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K2 is a Content and CCK (content construction kit) Extension for Joomla! that provides more features than the standard content component.

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Email notifications for expiry item on K2 (Joomla )

Is there anyway to email the author of the item/article about the upcoming expiry of an item?
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Sort Categories for sj_k2_categories_ii Module in Page

i use this sj_k2_categories_ii module in my site i make some menu with this module how i can sort Categories by alphabet in my page Categories sorted by module with k2 item ID thanks
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Add an Image to K2 article pragmatically

I want to add an image to a K2 article using PHP. Is there a way to add an image when I am creating the article using PHP? Adding the title, body, and category is simple enough. All you have to do is ...
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K2 SEF URls adds menu and category hierarchy

I just installed Joomla 3.9 and K2. Created few items in k2. But looks like URL generated by K2 is not really SEF Url. when categories are published as menu items I enabled SEF URLs in Global ...
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Problem with K2 Plugins - Joomla - Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array

Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/......./archi/html/com_k2/templates/default/item.php on line 398 396 <!-- K2 Plugins: ...
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Homepage gives me a 403 resource error but still loads

I have a Joomla site using K2. If I open my site in a browser (https://www.niederlausitz-aktuell.de), everything loads as intended, but in my client-side console I get the following error: Failed to ...
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Joomla multilingual site HTML tag attributes don't change after install k2 component 2.10.3

I found a problem in the "System - K2" plugin in version 2.10.3. When the "System - K2" plugin is enabled, if the site is multilingual, the language attributes ("lang" ...
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How to display specific K2 extra field of current item with k2 tool module

I am trying to display specific extra field values of a specific item with the K2 tool module. I have tried to get just BRAND, but I'm getting stdClass::brand() error. $db = JFactory::getDBO(); $...
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Unset Unwanted Backend CSS and Javascripts

I'm creating a modification of K2 module and I want to remove some unnecesary K2 css and script load. I have tried to use unset($this->_scripts['']); unset($this->_styleSheets['']); but ...
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Create 301 for Joomla K2 to Shopify Blog

We have moved to a Shopify site for our cart and moving all other data across. I'm trying to create 301 redirects for our K2 blog content and struggling. Using the Joomla Redirects (image) for all ...
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K2 tools Archive redirects to homepage

K2 tools Archive redirects to homepage. How can I fix it? There's a topic with the same theme: www.joomlaworks.net/forum/k2-en/36125-k2-tools-archive-redirects-to-homepage,-how-to-fix But the advice ...
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Display clicked K2 Article on new page, and not on page you already are

My website works with a main menu whose tabs are directly linked to K2 Articles / Categories of K2 Articles. The article(s) all nicely show if a given menu tab is chosen, BUT when an article is opened,...
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Background music on a homepage

I want to have a background music played on my site's homepage. Preferably without the controls. So that the music would start playing on its own (ie, without user's interaction). I tried different ...
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Customize and Display Layout / URL of K2 Articles in Joomla

I'm currently designing a website in Joomla working with the k2 extension for Joomla. Let's simplify things and say I made a Category "A" of k2 articles. 1) I link a main menu to display the ...
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SEF URL Issues on several sites

I am running into an issue on several sites where the urls are "nesting" other links in the main url structure. For example: https://retrolube.com/blog/five-benefits-of-new-tires-for-your-vehicle/...
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How to show k2 article previous date only and upcoming only

I am creating k2 articles as events. There will be: Upcoming events Old events. I am not able to show old events for current date. How to filter both types of events (Upcoming/Old) with ...
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Bulk delete disabled k2 users Joomla 2.5

I have thousands of spam users. I use K2 and I would want to delete them from "k2_users" and from "users". I want to delete the blocked ones. I have tried deleting K2_users from the admin, but it does ...
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How to use convert_tz in a joomla query?

This is my current query: $uvdatetime = JFactory::getDate('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Athens')); $db = JFactory::getDbo(); $query = $db->getQuery(true); $query->select("distinct ". $db-&...
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K2 SEF issues including Joomla Smart Search

I am having an issue with smart search and k2. If I search for a Joomla article then everything pulls the correct SEF URL. If I try to search for something that is a k2 item it loads correctly but ...
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jQuery is not a function in ajax function

I'm modifying the website (I got it the way it is right now, maybe even worse). I'm getting the "Uncaught TypeError: jQuery(...) is not a function" on the website, the error appears in ajax function, ...
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Is there still no convenient way to hide an article's content on the category blog page?

I've been using K2 since Joomla 1.5. I noticed that in recent versions Joomla has done a lot of improvements to its content system, so I decide to switch back to use vanilla Joomla com_component for ...
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K2 Item view —Call to undefined method K2HelperHTML::loadjQuery()

my client has updated to the latest version of Joomla: 3.8.1 und K2 to 2.8.0. Frontend and Backend are working, but it is not possible to edit a k2 item or k2 category. List view is working, but not ...
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How to display social sharing buttons in k2 category items, tag list, and item's page?

The native K2 CKK social sharing feature don't pop by default so i spent some time and came up with this social sharing codes i want to share with the community. See my answer below and hope it helps ...
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How to dynamically add extra input fields in k2 item form

Problem I'm currently working on a form which has to implement a way to create a schedule for a single day. It should use a time for when an event starts, and a description about the events. The ...
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Wrong Creation time for article and error on edit of existing article

This may have been discussed but I can't find a fix. I get the following error when Saving an existing article. 0 DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (-1-11-30 03:00:00) at position ...
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Align to center JO K2 Slideshow

How to aling to center JO K2 Slideshow of my web site? http://www.enpi-medscapes.org/index.php/en/
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K2 Category Filter Extension freezes after selection and filter

Just need a little bit of help with this extension: https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/filter-for-k2/ Basically it is a dropdown filter for K2 articles. My problem is that after you make a ...
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Joomla K2 articles redirect

I have a lot of URLs like this: www.mywebsite.com/blog/item/1021-le-foreste.html that becomes, after SEF changes, like this: www.mywebsite.com/blog/le-foreste.html How can I write an .htaccess rule ...
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Get rid of 404 Errors after removing K2

I want to explain the issue so hopefully any body can help me I had a website that use to contain K2 Component on it for different reasons that website got destroy so I had it to redo the whole ...
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K2 Items edit icon missing

I have been trying a lot lately to get this thing work.I'm using Joomla 3.6.5 and I am using JA University Template.I see when I log in through front end I am able to see the K2 edit icon for modules....
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Fatal error in K2 Tools Module

Every so often, I get this error in one of the sites I manage: [16-Dec-2016 17:08:20 America/Detroit] PHP Warning: require_once(/path/to/site/modules/mod_k2_toolsDShelper.php): failed to open stream:...
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"PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object" in K2 Template

On December 8, I first received this error on a site I manage: [08-Dec-2016 13:38:28 America/Detroit] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object in /path/to/site/templates/...
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301 Redirect all K2 Items (or Joomla! articles) to the Parent Category

I have a Joomla! + K2 site that uses categories as main landing pages with articles filling in various sections of the page. Thus, I don't want articles to be seen or indexed by Google individually. ...
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K2 show items to selected users

Using K2, I want to select the users of whom the K2 items would be shown to. How do I do this? So far I have created user groups and put them under registered users. Are there any components that ...
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How to change home page title and description in meta tag

I have a test website running joomla 3.4: http://test.amberaviation.com.au If you look at the source code of the home page. It says <meta name="description" content="change_here" /> <title&...
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K2 Pagination not showing on correct item

I have an issue where the pagination in K2 Category layout is not showing the active class on the correct element. This page is an example https://realsport101.com/news/page-3 This is showing the ...
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K2 User show total number of Item hits

I have a requirement where I want to show the total number of hits that a user's items have been read. For example, if they have ten K2 items, each have been read 10 times, then I want to show the ...
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Editing K2 Items showing error

I am running K2 (Version 2.7.1) on a local instance of WAMP running Joomla 3.6.2. I was able to edit K2 items perfectly, but suddenly this morning, when trying to go into K2 (just the items) I'm being ...
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How to Select K2 Category to Show When Creating Menu Item

Can anyone tell me how you select WHICH K2 category to show when assigning it to a new menu item? It gives you the option to show a list of items under a specific category, but no way to pick which ...
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Koowa suddenly throwing strict errors

Got a call from a client today who suddenly had these errors on the site, on Joomla 2.5.28 Really interesting is - no one has made edits to this site in over a month, but these errors were not ...
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How to add link to the image uploaded in image tab of K2 item

Defining a Item in K2, we can upload an image in the Image tab of the K2 Item. Is it possible to create a link to that image? So when a user click in the image is redirect to the same link of the ...
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Joomla 3.6.2 - wbAMP Plugin not take author from k2 article [closed]

i have plugin wbAMP for Accelerate Mobile Pages of Google. But i have a problem about this plugin. wbAMP is 1.4 version, and when i start this plugin and I check with google developer operation i see ...
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What would be the best approach to modify multiple articles' content programatically?

Joomla 3.6 + k2 2.7 hosted on my own linux server. I am assuming someone else's webmaster job. He has had hundreds of k2 items on hte site, with a major problem: most of the articles have some ...
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How to add submenus to a menu?

My main menu is: Home | Software | Contact I have two K2 items in 'Software' category: Soft1 and Soft2. I want to make the Soft1 and Soft2 appear as submenus in the 'Software' menu. The Software ...
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K2 : Redirect user after login to User Blog Page

I am using K2 extension in a website. When a user logs in, I want the page to be redirected to the user page automatically where he can see his posts. I am using K2 login module. When the user logs in,...
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Why can googlebot crawl to author page while I never actually show author link on my website?

My website is built by Joomla3.6+k2 2.7. Today I find out that Google Webmaster indicates that "Googlebot found an increase in server errors". On the "Crawl Error" page, I see something like the ...
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How does K2 Custom HTML module differ from Joomla's?

I know there's a K2 Tool's module and it has among other things, its own Custom HTML module. The only difference that I've noticed is that it has a "Parse PHP code" option. So my question is... is ...
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K2: Call To A Member Function Get() On Null

I want to create a page where visitors can submit an article from frontend in K2. But when I create a menu item with type as item edit form in K2, it throws an error in frontend. The whole website ...
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K2: Show 5 articles per page

I have created a Categories menu item and wants to show only 5 articles per page. But can't find the option to add the limit in K2 component. Kindly, let me know where I can change this limit for ...
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How to call K2 currently viewed item's title / creation date on my template index.php?

As mentioned in the title, I'd like to know how to call the K2 current item's title & creation date in my template's index.php. What I'm trying to achieve is to display (if the user is on a K2 ...
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