Hello.
I'm using K2 Version 2.7.1 and I would like to do the following.

I've created a module that will display the latest ( 1 ) article filtered by a specific K2 tag.

I would like to create a template override for the category.php so that when that particular article is shown on the module it would not be repeated on the main content.

I think I will have to include some custom code that identifies that particular tag and skips the first one when it prepares to display the content.

I believe its something simple but I don't know the proper php syntax.

Thank you very much.

Hello there,

I would suggest a different approach.
Display only featured item(s) in the module and then have the featured hidden in the category view.

Hello and thank you for your response but I have tried that and it’s not very convenient because I would like to show only the featured articles in the front page.

With this module, I would like to stick one article to the top of the page, for as long as it needs to be without stopping the daily article posting.
When another article needs to take its place, it will show at its original position in the category view.
For the module, it’s easy simply display the latest 1 article filtered by a tag.
But for the category view you will see the same article twice ( on the module and on the category view), that is why I think something like <?php if($key < 1) continue; ?> would skip the first article with that tag and not display it twice.

The key will look for a position in the loop.
It will bypass eg: the first post, so this solution is flaky to say at least.

You could use a system plugin to remove that ID from the loop or you can use the ID as a classname or an HTML ID and use a JS script to hide or remove it from the DOM.

Thanks again Krikor for your reply, but your solution its beyond my coding skills. I understand what you're saying but I don't know how to do it. I thought it was something relatively easy but now I see it's not..

There are other ways to approach this, but they all require coding skills.

I understand. Can you please send me if it's OK (as a private message or email), an offer for assigning you the coding task?
Thank's again

I cannot personally undertake this task.
I can however refer you to a dev -> www.joomlaworks.net/forum/k2-en/47220-k2-image-issue?start=10#160132

Thanks Krikor for you help. I will contact Mohamed and ask him if he can help me.
Thanks

You 're welcome Christos :)

I've contact Mohamed and he built a plug in that does exactly what I want and more. Very good programmer and very helpful. Thank again for your advice Krikor,

You 're welcome Christos :)

Christos,

If you don't need to changes that top article very often, this task could also be made with two copies of RAXO All-mode K2 module .

1. In the first module instance you display that specific article.
2. In the second copy you display the list of latest articles and just set to exclude this particular article by ID.

This seems like a promising module if it offers pagination.