hello,
first of all i love k2 and use it in every website.

i have a problem with extra field. I need a field with a email-adress (mailto:).

I tried many thinks.

I think the fastest solution would be to remove the default-link http:// , when i create a new link field, so i can put there everythin i want.

Do you know how i can remove the default-link (which file do i have to change?)

Thank you very much for your answer

Brigitte

Hello Brigitte,

If you want complete control over the output (and possibly use an email cloacker so you don't get tons of spam) I suggest you use two text fields, one for the link and one for the title of the link.

This snippet will help you in directly outputting extrafields getk2.org/community/New-to-K2-Ask-here-first/171284-Where-to-edit-K2-after-Item-Fields

Hello Krikor,

ok,

you say i should put a snippet like this into the file item.php (i find in com_k2/models:

<?php if($this->item->params->get('itemExtraFields') && count($this->item->extra_fields)): ?>
<?php if(isset($this->item->extraFields->EMail->value)): ?>
<?php echo $this->item->extraFields->text_email->name; ?>
<?php echo $this->item->extraFields->EMail->value; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

But i dont know where? i always get an error.

and: is the email field a text-field? How does it know, that i want to make a link with mailto:???

Thank you for your help.

Brigitte

You should read the full (but small) tutorial as described in this blog post.
getk2.org/blog/1068-k2-v262-now-available

Hello Krikor,

i read it already very carefully , but i still don't know where to put the changes and it does not say how the program knows that a text-field should be a link or a mailto (this i can try, if i know where to put the code (not which file, but where, there are a lot of statements with extra-fields)

I tried here:
i put this on line 754 on item.php (i find in com_k2/models:

//extra field mit text
if($this->item->params->get('itemExtraFields') && count($this->item->extra_fields)):
if(isset($this->item->extraFields->InhaltEmail->value)):
echo $this->item->extraFields->text_email->name;
echo $this->item->extraFields->InhaltEmail->value;
endif;
endif;

before the statements

//K2 plugins
$item->event->K2BeforeDisplay = '';
$item->event->K2AfterDisplay = '';
$item->event->K2AfterDisplayTitle = '';
$item->event->K2BeforeDisplayContent = '';
$item->event->K2AfterDisplayContent = '';

now i get the error on the frontend:

Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object in /home/www/impuls/components/com_k2/models/item.php on line 756

you see it here
www.webmanagement-allgaeu.de/index.php/mitglieder/mitglieder1

This is what i need:
I only need a field where i can put a email-adress with a link to the standard email-program (mailto). :(

change:
now i see, that the email-Adress in a text-field automatically makes the link with mailto. Without some changes. Can i leave it like this? Or do i get spam then.

Brigitte, you need to study a bit about overriding before pasting code. The code should be added in item.php.

I am sorry if I made this a bit difficult I was just pointing to the optimal solution (which requires some coding).

For just a quick and dirty solution you can google for a simple email cloacker.

Should your project require overriding I strongly recommend reading this post before doing anything. getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates