Hi all
As wroten in the title, i would like to know if i can maintain the original names of images when they are copied in /media/k2/items/cache after their reshaping in new format sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).

I read few topics about this problem and about someone who succeeded modifyng directly the code.
Unfortunately those modifications were made on old k2 version and i couldnt' understand how to resolve my problem because my PHP knowledge is not pretty good.

In particoular, i recommend
www.gavick.com/forums/general-discussion/seo-k2-image-18208
gist.github.com/drmmr763/e9592e5b44f71d8872a0
www.joomlaworks.net/forum/k2-en/38390-solved-k2-images-renamed,-keep-original-file-name

But my question is: does somebody know if there is any official implementation of this kind?
I just started to organize 3000 images (from a FB fan page) for a new website e i need that the SEO is extremely worth.

Someone would be able to help me to implement this feature?

Thank you very much

To the best of my knowledge an extension does not exist.
As for an official implementation the official implementation is how K2 works.

As for SEO, since K2 uses the title and alt tags there won't be an issue. Just make sure to change Joomla!'s default robots.txt

I personally recommend using extra fields to produce all of your K2 images (category list, tag list, item page) for full control.

This way, you can optimize your image (Photoshop, Image Ready, SmushIt, etc.) and your ensured that is will be served up as you saved it (no additional formatting and/or compression)

Use the following code to output your image for each respective page:

Item & Category Override
<?php echo $this->item->extraFields->IMAGE_ALIAS_NAME->value; ?>

Tag Override
<?php echo $item->extraFields->IMAGE_ALIAS_NAME->value; ?>

Note: if you use the Image Type extra field, K2 will output the full HTML image markup (which lacks for full customization). If you want to ONLY output the image path so you can have full control over how to use it (apply classes, inline styles, alt & title tag based on extra field values, etc.) then you will need to execute the following hack:

Output K2 Image Extra Field as file path (without image markup) - K2 Hack

file: /components/com_k2/models/item.php

replace...

$value = '<img src="'.$src.'" alt="'.$rows[$i]->name.'" />';

with...

$value = $src; // K2 HACK - removed image markup

Hello Joe,

Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
I think the hack is not needed, you can get the source of the image using the preg_replace() function.

Thanks Krikor, I am not a coder - please provide instructions/exact code in order to execute (Many Thanks)

This will help you.
getk2.org/documentation/tips-a-tricks/1129-extra-field-image-type-as-link

The $var variable is the actual image URL.

I tried that, but it did not work, that is why I was forced to hack the code.

Is your project on Github or sth similar?

No - it's ok, I can live with the hack. In fact, I have documented all of my hacks so I can systematically deal with them when I upgrade. Thanks

Kittens die when you hack k2 source codes... :D

You can also upload your own image using a simple plugin - the K2 example plugin is an example.

Hahaha, nicely put.
Joseph is not the average user but as a proper workflow the use of a plugin is highly recommended.

Thanks for the compliment Krikor.

I am still open to a non-hack solution. Remember, I am not a coder, so I need an explicit solution to render an extra field image without the default markup.

Anyone willing to help, please provide a copy & paste solution, something like...

<?php blah blah ExtraField -> alias -> blah blah ?>

to render any extra field image path only

/path/image.jpg

You can try this method, i posted Here

Item title as image alt
or custom alt

I find it easier to just use a "Text Field" as the extra field type and then just echo the value as the src.

Hi Michael,

I find it easier to use the Image Field for selecting a desired image. Using a text field requires knowing the path to the image (by memory or copying and pasting it from another browser window - which is multiple steps in itself).

I really wish there was a parameter to disable the markup that is outputted when using the K2 Image Extra Field and provide a clean image path - so non-coders such as myself would not need to modify the K2 code to receive the same results.

Regards,

Joe

Hi Kannan,

I too prefer not to hack, but find it necessary at times.

In this case, you would have to specify every extra field that you want to output as an image path.
Which would require the you to update the code if any extra fields are changed (alias) or added.
This would be more complicated and time consuming than changing a small line of code.

I really wish there was a paramter to enable/disable markup for K2 extra field images.

Cheers,

Joe

Hello Krikor,

I use K2 as an absolute alternative of Joomla article manager. but I have a great issue with its SEO. K2 has great capabilities but in SEO it decrease my search appearance. Here I just saw you mentioned changing the default robot.txt
Actually I have never changed this. I am using joomla 3.6.3. Do you think this might have been the reason?
besides, I have applied all the necessary SEO tags in them including schema.org standards. and everything possible in SEO.

Joomla! blocks the access to the /media folder. The media folder contains the images so this is not so good.
This can have an impact on your SEO.

You can also take a look at: extensions.joomla.org/extension/econa-for-joomla-articles-and-k2-items

Thanks for your reply. I did not understand how that extension which you suggested going to help.
but thanks for letting me know about that joomla blocks the \media directory.
K2 is great but it reduces the search appearances a lot. and make the images very hidden in the system unless the code is changes.
the name change and random names is one of them.

K2 does not hide images, if you have a correct alt tag (which K2 produces btw) then you are ok.

Furthermore as explained in my previous post, you simply need to comment out a single line in the default robots.txt file.

The extension I posted will let you keep the original name of the image and provide some other functionality as well. It is completely unrelated to the robots.txt.