Quick question about the social sharing buttons on K2 items. Currently I have the G+, Twitter, and Facebook "Like" button.

However, what would be really great for our particular needs is not a Facebook "like" button, but a true Facebook "Share" button, as well as a button for sharing on LinkedIn.

I've seen a couple plugins in the Joomla! Extension directory that give more flexibility to the social buttons used for Joomla! articles, but not K2 items. I assume it is possible for K2 items as well, but am curious what the best way to go about this is.

Thanks for any advice.
Jessica

You can manually add more buttons in your overrides.

The file you need to edit is item.php

getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates

Thanks, I was able to add the buttons that I wanted, but now would like to hide the buttons that came with K2. I've changed the settings within the category and individual items within that category to hide the K2 buttons, but they remain intact. I did try clearing my cache just to be sure that wasn't the problem, but it doesn't appear to be.

For example: worldanimal.net/about/wan-blog/item/205-three-international-animal-law-websites-to-know-about

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.
Jessica

@Jessica Bridgers

Hi. Check again your category settings. Ensure that you are editing the correct category and that it is not inheriting parameters from an other category. Finally ensure that your item.php includes all the required conditions checks for displaying/hiding those buttons.

Thanks Lefteris! I've resolved the problem.

All the best,
Jessica