I insert a picture in the extra field, create text area but does not show the image, only the code:  {gallery}images/stories/test{/gallery} 
the same happens with the YOOtheme mutibox {mbox: 50centb.jpg | width = 126 | height = 126 | = group albums | thumb = 50cent.jpg | 50 Cent title = | caption =} 50 Cent}

I have same problem,

did you ever get to fix this issue?

It is most likely because K2 does not output extra fields same way as it outputs main content. Extra fields don't get parsed  for plug-in tags, or something like this.

 

Can someone who knows solution to this problem (or workaround) share with us.

I personally would rather know how to output {gallery} directly from PHP in template, it would help a lot.

I will try to find answer in K2 source codes.

Have a look at components/com_k2/templates/default/item.php around line 481 in k2 2.4.1 or search for "Item image gallery" in earlier versions. This is where it is displayed in the item view. You will also find the code in Category_item.php i think for showing the gallery in the category view

I am having the same problem ... is there a fix for this?

Hi,

I have found some sort of workaround. It seems that extra fields are not prepared as main content. You can use following code it should work in any template file.

<?php

  echo JHTML::_('content.prepare', '{gallery}your/folder{/gallery}' );

?>

You can even output this way whole extrafield with any plugin markup.

 

Hi Rastislav,

 

Seems a bit extreme having to post PHP in the extra fields? Are you sure there is no other fix?

should work in any template file

I think he meant in a php file like category.php or item.php

Hi William,

 

The problem I am having is that when I try and do something like this:

 

{gallery}images/stories/test{/gallery}

 

In an extra field, it just outputs the syntax and doesn't display the gallery as it does if I enter it in the content tab editor.

I have just added the above directly into my category_item.php template file and tested.

I then made the following change (see below) to use the extrafield output to select the gallery folder path (defined as a variable by using a case break loop - which I think was from another post by William White - see above !)) - this means you only have to put the folder name into the extrafield textbox - which should be exactly as Jock wants/needs? 

It is exactly what I have been looking for but had not had time to do!

 

<?php echo JHTML::_('content.prepare', '{gallery}'.$FolderName.'{/gallery}' ); ?>

 

Nice one Rastislav for the above post !! Thank you :)

OK, I kind of see what you are doing ... does this mean you gave up on trying to get the extra fields to output as code and not static text? Why would it work when you paste in the content tab editor and then NOT in the extra field editors?

 

Also ... what if you wanted the front end user to add extra parameters, such as the following:

 

{gallery rows=1 cols=1 width=708 height=140 crop=1 labels=captions alignment=left orientation=horizontal buttons=0 links=0 counter=0 overlay=1}/imageFolder/images/{/gallery}

 

I dont think this solution will work for me