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8 years 5 months ago - 8 years 5 months ago #152999 by trogladyte
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Under "Choose Image" in the image tab of create/edit, there's a field for entering a caption. Self-explanatory really, except for 3 things.

1. The image is centered but the caption is left justified - silly! At worst it needs to line up with the left edge of the image or, much more sensibly, be centered as well. Is there a setting for its justification I couldn't find?

2. Although I can make the caption appear on the "details" layout, on the Readmore it doesn't. How do I get it to display there as well? This is really important to this client.

3. While adding or editing an article from the frontend, there is no "Display Settings tab where the ability to Use Global | Show | Hide captions toggles are. Where do I globally set "Show Captions"? I looked through Parameters but cannot find it.

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8 years 5 months ago #153054 by Krikor Boghossian
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Hello,

1) This is a simple CSS rule, depending on the template you are using, you can increase/ decrease or use float to the image's block.
2) The code you need to use in the category_item.php file is this:
<span class="itemImageCaption"><?php if(!empty($this->item->image_caption)) echo $this->item->image_caption; ?></span>
Remember to use overrides instead of editing core files.
getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates
3) The settings are set through the backend.

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8 years 5 months ago #153079 by trogladyte
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Thanks Krikor. I'll have a look at the template and if I can figure out why it's doing it. I still find it surprising that the image is centered but the corresponding caption is not.

#3 - is there a global switch/setting to set captions on, or is it per article or category. If there's no ability to set captions on the frontend, I'm hoping there's a global one. If so, exactly where is it?

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8 years 5 months ago #153089 by Krikor Boghossian
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The caption by default is not present in the category item's view.
You need to hardcode it in your template.

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