Hello,
I do apologise for asking such a silly questing...
Unfortunately I am doing this after time spent on finding how, after I have seen movies and read documents about.
And now the situation:
I want to have simple article with “x” information and under this I want some fields.
In K2 I have created a Group in ”Extra Field Group”.
Then I have created an Extra Field in “Extra Fields”
Then I have assigned “the Extra Field” created with the “Extra Group” created. Also on “Extra Fields” at “Type” I have chosen “Text Field”
Then in “Categories” I have created a “Category”. On that specific category at “Associated Extra Fields Group" I was selecting the new created “Extra Group”.
Also there at “Item view options in category listings” I have chooser “Show” for “Extra Fields”.
Then I have created an Item, some text, one pic. Then I have switched the tab to “Extra Fields”, wrote in the created fields, then what???
And here the stupid question is:
If I did everything above correctly, how to insert this field on the “Item”(article)...???
I see no insert button, nothing, nothing.
I definitively need your help, because at this step I don’t anything intuitive.

Thank you very much,

Leonard

H i by the sounds of it you have done everything correct, just save article make a menu item for it, your Extra field content should show up in the ADDITIONAL INFO box, you can then use Template Overides to get rid of the box if needed.

Hello again,

where the ADDITIONAL INFO box is located. Please look at the attachment. I don't see any ADDITIONAL INFO box.

Thank you,

Leonard

Hey Leonard,

If I understand correctly, it might be that you have not set your extra fields to show on the frontend in your item.

First of all, anything you add from the various tabs in the item (content, image, image gallery, media, extra fields, attachments) is saved just like the main content: you just click "save" or "save and close" in the upper right of the screen.

If your extra fields don't show in the front end for the item, you may just have to change settings in your category. Open your category and look for the following along the right side: item view options > extra fields > show. You can also chose to display them in the category view: item view options in category listings > extra fields > show.

Hope that helps!
RJ

I have done what you have told me. Thank you. Now please look at the attachment. how to practically insert that field. I don't see any insert button, nothing. How to make it appear in "content" in order to play with it, or where I supposed to see it. I really don't understand the mechanism. Please put some light in my thinking.
Thank you,

Leonard

Hi Leonard, like I said before It seems that you have set it up correctly, and I am new at K2, but what I found when I first tried to implement a extra field is that although I set up the category, I thought correctly for some reason the Associated "Extra Fields Group" didn't take so I had do it again.

I have attached a couple of images of



1/ My category edit page




2/ My Item edit page ( extra item - text area field




Good luck hope this helps.

I already success adding the extra field, but how can I showing the extra field to the list item(module)?? not just in the full article...thanks and sorry for bad language

Hi Kaka Joe , If you mean Category view you change parameters in either Category Edit (your category) if you want it to display on every item/article in that category, or Item edit (single item / article}

You will find the settings you need in ( Item view options in category listings ) Extra Fields

Good luck.

thanks for the anwer...but that not what i meant...perhaps this pictures can figure out...

Hello,

I consider should be made a movie in order to exactly see how this things are done. A video is going to be more than 1000 words. Is going to be great to have a video to see how to add a extra field, how to add a picture and to apply hislide feature, a movie to show as different scenarios about what you can make with K2 from scratch to the final product.

Regards,

Leonard

I consider should be made a movie in order to exactly see how this things are done. A video is going to be more than 1000 words. Is going to be great to have a video to see how to add a extra field, how to add a picture and to apply hislide feature, a movie to show as different scenarios about what you can make with K2 from scratch to the final product.

Regards,

Leonard

I would have say this the smartest idea I have read here, I would also add a category where we could post template overides for different layouts, I have just completed one for a simple catalogue layout I would contribute.

I have found this:

www.alledia.com/blog/joomla-tutorials/k2-the-missing-documentation-part-1/

After you read this K2 become attractive,

Btw: I am struggling myself to find a way of replacing the wording "Additional info". Can you please help me with this?

Thank you,

Leonard

the words additional info, can be replaced by creating a override and searching category.php and item.php for the words and replacing them

I have made the changes. Unfortunately no changes on the front end. I have refreshed the cache, nothing. Any idea?

Thank you,

Leonard

If there are no chages showing mayby you dont have the override selected in your category.
you can test it by just putting text or html code at the top to see if it displays

Just go to your root folder / language / en-GB / en-GB.com_k2

open & Change
K2_ADDITIONAL_INFO="Additional Info"
to
K2_ADDITIONAL_INFO="What ever you want"

I have tried Peter's solution. It doesn’t work.
William can you be a bit more precise: where this "override" is located in the category, because I don't find it.... And maybe you can explain me please more how to test this. I am sorry but I am not really confident yet with K2 and building articles in Joomla.

Thank you,

Leonard

Hi Leonard are you sure that you edited the right language file because it does work, (See Image} you could also add a totaly new code in the language file & change the code in your overide item view / cat view so your not changing it system wide.