Hello,

I am trying my hands on a news portal but i am not good at codes.
How do i make my titles link to an external webpage (hyperlink) or target="_blank" sort of.
I am using the categories display in my menu setup so i want some of my titles to link directly to original page source.

how do i go about this in a step-by-step manner. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

You need to override your K2 template.
This post will help you. getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates

Then you need to create a text type extrafield for the link.
You can directly render extrafields like this:This will print the value of a specific extrafield. Replace the EXTRAFIELD alias with the actual alias.

Now in category_item.php you need to perform a simple check. If that field both exists and has a value print that instead of $this->item->link.

Krikor,

I appreciate you trying to help. I really do. Like i said before am not very good with codes.
However i was able to create the overrides from joomla back end.
Would you try explaining to me in a more simplified way? How do i make my titles link to an external webpage (hyperlink) or target="_blank" sort of. step-by-step?

Thanks.

The overrides have to be created with the method I posted.

After you have the extrafield setup read this tutorial and open the category_item.php file
www.w3schools.com/php/php_if_else.asp

Check if that extrafield's value is not blank:
You need to replace all instances ofwith
You can also set the link as a variable, perform only one check and echo that variable instead.

<?php if($this->item->extraFields->EXTRAFIELDALIAS->value != '' ) {
$linkcat = $this->item->extraFields->EXTRAFIELDALIAS->value
} else {
$linkcat = $this->item->link;
}?>

and then echo $linkcat where you need to change the link.

Hello Krikor,

I have done the override and I have created the extrafield.
What do I put in the extrafield space when creating an item? Is it the source url?

In my category_item.php file I see this:

<?php if ($this->item->params->get('catItemTitleLinked')): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $this->item->link; ?>">
<?php echo $this->item->title; ?>
</a>
<?php else: ?>
<?php echo $this->item->title; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

I want to use the PHP- The if…….else statement.

Syntax
if (condition) {
code to be executed if there is an extrafield value to item source;
} else {
item title code to be executed if no extrafield value;
}

I hope i made some sense.......

Thanks again.

@Theo Cody

Krikor has already provided the code for that:

Hello Lefteris,

If i understand right, i basically have to



Replace:
<?php if ($this->item->params->get('catItemTitleLinked')): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $this->item->link; ?>">
<?php echo $this->item->title; ?>
</a>
<?php else: ?>
<?php echo $this->item->title; ?>
<?php endif; ?>




With
<?php if($this->item->extraFields->EXTRAFIELDALIAS->value != '' ): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $this->item->extraFields->EXTRAFIELDALIAS->value; ?>"><?php echo $this->item->title; ?></a>
<?php else: ?>
<a href="<?php echo $this->item->link; ?>"><?php echo $this->item->title; ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>


One last thing.
Krikor said "Then you need to create a text type extrafield for the link. This will print the value of a specific extrafield. Replace the EXTRAFIELD alias with the actual alias." Can i get some explanation on this please?

When i go to item-extrafield, what do I put in the extrafield space? Is it the source url?
I am trying to illustrate with some png images but the images simply wont load. Dont know what am doing wrong.

Sorry for being a slow learner.

No, you didn't understand correctly. You need to just replace the line that prints the link:Regarding the extra fields alias you can set it when you create the extra field at the administration of K2.