Hello All,

K2 is awesome and I would like to give something back to the awesome community. I have made some changes to the code that allows:

1) you to assign Extra Fields to multiple Extra Fields Groups
2) you to assign User Groups to Extra Fields Groups (just like categories)
3) you to assign User Groups and Categories to multiple Extra Field Groups

This gives you the ultimate flexibility when configuring how information is displayed on the different pages.

I would like to get in contact with the people in the community and the developers to see if this could be of interest and possibly incorporated in the core code.

Let me know, Marco

Hi. We are currently working on the version 3 of K2 which introduces extra fields for categories, users and tags. The repository of the new version is github.com/joomlaworks/k2-v3-dev-build/ . If your code is based on version 2 of K2 the repository is located at github.com/joomlaworks/k2 .

The code is based on version 2 of K2. I had quick look at the repository. I have not worked with a github repository before. If I want to share the modified code what is the procedure?

Thanks Marco

You need to create a pull request so we can inspect your code. Details on pull requests can be found at help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/ .

Okay my colleague James has forked the K2 v2 repository and will make the the changes then send you a pull request.

Lefteris wrote: Hi. We are currently working on the version 3 of K2 which introduces extra fields for categories, users and tags. The repository of the new version is github.com/joomlaworks/k2-v3-dev-build/ . If your code is based on version 2 of K2 the repository is located at github.com/joomlaworks/k2 .

What is the projected launch date for v3? I have a project starting that needs these features!

It is the 15th of December.

Krikor wrote: It is the 15th of December.

I did not see any announcement about release yesterday. What is v3 status?

Hi,

on Twitter JoomlaWorks postponing release-Date "till Wednesday". Experience says, it maybe not Today;-)

Regards

Franz Wohlkönig wrote: Hi,

on Twitter JoomlaWorks postponing release-Date "till Wednesday". Experience says, it maybe not Today;-)

Regards

I wasnt aware of the twitter announcement. Thanks for mentioning it.

I am not sure if by wed (which is today) is possible too. There is still a lot of last minute things to do. I too am desperately waiting for V3 since my production site which is supposed to be released by xmas is now on hold due to this. But I do appreciate the work the devs have been doing the past few days. Looks like they are working very hard to push this stable release soon. If they continue this momentum, hopefully it can be out in a week's time Fingers Crossed! :)

I hope Devs provide only well-tested Version. At this Moment looking at github i can't believe its Today*g

Franz Wohlkönig wrote: Hi,

on Twitter JoomlaWorks postponing release-Date "till Wednesday". Experience says, it maybe not Today;-)

Regards

Thanks, I'm following @JoomlaWorks, now...

Seems like v3 release has been postponed till 24th Dec. I hope it doesnt keep on delaying more than that. Its just that sometimes I see high activity in github one day and then no activity for 1 or 2 days. Each day is precious and hope the devs finalize everything and bring V3 to stable soon...

@mr_anonymous

i see it on github too. But thinking, they have to communicate, making dicisions, try solutions etc. so they need Work, where we couldn't see chances. I#m no dev. but interest how things work, that why i'm looking on github. But priority has a stable Version, cause could you believe how much messages would write here, if they give us a halfbaken Version? They would crash the renomee of theirs Products and we have nothing won than troubles.

Regards

You are right about that. But I feel like too many things are left for the last minute. Its been on beta for a very long time now but with a very slow snail like progress until this month. But now it seems there are too many last minute things to fix, test and brush up to bring it to stable. I have been testing the hell out of it to try and help the devs speed up the process and help anyway I can. It is still possible to bring it to stable in a week but it would need long hours of work everyday now. Fingers crossed big time! :)

Seems like back to little to no activity again in github. For a product that is due to be released in 4 days, the progress seems too laid back. This is really frustrating. Have a bad feeling that either the release is going to be postponed once again (knowing the history) or gonna get a half-baked release. I hope the devs are not taking it easy thinking they have time till 24th to relax. Its not too far and the frontend is not close to being finalized yet.

Sorry to vent here, I have been working over 4000 painstaking hours on my site for the past 8 months non-stop and was about to release my production site on xmas but its all on hold due to this version 3 release headche. The development progress is being a real pain. JoomlaWorks has to seriously step up their game especially when they are planning to have pro memberships on K2 product.. Very disappointed indeed.... :(

Hi,

i would never depend my time-plan on dev-time-plans. Too much couls happen, so i have to work with useable tools. And if a new Version is on we all know it takes Time till ist real usable (similaer to a operating system where its better to wait on an *.3-Version).

on Version3 devs where to optimistic about their time-plans. So off course there are now angry Users, which belived devs. My impression is dev communicate now more and precise.

Regards

Thank you Franz for listening to my vent :)

I should probably just go with 2.6.9 for my production site then. What you say is absolutely right and make sense. Only reason I was wanting to start on Version 3 on production is mainly because of couple of features that are only available in V3. So I would need to sacrifice that if I was to start with 2.6.9. I've got over 3000 articles to create after I've decided which version I am gonna go with and I literally got no time in my hand which is making me even more anxious as days go by. Once installed I dont wanna be doing big updates on k2 after the production release atleast for the next 6 months. But seeing the laid back approach on dev, I am beginning to think my choice for waiting on V3 was a bad idea.

Thank you again Franz for telling me your views. Sometimes I need that extra person with another point of view especially when I am in a dilemma during my deadline. I appreciate you for writing to me. You are a good man.... :)

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Hey folks, unfortunately we're gonna have to postpone for at least 3 weeks the launch of K2 version 3. We need additional time to perfect...

Looks like it is going to be a while...

Mr_Anonymous wrote: I should probably just go with 2.6.9 for my production site then...

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This means that if for some reason you're now starting a new K2 based project, you will safely be able to upgrade from v2 to v3.