I've watched several documentation videos but I can't seem to get theis to work, or maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I'm buuilding a site for someone that makes custom guitars. I need to be able to display an image of a guitar type (I'm trying to use the category for that) and be able to click on that and display the detail and alternate images of the site.

If you go to his current site, www.coobsguitars.com and look at the gallery which is all done in html, it's how it should work. It was done with dreamweaver.

Right now the new site with K2 is at www.coobsguitars.com/joomla

The first gallery(guitar gallery) on the top menu links to the old site. The second on links to k2. (image gallery)

I have 2 categories defined but only one displays. I have one item assigned to the archtop category and it displays under the catagory image, which I don't want. Can I get this to work without the recomended image gallery?

I need to come up with a solution that the client can update on his own.

Simple Image Gallery is not compatible to K2, only SIG PRO.

Using K2 you don't need to write tags...
You just upload the gallery zip via the gallery tab in the K2 item.

I have created a fresh new version of XAMPP 1.7.7 on windows. On that I have installed the latest stable version of Joomla 2.5.6. All seemed to go well.

I then installed K2 v2.5.7 and it seemed to go fine.

No other extensions have been installed on this fresh copy of Joomla.

However when I try to create a new Catagory item in K2, the "save" button does not work. No error messages are given. Just nothing.

I have found the following post forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=615&t=705903
I have checked the setting "extension=php_mbstring.dll" in my php.ini but this seems to be set correctly.

I welcome any ideas what might be causing this problem?.

Hi. This has to do with the extension you are using to generate the Facebook related tags not K2.

Hi

I'd like to use the plugin in K2 item template php file but it's not working. I place the {gallery}folder{/gallery} tags and it shows the tags instead the gallery in the frontend.

If I'm right the problem is occuring because of the following row in the gallery php file:

The code is searching the tags only in saved text in database.

I'm new to PHP and don"t know how to check the whole page and source code for the tag string.

Any solution to solve this?

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

No I have not tried making a menu link to this category and yes I am using the latest K2 version 2.5.
7.

I have noticed another thread from someone else posted yesterday who is having the exact same problem so there defiantly seems to be some kind of issue here. I have asked repeatedly if someone can please email me so I can give them the site details to check this out. If need be I am happy to pay extra as I desperately need this sorted out ASAP.

Can you get my email from my account or shall I post a temporary email address in here you can reach me on.

Please help! Thanks

I'd like to use the plugin in K2 item template php file but it's not working. I place the {gallery}folder{/gallery} tags and it shows the tags instead the gallery in the frontend.

If I'm right the problem is occuring because of the following row in the gallery php file:

The code is searching the tags only in saved text in database.

I'm new to PHP and don"t know how to check the whole page and source code for the tag string.

Any solution to solve this?

Thanks for your help.

Not sure what version joomla/k2 you're using, but try this:
1. go to components -> k2
2. click "parameters" in upper right-ish corner
3. click on the "advanced" tab
4. next to "Tagging system" choose "Selection-based tagging"

now when you add/edit an article, you'll have your tags listed and can just highlight them & click the "Add >>" to make them work with that article. Note: this only works with k2 articles/items.

good luck!

I have installed K2 onto my Joomla site. I want to add tags to articles but for reasons relating to automation I can not press the enter key after each tag, is there any other way to add tags? The comma thing isn't working for me..

Ok yes it works when I made a new menu, with k2 tag option, and I link it with one keyword and a specific template, it gives me that tag with the modified template. .... I hope you understand what I have written :P


**** EDIT: I found my mistake I have to copy the default template in html/com_k2/template, and modify that tag.php... so long I have made folders with different than the default, thnx for your time!

Hi. You should have no issues overriding the tag template. It's exactly the same as others. Are you using the latest K2 version? Also, you can make a menu link to a tag and choose a specific template. Please let me know if you have any news on this.

Have you tried making a menu link to this category? I guess that somthing is messing with the parameters while you navigate to the category. Also i hope that you are using the latest K2 version ( 2.5.7 currently).

Hi, Yes I have saved the ordering in the category settings. Please see the attached screen capture showing my settings. No other K2 installed

Hello, I have used several times k2 but I never could modify the tag template (I want to remove images) from the custom templates, the only way to make changes is to edit the tag.php from \components\com_k2\templates\default... which means that every time I make updates I have to edit again the tag.php. Any idea plz?
Thnx a lot in advanced

PS Everything else in the custom templates (item.php, category.php etc) accepts the changes. :blink:

So, you do have saved the ordering in the category settings? Since you are viewing a single category you need to ensure again that setting is correct. You need to open the category for editing and then spot the setting at Other layout options->Item ordering. Click apply to ensure that the setting is saved. Also do you have any other K2 related installed?

You have too many og meta tags, did you check it?

Hey Generic, you have done a good job, but it is useless to try. Because it don't display related items from same category on item pages, which is the most important. On item pages it just display blank module.

This module will become most useful when it display related items from same category on the item pages and show nothing on other pages, just like K2 Split Content module. Only drawback of k2 Split content is that it display Related items by Tags instead of category.

Hi. K2 doesn't support mulitple categories. You can however use tags. You can also try to create a menu link to multiple categories. This way you may achieve the results you want.

Hi,

I have installed this plugin and enabled it but the css file isn't created in the specific folder.

The settings of plugin:

Keep k2 CSS - Yes
Force original Catagory theme - No
Force default Theme - No
Allow Multi Css - No

I have created a new folder:

'templates/YOURJOOMLATEMPLATE/html/com_k2/templates/mytpl'

And the mytpl is picked up by k2 and shown in the catagory display as template to choose from.


I don't know why the css file isn't created by the plugin.


Obvious I do something wrong.