Hello everybody!

I need a little bit of help.

I'm' working on a simple content plugin for J3 that replaces certain strings from Joomla output in accordance with pre-defined rules.

I use onContentPrepare() method, parse the HTML output and replace certain tags before sending the output to the browser. The plugin works fine on native Joomla articles and modules. But since my site also utilizes the K2 component, I have problems trying to get K2 output to do the replacements. While having access to category description and extrafields, I actually need the pre-rendered HTML code from the subtemplates.

It seems I need to create a separate K2 plugin (never done it before), so I have a bunch of questions:

1. What event is fired when K2 has already generated the output, including HTML tags around the extrafields?
2. Is there a way to call somehow the methods of a native plugin by the K2 plugin? Having 2 plugins that will do the same work is a nightmare, but I'm sure there must exist solutions.
3. How can I get access to the settings of my plugin (that are set via Admin interface) from the K2 plugin?

Any help will be much appreciated,
Alex

Hello Alex,

Better yet I can give you a link to the example K2 plugin which you can extend.
getk2.org/extend/extensions/90-example-k2-plugin-for-developers

Krikor,
Thank you for the reply, I'll study the example.

You 're welcome Alex :)