hi guyz...i m new to K2...making a recipe website on it...but dont know wat r extra fields or extra field groups r used for??

2ndly i want users that come to my site to ADD NEW RECIPES or ARTICLES....!

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To make the change you request, you need to modify the following: modules/mod_k2_login/tmpl/userblock.php
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Change the Add new item as you wish.

hi,
thnx for replying....i didnt get u ...where can i edit this = modules/mod_k2_login/tmpl/userblock.php???????

learn how to type. I'm not going to help you until your grammar and spelling is legible.

Alucard,

modules/mod_k2_login/tmpl/userblock.php this is the path to the file you need to modify on your server.
If you are not comfortable or do not understand how to access your server files, then you need some additional help
Let me know.

Alucard Asi said:hi, thnx for replying....i didnt get u ...where can i edit this = modules/mod_k2_login/tmpl/userblock.php???????

Fields in general:
You can create extra datafields for each content article. Lets say you have Recipe-Articles, which would have a maintext or decription. In Joomla-Core the only choice, cause you have only one content type with a large HTML content field!

In K2, you can create different content-types (RECIPES, TIPPS, BLOG...). A RECIPE could have a common description AND all incredients or special infos in an extra list or table. In the standard layout, these fields are listed below the usual content area.
(see K2 demo site under the canon camera)


Field-Group:
Assume you have many RECIPES sub-categories of DESERTS, HORS-D'OEUVRES, etc.
Each DESERT may have a group of fields. You have to specify at least ONE group. This group is associated with the DESERTS CATEGORY. This will tell the category to display this group of fields on blog- or articleviews.



Add new ... text:
This should be a TEXT VARIABLE in backend ;-)
so, we do not have to hack any core files.

Check the category settings you are assigning the item to.
There is a box extra fields
select the extra field category that you want to show in all those items
now the tab should show the xtra fields you assigned when creating an item after putting it in that category