any principals about putting out a piece of quality software, just that we are kept in the loop.

When you posted your estimated schedule months ago you set an expectation among the users. Many of us are trying to make the best decisions we can based on the little information that you are willing to pass along. By not giving us even basic updates you are making our jobs MUCH harder and honestly I am starting to resent it. Even now you aren't answering the real questions.

All we are asking is to be kept in the loop. Every few weeks put out a v3 update. This is where we are, a little about what is going on in the project and some rough estimates about what will happen next. If there is uncertainty then say so. We are not here to crucify you, but we do need to have a view into what is happening.

And finally, I would far rather develop against a system that hopefully has a full JSON API rather than mucking around in PHP. This is how all my other work is done on the site I am integrating into the Joomla site. There are also other feature that you have shown us that would change my design decisions in a significant way. So this isn't a simple implement it in v2 and then it will work perfectly in v3 issue. Doing it that way will cause me to have additional effort I do not want.

Keep to your principles, but please plan on communicating better. Those people who did the 2 million downloads are getting frustrated with your lack of any transparency.

This is what is frustrating. I don't want you to tell me what to do. You don't know what I am trying to accomplish and you are not in charge of my project. What I want is information so I can make those decisions.

I am tired of this conversation as I am sure you are. If you have no intention of giving us any real update on the v3 project just say so and I will stop asking. What you have written so far is the equivalent of saying go away and stop asking questions. I would really appreciate a real update and I am quite sure many others who contributed to that 2 million downloads would also.

At this point do you expect the beta to be pushed back months or do you have a reasonable expectation it will be out in the next 30 days? I don't need a hard and fast date, but I would like to understand what is going on so I have the ability to make my own decisions about MY projects.

I would like to build the new site around some of the new features you are talking about in v3. Specifically the changes you are talking about in the extended fields and multiple videos. If v3 is another 1/2 year away I will invest the time and effort in programming around the problems I have with K2 right now, but it sounds like v3 will have more flexibility in the areas I need. I don't want to build it one way now and change it later and I don't want to have the system live as a hack on top of v2 if v3 will solve my issues.

I was hoping that I would be able to use the JSON interfaces to manage the articles from a separate server, but it sounds like that isn't the way you are going. It is your project and I am disappointed, but I respect the decisions.

Thank you. That was the information I was looking for.

It would have prevented much of this tension if you had posted that update on your blog where the previous information was given out. Despite what the conventional wisdom is, many of us can't stand twitter or Facebook. We actually look to your web site as the definitive source of information. I actually subscribe to your twitter channel and didn't catch that information. (I still hate Twitter)

Can you please give use periodic updates about what is going on. Every few weeks would be fine. It does not need to be a 1000 word essay. Just a status of the project, some details of what you are doing and an update on what will happen.

If you did that I think everyone would be much happier. Users like to be in the loop about major changes to software that they are using.

Awesome, thanks for the updates.

Creating Anticipation for a product can sometimes backfire when deadlines (even approximate ones) aren't met. Some of the complaints about the loose K2 timeline do seem excessive, however, you've created a go-to product for many of us, when communication goes silent on our go-to product, it can get frustrating.

I like to see a devoted company developing a great product and staying focused, but being devoted to a widely used product also means being at least partially devoted to your clients, and yes, people that use free products are still clients, although it can be difficult to remember that.

Fotis I am sure you are aware but K2 serves various types of users, developers (plugin, template and more...interfacing with K2) and site builders alike.

As for being developer myself supporting K2 for quite some time I am puzzled by the message and although I am sure you meant to create excitement with me it just creates anxiousness. I keep on wondering what the next bread slice according to K2 is now. So please do clue us in on what is the new set of features that you are working on, and please break it down in developer language and not in an overview list.

Thank you for your guidance and ofc for K2.

It is about time for a new update. Could someone give us a clue as to what is going on?