The default behavior for K2 is to display the read more button at all times (if selected in the parameters), even if there is no more content. This is not good for blogs where some posts may have the complete article in the listing. A quick fix for this is to edit the category_item.php file, but first you want to make sure to create...
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When I recommended that my customer upgrade from Joomla 1.5 and Mosets Tree to Joomla 2.5 and SobiPro, I had no idea how difficult the directory migration would be. I thought I could export using the Mosets Importer (which I thought was an import/export) and import using the SobiPro CSV importer. Well, that didn’t work out at...
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This is a follow-up to my previous post on adding related k2 items by category. If you have not yet seen that tutorial, you will need to start there as this tutorial assumes you have already created your custom template with the necessary code to display related items by category. The K2 template system combined with the Modules...
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The latest version of K2 has a built in option to allow you to display related items by tag at the bottom of your K2 item. In my experience, most customers don’t want to bother with tags, and would rather have an automated list of related items by category. I’m sure this would be a simple update to K2, but until this...
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This tutorial will utilize the Rules and the User Stats module in order to redirect the user based on the number of logins. This could be the first login, the tenth, first ten, etc. With a slight variable tweak, this will also allow you to redirect a user based on the number of posts, days since last post, join date, and...
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Spring Mountain Motorsports was one of the most difficult websites I have created in a while. Fancy slides, popups, scrollers and galleries are cool, but can create an updating nightmare for the average Joe. My task was to find a balance between features and administrative simplicity. One tool that helped keep all content edits...
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