I haven't worked a lot with jpeg metadata, but if they are in exif format you might have a chance.  Although there is nothing within K2 that will do what you're looking for.  I would search google for "retrieve jpeg metadata" or "retrieve exif metadata" or something like that and hopefully you'll find something.  It doesn't have to be Joomla specific.  If you can find a script/program to extract the metadata then you could modify k2 to put that data it into the tags field.

 

You might also want to look at a gallery program like jphoto instead of K2.  I know it reads metadata.

Hi Pete,
not having that site online yet. But basically, you install last mentioned module from here: community.getk2.org/forum/topics/content-module-filter-by-tag-1 (it should be on third page). It is made for K2 2.4.1

Then you go to backend and enable it in Extension > Module manager - it should be named K2 Content.
Afterwords you configure it however you like, basically:
- type new name for it
- select 'Position' where to output it on page
- assign menu where it should show (could be just single menu item you just made exactly for it)
- in parameters select overriding folder if new sub-template desired (ex: your_htdocs/templates/your_template/html/mod_k2_content/your_sub_template) - copied form original template
- finally select some categories and some tags

That should do it, and of course you can create as many K2 modules as you like for different content (tags and categories) visible on different pages styled by different subtemplate, etc.

However, thinking about it, eventually I will have to set those tags within PHP to reflect combo boxes chosen by the user. If anybody already handled that (possibly with extra fields search combined...) can share with us.

Thanx

Thanks Simon,

 

I had to add a few lines to specify Font size and color....

but it worked.

 

William White said:

Try using firebug, depending on your template and whether or not your using a k2 template and onecss4k2 it could be in several locations. You may have to add to the css file to change it without affecting the rest of the text

search for font-size tag

Please post a link to your page

Hi Simon

thanks for the reply

 

I have searched joomla extensions for some sort of module that will be able to search the properties of a jpg or jpeg file, but to no avail. If anyone know of an application that extracts tags from multiple jpg images that would also be useful, as i would just place those tags in the category keywords section which are picked up by a normal search on the joomla site. Reason you may ask, why i dont do it manually, as its a photography websites and there are 15000 photos, and to open each one and extract the tags from the properties would be VERY time consuming.

 

Please help

 

thanks

kevin
Simon Wells (K2 Support) said:

Hi Kevin,

Have you checked the Joomla extension directory?

I am certain that there is  plugin for extended search, by tags too that may help.

SimonK2 Support 

Hi Kevin,

Have you checked the Joomla extension directory?

I am certain that there is  plugin for extended search, by tags too that may help.

SimonK2 Support 

This module saved me literally hours and days of templates tweaking.

Sometime you want module in K2, Sobi2 listings, but not in detailed view. Just example.

 

With this module you can show at right related Items for K2. Some module that pick Items by tags, or custom extra field.

With Joomla native it is impossible. Unless you don´t want to make a hidden menu link for every Item.

Hi All

does anyone know if this is possible, or is there a plugin to do this.

Ideally it would be great to have this in the category options, to exclude any article under the category from being found in a search.

This could also be added to the tagging.

Matthew

Hi there, i am creating a photography website and i am using the k2 categories with the k2 image galleries. The client has requested that the user has the option to search for individual photos, i.e. newphoto.jpg will have tags in the jpeg properties describing the photo, eg. Joe blogg, fred grant etc all these are specified in the tags property of the jpeg. Now i want to be able to search those image tags through a search function, and not have to put the keywords manually in the gallery for search to work. I am also using simple gallery pro to manage the galleries as well. Please help

ok, well figured out that the  categoryitem.php file is where these fields are going to show up on the site. I modified mine to change them from <li> to just <div> but I was hoping someone had already done all the work and made it so they just lay out list downwards. I'm working on it so if I get it, I'll post it here. Bummer this isn't just available. Also, had trouble getting a new template in other than default. Not sure how to do that. Is it done where the compononet/k2/templates or where? I add a new one there and it doesn't show in joomla admin for selection.

Roger Edrinn said:
Just what are extra fields in K2 speak? How do they work?

I'm interested in K2 templates so I'm tagging along, hope you don't mind.

Just what are extra fields in K2 speak? How do they work?

I'm interested in K2 templates so I'm tagging along, hope you don't mind.

Hi,

I am currently using Dave Robinsons module to achieve this - it works perfectly for multiple tags, uses MVC templating so that you can add overrides, and style to suit your template...

community.getk2.org/forum/topics/content-module-filter-by-tag-1

It can also sub filter by Category too... Oh and no Core hacks required (its based on the K2 content module)

Regards

Mat

 

Pete Jones said:

Not yet.... Rastislav Klc said:did you find it? something that would work and did not hack the k2 core files?

Not yet....

Rastislav Klc said:
did you find it? something that would work and did not hack the k2 core files?

did you find it? something that would work and did not hack the k2 core files?

I have the same error for chrome 8.0.552.237 win7, nothing else in firefox 3.6

any patch????

Found it!!

Image settings for the links change be change here:

k2 c.panel/parameters/global configuration/image settings/Item generic image width (in px). Used in user pages as well as tag, search & date listings/100(in  my case)

I've started using K2 tags and I've the same problem with them.

The default image size seems to be medium for both user and tag links.

I couldn't to do the changes from the k2 categories and Joomla menu.

Where should I go to access the userItemList?

Hey William,
I've moved the readMore block right into the introText but there's still a break between them. You can check my website to see the effect. There's no display:block or inline-tag in the CSS so far. As I'm not a pro in templating yet I may have missed something.

I'm not using any override yet. In fact I had no idea about overriding until you told me to do so. I'll try to extract all modified code using the override before updating k2 next time. Thanks for that!

 

The actual code looks like this:

<?php if($this->item->params->get('catItemIntroText')): ?> <!-- Item introtext -->
<div class="catItemIntroText">
<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>

<?php if ($this->item->params->get('catItemReadMore')): ?>
<!-- Item "read more..." link -->
<div class="catItemReadMore">
<a class="k2ReadMore" href="<?php echo $this->item->link; ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('Read more...'); ?>
</a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>

I have same problem,

did you ever get to fix this issue?

It is most likely because K2 does not output extra fields same way as it outputs main content. Extra fields don't get parsed  for plug-in tags, or something like this.

 

Can someone who knows solution to this problem (or workaround) share with us.

I personally would rather know how to output {gallery} directly from PHP in template, it would help a lot.

I will try to find answer in K2 source codes.

Edit in css file:

Add width: 50%;float: left; to

div.genericItemView {width: 50%;float: left;} or 33% if you want three columns.

 

I did it in www.krullenenzo.nl/tag/Fantasia.html

Hi all,

 

I'm writing a custom module that basically shows a different page for groups.  So for example I have group A, B, C etc... Now what I want to do is on the group page I want to be able to show a view of K2 items tagged by the group name.  So If I have items tagged with A they would show up in the view for group A.

 

What I cant figure out is how to get this list from code.  Im using a MVC model for the custom module.

 

Anyone that can point me to some code that does something similar ?

 

Regards

Arnar