I am currently using Joomla 3.6.2 and PHP 7.0.9 and wondering whether K2 will solve my problem.

I have five different tag families with which an article can be tagged. Five of them are select (ie only one can be chosen) and two of them are multi-select (ie as many as wanted can be selected). [Please note, the issue is not one of how to prevent users making multiple selections when they shouldn't. I am the only person doing the tagging so that isn't a problem.]

I would like to be able to display a selection page (just like you get when you go to a web store, typically down the left hand edge), have the user check or select the options they are interested in and then end up with a list of articles that meet those criteria.

Can I do this in K2 natively, do I need some K2 extension, or can it just not be done?

Hello Michael,

There are several ways to achieve this,

a) A menu module which points to categories/ tags (which I would use personally)

b) A K2 Tools module (category list)

c) K2 Tools again, using a tag cloud