I have made a lot of changes to the k2,css file to get the styling I want to match my site. Each line changes has a comment so it can be easily tracked. Is this the correct way of doing it? The reason for asking is if k2 make an update the new k2.css file will override my changes and I will have to change it all over again.
Any advise greatly received.

you should use template overrides. So link in my Signature for more informations.

Hi Thierry,

As Thorsten Renz pointed out, its always good to use template override. For the css part, i will suggest to have a custom css file loaded last. Like add a css link to a specific file in your index.php. The browser will use the css values from this file. Even if you upgrade K2 the default css file will not replace your custom css file.

Eg: have a new css file in your template's css folder. like myfile.css and link to it in your index.php

Thorsten Renz wrote: you should use template overrides. So link in my Signature for more informations.

I am using K2 v2.5.4 in Joomla 1.7.3 so there was no overide package. Having looked what it contained I copied k2.css (modified) to my template css folder. I then placed the original k2.css file back in the original k2 folder location. That worked so I do not have to touch the original k2.css file. Thank you for your advice.

Kannan Naidu wrote: Hi Thierry,

As Thorsten Renz pointed out, its always good to use template override. For the css part, i will suggest to have a custom css file loaded last. Like add a css link to a specific file in your index.php. The browser will use the css values from this file. Even if you upgrade K2 the default css file will not replace your custom css file.

Eg: have a new css file in your template's css folder. like myfile.css and link to it in your index.php

Thank you for your advice. I will also have a go at this, I assume I will have to give the classes the same name as the k2.css file otherwise there will be a lot of changes to do in categories/items.

Thank you for this excellent advice. I wish I had read it before reinstalling the extension :(

Hi. If you place the k2.css file in your template css folder K2 will load your's instead of the core. So just copy the /components/com_k2/css/k2.css to /templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/k2.css and make there the modifications you need.