Anyone interested in sharing some step by step on how to work with K2 in joomla 1.5.x submit your posts here. I am also very new to K2 and Joomla but so far I have managed to build a website in joomla and would like to use the K2 component to boost my site.

I'm also a K2 noob and looking for a handsome usersguide. Soo yes, I'm interested

Ok, I´m walking in your shoes too. I see the great potential of K2, so I´ve been looking for some basic info in advance cause I´m really impatient and I can't wait for K2 documentation release... I found this video that I think is useful for total beginners like me... follow this link to watch a video...

www.screencast.com/users/joomlashackvideo/folders/rawjoomlareviews/media/713ca927-937e-495f-b0d7-87850c73f4c6

Hope you'll find it useful

Hie all who are beginning with K2 like me. Here is a beginners' advice that I can give you. Install a fresh copy of joomla! without sample data, then install the K2 component, Having done that,

1. create a category and publish it
2. create an item (same way you create articles in joomla!)
3. select the item's category as the category you created
4. publish the item and set it as featured by enabling the featured check mark
5. go to module manager and enable the following: k2 comments, k2 content
6. open your site in a separate tab or window and observe what k2 can do.

I have done this in trying to work out how k2 works and what it is all about, believe me guys, this is the future of having visitors placecomments right on the article you want them to. Whats more You should be able to commounicate directly with the commentore if you so wish.

More to come as I learn more.

How to submit from front end?

You must be authenticated by K2 Login, to be able to comment from the front end. Make sure the article is set as featured. That is what I know for now, but will give you more info in due course.

some problem having the tags working

I'd like create a category view that looks like this: k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/
In K2, there are so many options, please help ...

Kind regards

Stefan

Here similar question - though there is only part of answer - how to show subcategories like blocks...

Stefan Hengstler said:I'd like create a category view that looks like this: k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ In K2, there are so many options, please help ...

Kind regards

Stefan

I want to believe the joomlaworks guys have to figure out a way to make some bit of money out of making life simpler for most of us none-expert programmers first before the or a manual is released into the public domain, so you guys and me have got to share our experiences in this forum particularly our discoveries so as to get going. Personally I am enjoying learning this way as I am a typical human being who refers to the manual only when I hit a brickwall. Here is what I have to share with you today:

I have plugged in image gallery from these guys and it works super when you insert the tag {gallery}your_image_folder_in_joomla_stories_folder{/gallery} inside your Joomla! article text and not in the K2 item. If there is a work around can somebody share with us?


Now concerning K2, has any of you guys followed my learning approach with an empty joomla installation without samples? If you have how about checking the parameters for your items or categories if not in K2 then in components.

I will get to it but at the moment I am working on what I want for my clients' site, which is having a clickable image gallery that sends the visitor to the actualcontent plus also a working blog that can accept image uploading from users while online.

Arauf said:How to submit from front end?


I mean...can user (registered or author) submit item and post blog from front end? How to do it? :) thanks...

the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area.

how do i do the same?

thanks

change the type of your home menu link to link to a K2 category instead of front page component. tweek the settings to only show the category but not the items. Before you make the menu you should put all your categories in a parent category and then link to the parent item.

daz said:the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area.
how do i do the same?

thanks

This is sounding good.

Is there any chance that you could explain it with examples?

Thanks

Lownotes said:change the type of your home menu link to link to a K2 category instead of front page component. tweek the settings to only show the category but not the items. Before you make the menu you should put all your categories in a parent category and then link to the parent item.
daz said:the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area. how do i do the same?

thanks

perhaps you should try to make it work. I don't have time to make examples. It's pretty basic. Spend some time trying what I suggested.

That's what I did.

There's little here that documentation would tell you. This is about experimentation and learning. Not handholding.


daz said:This is sounding good. Is there any chance that you could explain it with examples?

Thanks

Lownotes said:change the type of your home menu link to link to a K2 category instead of front page component. tweek the settings to only show the category but not the items. Before you make the menu you should put all your categories in a parent category and then link to the parent item. daz said:the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area. how do i do the same? thanks

It sounds to me like a lot of the folks asking questions on here are not only new to K2 but also new to Joomla. My advice would be to get to know Joomla better before trying to use K2. Otherwise, you're not going to understand the answers that experienced Joomla users like Lownotes are so graciously providing.

Lownotes said:perhaps you should try to make it work. I don't have time to make examples. It's pretty basic. Spend some time trying what I suggested.
That's what I did.

There's little here that documentation would tell you. This is about experimentation and learning. Not handholding.


daz said:This is sounding good. Is there any chance that you could explain it with examples?
Thanks

Lownotes said:change the type of your home menu link to link to a K2 category instead of front page component. tweek the settings to only show the category but not the items. Before you make the menu you should put all your categories in a parent category and then link to the parent item. daz said:the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area. how do i do the same? thanks

I must thank lownotes for the great pointer that gave me a valuable clue, enabling me to solve that problem.





B Kemler said:It sounds to me like a lot of the folks asking questions on here are not only new to K2 but also new to Joomla. My advice would be to get to know Joomla better before trying to use K2. Otherwise, you're not going to understand the answers that experienced Joomla users like Lownotes are so graciously providing.
Lownotes said:perhaps you should try to make it work. I don't have time to make examples. It's pretty basic. Spend some time trying what I suggested. That's what I did.

There's little here that documentation would tell you. This is about experimentation and learning. Not handholding.


daz said:This is sounding good. Is there any chance that you could explain it with examples? Thanks

Lownotes said:change the type of your home menu link to link to a K2 category instead of front page component. tweek the settings to only show the category but not the items. Before you make the menu you should put all your categories in a parent category and then link to the parent item. daz said:the demo k2.joomlaworks.gr/demo/ shows the content published in the main content area. how do i do the same? thanks