Dear K2 Developers and Community,

Originally I had planned to use the K2 author page as the public profile for users by customizing the layout, but I've decided to use a different component to do the job now. Eventually I'll have to modify/integrate K2 comments, K2 latest comments' module, and K2 top comments' module (username and images) to direct users to this component's profile.

However, I don't know how to disable the K2 Author Page. I hid all layout & view options for user (author) pages in K2 backend parameters, but the K2 author page is still accessible.

Is it possible to unpublish this page or disable this feature?

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Scott

Hello Scott,

I would try a different approach.
If the URLs have a similar pattern eg: the username, you can create a redirect rule in the component's overrides or your htaccess files.

That's interesting. I hadn't thought of that, but it might be beyond the scope of my skill-set/knowledge-base.

This would be an example of a user's K2 author page url:

www.mysite.com/component/k2/author/1863?Itemid=495

and the other component's profile page I'm hoping to redirect them to:

www.mysite.com/profile/page/1863?task=page.display&page_id=6

The only thing I see that is similar is the "1863", the user's ID #.

Do you think such a configuration would be possible given that users' ID #s are provided in the URLs?

If so, any additional information about creating a redirect would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Scott

Hello Scott,

This does require some regex knowledge.
StackOverflow to the rescue :)
stackoverflow.com/questions/28643170/htaccess-redirecting-rewriting-pages-based-on-partial-url-pattern

Not sure, but seems that would involve making an individual redirect for each and every user, which isn't practical.

I solved this problem with the use of Metamod by inserting the following recipe in the module backend PHP area:

$url = $core_genius->info("url");
$c = preg_match('#^http://www\.mysite\.com/component/k2/author/([0-9]+)#', $url, $matches);
if ($c) {
$newurl = "www.mysite.com/profile/page/" . $matches[1] . "?task=page.display&page_id=6";
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$app->redirect($newurl);
}

Now all avatars and links in the K2 comments area, K2 comments module, and K2 top commenters module all redirect to a different component's profile page. So if you're using K2 and have a similar problem (you'd like to redirect users to their custom profile pages or another component's page), you can use Metamod + that recipe. Just change "mysite" to your site url and change the destination "(new url) profile/page/" and "?task=page.display&page_id=6" according to your needs.

Kind regards,

Scott

Nice one Scott,

Kudos :)

Hi Scott,

where can i find the module backend PHP?

Thanks