This is a great addition to the K2 component! Both modules work great.

Now as mentioned before, there's no itemID when following the links created in the auto list, so articles/sub-category lists are shown with the default or current (main page/Home) templates and modules positions. Eg: I've got the slideshow module to show only on the main page, but following a link from this auto module, the slideshow appears anyway.

Is there a way to add this, even a hard coded solution will do for me now, I can create a generic layout itemID.

Well actually this is not a bug in the module...The problem is that you need to create menu items to all the categories :/

 

At least that fixed it for me.. took some time (have about 300 categories hehe) but it worked :)

 


valkyria said:

This is a great addition to the K2 component! Both modules work great.

Now as mentioned before, there's no itemID when following the links created in the auto list, so articles/sub-category lists are shown with the default or current (main page/Home) templates and modules positions. Eg: I've got the slideshow module to show only on the main page, but following a link from this auto module, the slideshow appears anyway.

Is there a way to add this, even a hard coded solution will do for me now, I can create a generic layout itemID.

Hey I created something like this not long ago, not as good as Omar's but someone might find it useful

 

Publish the module in whatever position you like, CSS needs a class named menu. If you don't like that class name, or already have it, hack the default.php file in the tmpl folder. If you browse to a directory that contains sub-directories it will create a list of them with their titles as the links. The parent category name becomes the menu title. If you're in a sub-directory that contains articles, it'll create a list of those articles using their titles as links.

That's about all it does, but it's saved me massive amounts of time. Enjoy

Hi Marty - thanks for providing this module, its just what I need.  One questions - It seems to be creating URLs to a static itemID of 198 - can that be changed to link to whatever the current itemID is?  Thanks again

Marty Peet said:
Hey I created something like this not long ago, not as good as Omar's but someone might find it useful

 

Publish the module in whatever position you like, CSS needs a class named menu. If you don't like that class name, or already have it, hack the default.php file in the tmpl folder. If you browse to a directory that contains sub-directories it will create a list of them with their titles as the links. The parent category name becomes the menu title. If you're in a sub-directory that contains articles, it'll create a list of those articles using their titles as links.

That's about all it does, but it's saved me massive amounts of time. Enjoy

Edit the default.php file in the tmpl folder, line 51. Not sure which variable is the container for the current item probably id by the look of the k2_items table, so swap the Itemid=198 to Itemid='.$v.id' and see how that works I suppose... good luck!!!

Hay can u help me to do same with categories.... i mean in the above module u have fetched the items, instead can i fetch the categories.... please help me.... 

 

thanks

Hey Datshay

 

Not entirely sure what you want here...

 

If you read my description of the module that is what it's supposed to do, if the category has items, list the items, if the category has sub-categories, list the categories. Shouldn't be to difficult to locate the if statement and break it out into blocks so that it can/does display both categories and items? or to comment out the categories display altogether

 

datshay said:

Hay can u help me to do same with categories.... i mean in the above module u have fetched the items, instead can i fetch the categories.... please help me.... 

 

thanks

Is there any way to show the parent category?

 

Because when you are in an item the module is just empty :P