Thank you Krikor,

Your explanation fits with what I have been observing. I don't quite understand why it is designed this way. All users able to create items from the front end have to be registered authors. When a guest visits the site they would like to be able to see all items published by registered users. Authors can use any name they like - the alias is an extra bit of capability not really needed I think. Perhaps it would be nice to be able to turn it off. Or perhaps, I am missing some other important point. At any rate the alias is rarely used so I can continue to intercept when someone does.

Thanks

Thank-you Krikor. We have a rather small site (at present). I am the only author. When I first installed, I tried the Author Alias just once (on one article) by way of experimentation and curiosity... but then I deleted the alias. Still the "Latest from" is not working. I do not have the cache enabled. I tried disabling some plug-ins as suggested by others. Is there a way to re-enable the "Latest from"... ????

@pathfinder, The alias is used in sites in order to accommodate content from guest authors. It is not really meant as a nickname. You can use extrafields and template overrides in order to introduce a nickname to your authors.

@Donald Make sure that the field is indeed deleted, no blank characters etc..

Thanks Krikor,

We have less than 80 items, so I went through them one by one and made sure the Author Alias field was truly deleted... (As I mentioned before, I only used it once out of curiosity and deleted it soon after.) So far no change.

Cleared cache (both Joomla!'s and browser's) ?

Krikor,

I don't have Joomla!'s cache enabled... and yet, browser's cleared...
thx.

Two last things to check.
In the database the created_by_alias cell of the xx_k2_items tables, is it empty?
Is the ordering of the menu item wrong? Eg: Is it by id and when you change it to publishing time for example the item shows up?

Thanks Krikor,

1) This may take me a while to figure out.. I'm a novice and don't know where to look for the database you mentioned..
2) It doesn't seem to be an ordering problem... There are 5 "Latest from..." that appear and they never change, no matter what happens on the site. Thx.

Sorry. Can you tell me where to find the database you speak of?

The Latest From feature is still not working. It seems to be a flaw in the K2 Joomla! .... I wish it worked.. Can they repair it in a coming release????

When you publish a new item, not edit the existing ones?Nothing happens?