Hi,
In System Configuration -> Media, i set my Path to File: "media/k2/attatchments", where my attatchments are stored.
My images are in "images/". But i only set weather "media/k2" OR "images", since images path has to be subfolder.
Can i configure my system somehow, that when i click browse server in k2 items->images tab, it opens "images" and when i click in k2 items->attatchments, it opens "media/k2/attatchments"?

Hi, can someone please help me with these file pathes.

I want to attatch one pdf file and one jpg image to my k2 item.
I upload the pdfs via ftp to the folder "media/k2/attatchments/pdf/en" and u upload the images to "images/k2items".
Now i add one of each in my k2 item using k2 in joomla.

Somehow the pdfs get copyed to "media/k2/attatchments" even i have them already online in the folder above.
And the images gets copyed into "media/k2/items/src". And i think k2 uses them from there.
Why cant k2 use it from my folder, where i choose them?

If i change a pdf local and replace it in my folder "media/k2/attatchments/pdf/en", then i think i wont replaced on the webpace, because it holdes the backup in "media/k2/attatchments".

Guess i have to delate it in my k2 item and add id again.

Cann someone help me to get rid of this?

Hi,

K2 images are always stored under media/k2/items and this cannot be changed.

K2 attachments are stored in the path you set in the K2 parameters in the option "Change root attachments folder" .

The browse server button used in K2 images and attachments is always looking at the path you set System Configuration -> Media . This option is common for every place that media manager is used in K2.

Lefteris wrote: The browse server button used in K2 images and attachments is always looking at the path you set System Configuration -> Media . This option is common for every place that media manager is used in K2.

Hi, thank you for your response Lefteris,

my intention is, to upload image and pdf attatchment via ftp. And by time, if i want to change the attatchment, i want to replace the file on the ftp. So that i dont have to remove and add it new in the k2 item interface in joomla. Do you know what i mean?

Does it work, that i save my attatchments in "media/k2/attatchments" and my images in "media/k2/items/src" and it will work like i need?
I doesnt think so, becaus if i use an attatment in different items, they get copyed and renamed wit item id in front of attatchment name.

Someone got a solution for this, or how do i controll the images/attatchmens comfortable?

Hello Alex,

It the filename is the same, then it will work. If on the other hand it is not, then it will work since the reference to the item is not updated.

Krikor wrote: Hello Alex,

It the filename is the same, then it will work. If on the other hand it is not, then it will work since the reference to the item is not updated.

Yes, the problem is, i have an item with an attatchment. The attachmend is stored in /media/k2/attatchments. Now i want this same attachment file attatch to another k2 item. K2 then, copys the file and renames it to "filename_14****"".
Isnt it posible, the K2 uses the file, with its name, wich is alread in this attatchment folder?

My intention is: If i do an chance in this attatchment, i could change it offline, replace it with pdf, and all items, with this attatchment are updated.
Is there an solution?

Or how is it ment to manage the attatments. How do you guys handl this issue?

@Alex

What you want to achieve cannot be done without hacking K2.

I suggest to use extra fields and link directly to that file instead of using attachments.

I have tried both images/podcasts and /images/podcasts

Neither make the media upload feature to save it in that location.

What should the path be?

Jeff are you talking about attachments or media?