aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah i cant read this tutorial,,, actually my head is not working.... i will check it our later, but what about atachments in rss :( ???

Christian Matthieas said:****Do not be afraid... this is good stuff. Just marinate on this and it will all make sense to you.)))))))))))___________== Ok here is the answer to the whole problem. In short, you only need to attach to 1 category even though it has children underneath it and just make sure that it fetches the items in the "subcats". This seems like it doesn't work because it is greyed out but it really does. And... if you need to force it then just selest multiple cats and make sure you can set the "fetch" to yes and then make sure afterwards you select only the one parent category.

I figured out another sucky thing beyond this that when you set a page to only 1 cat it makes life so much easier. I wrote a tutorial and it is really good.... but to answer the question you guyshave the top paragraph is enough. .........----=====

Tutorial:
K2 TUTORIAL HERE:********

For the more complex part, my blogs page it was a lot more tricky. Here we go. I set up a main category called BLOGS. underneath that category I nested Platinum bloggers and every other blog title I have underneath BLOGS. Beneath Platinum Bloggers I put a category Of my name Christian XXXXX This is CRUCIAL so pay attention.

When you set up BLOGS as the main category everything beneath that will be adhering to BLOGS and all of its Parameters IN THE SENSE of you connecting a menu Item to the Category BLOGS. DON'T set up a menu item with multiple categories.. let the nesting do the work. In layman's terms if the category is below the main one you don't have to choose multiple categories ***** the are children items at this point.

***When directing the menu item to categories(s) choose BLOGS ONLY do not highlight every category underneath or it will be considered a "MULTIPLE Category" Listing. *****CRUCIAL.
Now make sure that fetch items in children categories which are your subcats but if it is greyed out don't worry I am pretty sure when you save it and it sees you have children cats it will be put to yes for the Fetch Children cats.

DO NOT select multiple cats on the list this is the last time I will say this. IT screws everything up and confuses the hell out of you if you do.

So now on my Blogs page everything will come up the way I want and all I need to mess with are the settings in the Blogs Category section parameters.

What does this do it makes the link on the article / item title point to the category page if you have that category set up AND ALL CHILDREN ITEMS. Remember, like Kat said if you don't want these pages I am talking about showing up but need them to "POINT / be directed to somewhere" then put them in a new menu you create called Hidden (more below about this). For me I want my categories as menu items. Sort of like a showcase page for my blogs.

So for my platinum user blog member ME (christian) I want to put a page that is for ME so I just repeat the same setup as above and point to a SINGLE category >> Christian XXXXX blog... NOT a USER's blog page and you will see why in a minute.

Going back to my blogs page, because you have listened to me and saved yourself a million hours of headache. You will notice that your links via the READ MORE and the LINK on the article / item point to the item ID in which is the menu item you set up to a category called Christian XXXX Blog. This is the same for the rokpager on your page too whether it is on the front page, blog page, or whatever page. YEAAA.... Proper direction.

Now if you have a blog page set up like me I want the link to the article / item via the title, via the read more, and obviously the category it is published by. THIS IS ALL possible because you set up a menu item pointing to a category where these articles are coming from. AND DIDN'T choose multiple categories EVER.

So one more thing. The author. If you don't set up an author page and you have that on the articles listed in your blog page it will direct to either a blank page (menu less items) or the page where the item is on i.e. the blogs page in my case. So how do we fix this?

Easy, set up a menu item to a user (blog) page i.e. Me the author and this time if you don't want it shown anywhere put it in a hidden menu that isn't displayed on your main menu. I title my menu Hidden for my hidden things. You can title this Christian's Profile because really that is all it is. And it is a horrible set up with poor settings that simply lists everything one after the other and I don't know if they are gonna be fixing this in K2 but for now I rather point to a category with a link to Christians Profile page rather than a direct link to it.

So, if now back to our blogs page item / article listings. if you have author set to show and you visit the page and click on the writer / author you will see it goes to that persons "crappy layout" blog page. It lists social links email and a description and avatar which is cool but for a profile page that is GOOD enough. This was making my main menu items a little messy so I didn't want it there that is why I put it in Hidden Per Kats suggestion. Was confused there for a minute.

This should help a LOT OF you for getting started with K2 so I want to hear some thanks for my hours making yours minutes!!!

to be honest I have an mp3 and video blog but I want my users to have to come back to my site for that content. I don't know if that is a good idea but for me that is the way i want it right now. Hmmm, what plugin are you using? I use the video plugin from joomla works... perhaps we could start there.

Abdul Muhaymin said:Other one too..... attachments is not visible in rss fields.. i am running mp3 site, and it would be great if i can make podcasts for mobile phones :) .. take ur tym, not disturbing you :)Christian Matthieas said:Ahh you want my other tutorial let me dig it up and I will post it here...Abdul Muhaymin said:You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)Thanks in AdvanceChristian Matthieas said:

No Video at all, dedicated only for mp3.... using default attachments from k2 :)

Christian Matthieas said:to be honest I have an mp3 and video blog but I want my users to have to come back to my site for that content. I don't know if that is a good idea but for me that is the way i want it right now. Hmmm, what plugin are you using? I use the video plugin from joomla works... perhaps we could start there.
Abdul Muhaymin said:Other one too..... attachments is not visible in rss fields.. i am running mp3 site, and it would be great if i can make podcasts for mobile phones :) .. take ur tym, not disturbing you :)Christian Matthieas said:Ahh you want my other tutorial let me dig it up and I will post it here...Abdul Muhaymin said:You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)Thanks in AdvanceChristian Matthieas said:

One more info, I launched my site for public yesterday same time :) .. so focusing on website now, all the other features are for easy access for users........

you're using the default attachments from K2... I don't like to use anything from K2 like image gallery or attachment of video because I don't like at all where it puts things. But, for the case of what you are doing why don't you ether try something you can embed right into the page i.e. like the video plugin which can embed Mp3's too or try another attachment plugin i.e. like the Rokdownloads plugin... then it should show up in the RSS feed i would think.

Abdul Muhaymin said:No Video at all, dedicated only for mp3.... using default attachments from k2 :)Christian Matthieas said:to be honest I have an mp3 and video blog but I want my users to have to come back to my site for that content. I don't know if that is a good idea but for me that is the way i want it right now. Hmmm, what plugin are you using? I use the video plugin from joomla works... perhaps we could start there.Abdul Muhaymin said:Other one too..... attachments is not visible in rss fields.. i am running mp3 site, and it would be great if i can make podcasts for mobile phones :) .. take ur tym, not disturbing you :)Christian Matthieas said:Ahh you want my other tutorial let me dig it up and I will post it here...Abdul Muhaymin said:You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)Thanks in AdvanceChristian Matthieas said:

Now the website is opened.. looking for modification thereself ... and if you can send this reply's as message, the guy's post will never be long :D\