If you use an override this may help

I have successfully done it.

If you add the following line of code to your item.php file it will close the window after the article is saved (the file is found in your_site\components\com_k2\views\item\tmpl\form.php)

 

Add this code at or around line 36 - after the line 'submitform( pressbutton );'

parent.$('sbox-window').close();

 

So it should now look like:

<?php endif; ?>submitform( pressbutton );parent.$('sbox-window').close();

 

I'm currently working on the javascript needed to refresh the page once the window closes so you'll see the 'Item Saved' text at the top of the screen.

 

If you do not change line 254 the article will be 'locked' on the backend - if you want the article to save without being locked you can change the text on line 254 to read:

<a class="toolbar" href="#" onclick="javascript: submitbutton('save'); return true;">

If you do this - the 'your item has been saved' text will not show - I'm working on resolving this

 

I hope this helps other people who were running into the same issue as me.

Thanks Hanny! Looking forward to the rest of your solution.

Well, I'm at a stumbling block.

From my reading it looks as if we don't even need to include

parent.$('sbox-window').close();


to get the window to close.

All that needs to be done is the following:

 

window.parent.location.reload();


 

That will reload the page, and since the new item is opened in an Iframe, when the page is reloaded the iframe will go away automatically.

 

BUT, it needs to be added to the postback from the javascript (which exists somewhere, that's why 'Add Item' changes to 'Edit Item')

I'm just too new to javascript to know where to look or where to put it in order for it to work.

 

Wish the developers would chime in on this considering it's been such a huge stumbling block for so many...

Okay, here's how it's done.

If you have users creating articles from the front end and you want the 'save' button to close the model box window that pops up when they add or edit an article - just follow the steps below to achieve this:

 

*Note: there are a few other fixes that work to close the box, but not refresh the page - this does both.

 

The key is passing an extra parameter through the URL that gets created when the user clicks "Save", then we just check to see if that parameter (which I will call 'step') exists - if it does, we refresh the page.

 

Lets follow along, first we must add this parameter to the URL created -

Open the item.php file located at:

Yoursite->administrator->components->com_k2->models->item.php

 

On or around line 646 - you will see some text that resembles:

case 'save':            default:                $msg = JText::_('Item Saved');                if ($front)                $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&task=edit&cid='.$row->id.'&tmpl=component';                else                $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=items';                break;


So what we need to do is add our parameter to that URL so it will look like this (remember I called the parameter 'step', and will be setting it =1) - the code will now look like this:

 

                if ($front)                $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&task=edit&cid='.$row->id.'&step=1&tmpl=component';


 

Now when the user clicks 'save' the parameter 'step' is getting passed along, and when the form reloads to show the user their information they had entered, step=1!

 

So then we have to add the php to check for that - that's simple enough:

Open the form.php file located at:

Yoursite->components->com_k2->views->item->tmpl->form.php

 

In there you can see where the form actually begins (on or around line 249), what we want to do is just add a little bit of php that checks to see if our 'step' parameter is equal to 1.  If it is - we'll refresh the parent page using some javascript, that will automatically close the model box and cause the 'item saved' text to display to the user letting them know what happened.

The existing code looks like :

<form action="index.php" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" name="adminForm" id="adminForm">    <div class="k2Frontend">                    <table class="toolbar" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4">


 

When finished it will look like this:

 

<form action="index.php" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" name="adminForm" id="adminForm">    <div class="k2Frontend">        <?php if (JRequest::getInt('step')=='1') { ?>        <script language="javascript">        window.parent.location.reload();        </script>        <?php        } ?>                    <table class="toolbar" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4">


 

That checks to see if 'step' is =1.  If it is - it runs javascript to refresh the parent window - closing the box and refreshing the page automatically.

 

This ensures the easiest possible thing for the user (i.e. they don't have to click 'back' and 'refresh' which is extremely counter-intuitive) and gives the front end user a back-end experience.

 

I hope this helps people - it took me a LOT of chasing things in the wrong direction before I thought of this solution.

I'm pretty saddened the developers never helped with something that's affected so many people, but oh well - problem was solved!

 

Keep on, keepin' on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, here's how it's done.

If you have users creating articles from the front end and you want the 'save' button to close the model
box window that pops up when they add or edit an article - just follow
the steps below to achieve this:

 

*Note: there are a few other fixes that work to close the box, but not refresh the page - this does both.

 

The key is passing an extra parameter through the URL that gets created
when the user clicks "Save", then we just check to see if that parameter
(which I will call 'step') exists - if it does, we refresh the page.

 

Lets follow along, first we must add this parameter to the URL created -

Open the item.php file located at:

Yoursite->administrator->components->com_k2->models->item.php

 

On or around line 646 - you will see some text that resembles:

case 'save':             default:
                $msg = JText::_('Item Saved');
                if ($front)
                $link =
'index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&task=edit&cid='.$row->id.'&step=1&tmpl=component';
                else
                $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=items';
                break;

Thanks a lot men ! It works like a charm :)

But I still don't like the pop-up box, I prefer a lot the Joomla basic window, integrate in the website, for adding article...

 

Has anyone tried to do that ? : remplace the pop-up box system and have a display like in backend, I mean with window integrate in the website ?

 

Thanks a lot ;)

Yes - Email me & I'll send you instructions! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I have a big problem, I don't know if it's due to the modification for the button save, but for each article I add, they are lock in back end. I had to unlock them with "Tools"->General Validation in backend.

 

For example, the user "Juju" add 4 articles, they are all locked. And when "Juju" logout, all article unlock itself.

 

Any idea ? It's really weird Oo ...

 

Thanks ;)

Ive seen the answer to that in one of these discussions, maybe on the asksimon site - cant remember. I find it I'll update here.

I thought it was a safety feature - so that if someone is logged in, their articles are 'locked' so they can't be edited/worked on while they may be working with them.

At least that was my understanding of what I saw.