This is still an issue, creating menu doesn't solve anything, you can only assign one tag to the menu.

But the problem is that when you click on the tag link, there is no itemid in the url, so even modules which have menu assignment set to ALL do not appear.

Because of this tags functionality is practically very limited.

Am I really the only one with this problem? I'm having this problem on multiple sites with K2 v2.1 build 20090909.

Any word from developers about this issue would be really appreciated.

Hi! Thanks!
but now i found a post where says can do this with tags....that's posible?

Many thanks!! I solve my problem!!

B Kemler said:I answered this question in the context of ordering the tag itemlist view, which uses the generic view just like the user itemlist view. community.getk2.org/forum/topics/menu-item-k2-tag-is-there-any

Dan,

Did you look at my final suggestion? I thought I had the alt-tags in there, and using Firebug on a project page, it looks like it is in place. Could you test it, please?

Regards,

Svein

Dan Englander (highrockmedia) said:Why not just add CSS background images and then just offset the text with a negative margin?
So for a print icon, use something like this (using K2's CSS classes):

.itemToolbar ul li a.itemPrintLink
{
background: url(/images/print-icon.gif) no-repeat center;
text-indent: -9999px;
}

Also with your code, your images don't not have alt tags.

Yes, that could be achieved with tags. You would put it in the Communities category and tag it as an Editor's Pick. Especially now that there's a k2_content module that can display items by tag!

huntsman007 said:yes, it's true that the problem is SEO. But how Items in Multiple Categories operate on extensions.joomla.org / extensions /?
For example:
article: Community Builder
is on:
- category-1: Communities
- category-2: Editors' Picks
but is on one link: extensions.joomla.org/extensions/communities-a-groupware/communities/210
(no duplicated content)

It is based on tags?

I answered this question in the context of ordering the tag itemlist view, which uses the generic view just like the user itemlist view. community.getk2.org/forum/topics/menu-item-k2-tag-is-there-any

You can change the tag layout somewhat by editing the generic.php template file. This view is used for the tag view and the author view.

I changed the ordering of the generic view in the code by changing the overall default ordering. To order them with the newest items at the top, in components/com_k2/models/itemlist.php I edited the section to set ordering. I changed the default (line 211 of my file) to:

default:
$orderby = 'i.created DESC';
break;

Agreed, it would be very nice to have the same control over tag layout as we do with categories.

Hi,
I have turned the Joomla sef url's with .htaccess rewrites on, and SEF URL character replacements on K2.
Alias SEF is OK, but i have problem with tags links:
I have enabeld K2 tool module (tags options), and I have tagged articles with language specific characters (polish), for example: "stołówka". Tags links are with not allowed language specific characters :
is:
component/k2/itemlist/tag/stołówka
should be:
component/k2/itemlist/tag/stolowka

Anyone knows how to solve this problem?

hi,
as wrote Tomasz Bielinski: "tagging function serves as a substitute" and I agree with that.
When K2 will fully support multiple categories? Who knows? Is very important to me functionality.

I'm searching around, but not finding any guides for making a K2 plugin.

I'm not finding anything on it in the admin section either, yet there are fields in the item templates like this:
EDIT: The tags were treated as HTML and therefore ignored. Let's try again... This time, pretend those square brackets are angle brackets.
[ !-- Plugins: AfterDisplayContent --]
[ !-- K2 Plugins: K2AfterDisplayContent --]

Was this just planning ahead for plugins, or is there a way to safely combine plugins with the k2 system?

...some call it Blog ;)
brain-style.de started in 2005 with Gaming News - after a while we collected a lot of things we are interessted in :

- Gaming - Music - Festivals - Film etc.

In 2008 we had a big break. In the last weeks of 2009 I merged to K2 and redesigned the styling. The Basic template is Gavick "The World News" I modified a little to my needs. I hope I will finish the last Template Modifications till next week.
After that I have to edit ca. 1000 Items to take the positive facts of K2. :(

- Merge the Images
- Insert the Tags etc.

I plan to write german Tutorials and a Custom Template for K2 in this Category. All positive Tipps of this Forum will be integrated (hide empty Extra Fields, Insert Module Positions, etc.)

I hope I will finish the last Template Modifications till next week.

greetz Thorsten

Hello " Adam Rifat"..
Hi.. @RW Dura, @Kristiyan Ivanchevski, @Tomasz Bielinski, @Jaakko Karhu
You can do that now..other way.
How?
Search for K2 by tag module...install it.
Create your tags.. assign all items from different categories to one/two tags..
Publish your module..
That is it.. Have a nice day.

I'm using the Mynxx template as well. You need to insure that the items you have in K2 have the tags associated with them. For instance if I have an article named "Latin Filler Text" in the "MySite/About Me" category and a Tag such a "Latin".

From the K2 Dashboard click on the Items icon, edit the item, Add the "Latin" tag in the "Item tags" parameters to the item. Now if you've published the K2 Tools module with the "Tag Cloud" as the functionality then you should see the "Latin" tag appear in the position where you published the module.

I think SEO is currently not the strongest part of K2.

Maybe we can all collect suggestions for improvements for Joomlaworks and provide each other with work arounds for the current version.

1. Categories have no meta tags
WA: Add them manually in the category description and they will appear in the header.
2. Long URL when you staple catagories. FI I have a catagory for a city, under it I publish a catagory for hotels. My urls ebcome like this: domain.com/city/hotels/item/hotel-au-mileu-du-citee
If I use joomla without K2 I can cut the url's short by using hidden menu's. With K2 however...
Any suggestions anyone on how to do this?
3. '/ITEM' in url's. I've tried Artio (which totally crashes on K2) and other scripts but cannot cut this part out. I want as few slashes and useless words in my url's as possible. Has anyone been able to cut the word ITEM and the slash out yet?
4. Using the upload option creates random image-names like 3hjb5634g6.jpg
I always give pictures meaningfull names as every bit in SEO counts. Does someone have a fix for this or does JoomlaWorks intend to change this in the future?

These are my thoughts so far.
Please add your thoughts and contributions towards better CEO for K2.

Alright, finished upgrading to Version 2.2 SVN. I like the changes to the backend (especially the tags entering process. Makes it a lot easier not having to search through 1000+ tags in a list box. The collapsible sidebar helps me a lot since I use a laptop to administer my site. Fully integrated jcomments with K2 (and JomSocial, JoomGallery, Myblog) ---One commenting system now! IMO the developers have done a great job with V2.2, however, I still can't get tags to work properly. They lead to a 404 when clicked on. Also tweaked a lot of css, took out "Child Categories" - ???, took out "View Items" in category view (redundant- image or title is clickable. Moved 1 px dotted line to very end of article after "Read More..", etc.

All in all a definite improvement. Congrats to the developers.

A temporary trick is to enter meta tags manually in the description of the k2 catagory.
It's far from ideal but works well.

Thank you for the information.

I've followed your instructions, including finding the relevant 'View Source' code, but I'm not sure what to copy as my coding experience is non-existent.

Please advise.

Thanks in advance

Chris Whitfield said:Marco Elric said:"duplicating the modal window bits as well so it shows up properly. "can you tell us how you do it? PLEASE.


As I said above, I grabbed a product from the add-ins repository on Joomla.org called 'Re-Replacer'. This is an add-on that can dynamically replace any source code with anything else you want. I then put the K2 login module on the page and browsed to it. I then right-clicked on the page and selected 'View Source' and did a search for the text on the Add Item link. I copied the open and closing tags around the text. I then created a dummy button on the menu where I wanted the Add Item to appear. Once again I did a View Source and searched for the text on my dummy button. I copied it's entire tag as well. I then went into Re-Replacer and told it to look for that specific set of code and to replace it with the code from the add item button. After that I could remove the K2 Login module and it all worked great.

Philippe,

I have found AceSEF with their K2 SEF extension to be the only option that worked for me completely.

I was also very impressed with their support and wrote a quick review - it's now my preferred Joomla SEF extension - check the review here.

I'm using it on this site with K2 artificialchristmastrees.me/ and you can see it's doing a nice job of all the URL's including the tag based menus.

Email me if you want more details on the setup. You need to install the K2 SEF extension after you install AceSEF - and this is done via AceSEF component control panel.

I have been using Joomla and K2 for many months now and the editor was always present when adding or editing K2 items and Joomla articles.

Now the editor has disappeared. Only the text box is displayed. No editor functions appear. Items and articles written previously now display in the HTML mode (all tags showing; no WYSIWYG).

I don't think I have made any changes that would alter the editor. As a test, I downloaded the JCE editor, installed it, and selected it as the default editor in Joomla configuration. It does not appear either.

Have I accidentally tripped some switch to turn off the editor?