In a standard Joomla! article there is an option which changes the text from "read more" to "register to read more". I don't seem to find this option in K2?

Does anyone know if I am correct, or if there is a plan to implement this useful feature?

Hi.

It's not built into K2 (and I've asked this to Fotis personally so he's aware of it). With K2.4.1 I've used a free extension from Dioscouri called "Hider" but I don't believe it was upgraded to J!1.7 (I put together a tutorial on how to use it here: www.yanaku.com/k2/only-show-k2-intro-text-to-unregistered-users )

For J1.7, I've been considering using this extension to replace Hider:
www.greatjoomla.com/extensions/plugins/core-design-access-text-plugin.html
but I've not used it yet so I can't vouch for it, there are some others that implement this type of functionality.

You could also do an override in the category.php to force it to show unregistered user the intro + link but a click to the item will result in just a login page which is not too user friendly. The advantage of using these plugins is that you can include verbiage to explain to the user why they should register which is much nicer and will improve your retention.

Good luck.

@olivierk

Does anyone have a php workaround to perform this action in K2? Or has this feature been put on the list of new feature implementation for a future release? I've been searching high and low for this functionality. Any advice?

Just as olivier said, you can do it in an override
in the cateogory.php put a test for the user type
if registared then show the readmore
else
dont show it
endif

Can you post a code model for us please?

any helpwith this?