Could someone please re-aggregate the status and implementation of this hack for K2 2.4.1, because the last version reference I see is Olivier's mention of 2.3.

I am also looking to confirm the location of the files to be edited, specifically in a Joomlart template.

Thanks!

You should edit the file that you are showing the extra fields with, usually either category_item.php or item.php.

You an edit them directly in the k2 core (you should find them in components/com_k2/templates/default

a Better way would be to first check to see if your template is overriding k2 templates from the start. Look in Your Site Root/Templates/Your template Name/html/com_k2/templates to see if there is anything there. If they are there edit the files there or create a new k2 template and use it. See here for more info about templating

 

Ken Lyle said:

Could someone please re-aggregate the status and implementation of this hack for K2 2.4.1, because the last version reference I see is Olivier's mention of 2.3.

I am also looking to confirm the location of the files to be edited, specifically in a Joomlart template.

Thanks!

Thanks, William.  Your tip helped me find the files.  In Joomlart templates, the overrides are at /templates/ja_portfolio/html/com_k2/templates/ja_portfolio/

Please ignore that.  Editing the files in ja_portfolio did me no good- templates/ja_portfolio/html/com_k2/templates/default/ was the place.

Attached is the patch, including the test mentioned on page 3 of this thread, for suppressing empty textarea fields as well.

Thanks and credit to everyone who contributed.

hi steve, did you manage to get the hack working with the k2tabber plugin? i have exactly the same problem. thanksSteve said:
I'm trying to get this work with the K2tabber plugin and I'm having some trouble. Any idea how to incorporate the hack from the previous page into this code?

 

<!-- ExtraField "Tabbed" by K2Tabber -->            <?php if($this->item->params->get('itemExtraFields') && count($this->item->extra_fields)): ?>            <!-- Item extra fields -->              <br />                        <div id="ExtraFields">                <h3><?php echo JText::_('Additional Info'); ?></h3>                <!-- Tabs start here -->                <div class="simpleTabs">                    <!-- Tabs Menu -->                    <ul class="simpleTabsNavigation">                        <?php foreach ($this->item->extra_fields as $key=>$extraField):?>                        <li id="<?php echo $extraField->name; ?>"><a href="javascript: void();"><?php echo $extraField->name; ?></a></li>                        <?php endforeach; ?>                    </ul>                    <!-- Tabs Content -->                    <?php foreach ($this->item->extra_fields as $key=>$extraField):?>                    <!-- Tab -->                    <div class="simpleTabsContent"><?php echo $extraField->value; ?></div>                    <?php endforeach; ?>                </div>                <!-- Tabs end here -->            </div>            <?php endif; ?>

Absolutely brilliant, thank you very much!!

Here is a solution that someone posted already on forum. Enjoy!on your item.php k2 template file.               <h3><?php echo JText::_('Additional Info'); ?></h3>               <ul>                       <?php foreach ($this->item->extra_fields as $key=>$extraField):?>                       <?php                       $emptyValue = false;                       switch ($extraField->type) {                               case "textfield":                               case "textarea":                                       if ($extraField->value =="") $emptyValue = true;                               break;                               case "link":                                       if (strpos($extraField->value,"\"http://\"")) $emptyValue = true;                               break;                               case "radio":                               break;                               case "multipleSelect":                                       // Test already done by K2. If value is empty, this type of field does not appear.                               break;                               case "select":                                       // This type of field can't have an empty value (first item select by default)                               break;                       }                       ?>                       <?php if (!$emptyValue): ?>                       <li class="<?php echo ($key%2) ? "odd" : "even"; ?> type<?php echo ucfirst($extraField->type); ?> group<?php echo $extraField->group; ?>">                               <span class="itemExtraFieldsLabel"><?php echo $extraField->name; ?>:</span>                               <span class="itemExtraFieldsValue"><?php echo $extraField->value; ?></span>                               <br class="clr" />                       </li>                       <?php endif; ?>                       <?php endforeach; ?>                       </ul>           <div class="clr"></div>         </div>

is there a way to just make each extra field its own icon? rather than having the word then the link you  just have an icon to represnt the field???? i cant seem to style each field....... please help!

would require some code modding.

i have like 6 fields and i need them just to show up when the field is filled in so this post resovled that....can this be done with css styling or both the styling as well as editing the item.php? I havent found anything regarding styling each field.....

i'm not sure if you can style each field since they are generated with a "while" statement in php (while there are fields in the group, it will display them) So it's not like they are hard coded somewhere.

The only solution i can think of is to create some sort of php function and a field inside the extra fields table in mysql which caries the styling. Then have php parse out the style and apply it to the actual field when it's being rendered. But that's just what i can come up with now. You can also do it with javascript but not sure how.

i found this post here  but im not understanding how to do them all? i jsut want each field to have an icon rather than text and the link within that icon.and when there is no link inserted the icon does not show.....this si the code from the other post but im not getting it! thanks for your help nick
adding this line <?php $custom = $this->item->extra_fields; ?> and then addressing extra fields for the item like <?php echo $custom[1]->value;? as long as the order of the fields is static.

Gimme a sec. I'll whip up the code for this for you. How many extra fields do you have?

8 in total

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wow thanks alot....ive been going nutz here

go here:
pastebin.com/Fr8L6Vza

rename your old item.php to something else.

paste the code from pastebin in a new item.php

tell me the results pls :)

awsome..........so now the name of the field doesnt shhow which is perfect...how can i now style each individual field with its own icon? sorry to ruin your sunday nick........thanks again!

well you need to open up dreamweaver or whatever and go to line 263. That's where the magic happens. There you can give each
tag it's own style.

ok perfect - can i take the fields out of the unordered list and just have a div defining each field?

sure

I've implemented the hacks succesfully.

 

But is there a way to show only the first 4 extra fields in category view? And then show all extra fields in the item view?

 

I have about 15 extra fields.

 

Thanks in advance!