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What is K2• Content Construction Kit
(CCK)
• Extends what Joomla! articles can do
• Allows cool features– Tags– Per-category styling– Close control of layout– Template overrides
What version to use
Joomla! 1.5• Stable release
• Lots of extensions
• Lots of plugins
• Lots of template overrides
• OK Support
Joomla! 1.6/7• SVN release
• Not many modules
• Even fewer plugins!
• Overrides need tweaks
• Not much support!
Key concepts
• You don’t need Section + Categories
• You can use tags to link related items
• Images added via K2 are automagically resized to the required dimensions
• You can use extensions to create per-category styling
Getting your head around the settings
How to show stuff!
• Category Item Layout
• Category View Options
• Item Image Options
• Item View Options in Category Listings
• Item View Options
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Category Item Layout
Some cool plugins and modules
• Css4k2 (http://www.jiliko.net)
• K2 Dynamap (http://nick.texidor.com)
• K2 Multi Notifier (http://k2joom.com)
• Land of Coder (http://www.landofcoder.com)
• DM Digital (http://joomlaextensions.dmdigital.it)
Example sites• www.able2uk.com
• www.rsnonline.org.uk
• www.suffolkdofe.co.uk
• www.viryatechnologies.com
• www.prhengland.co.uk
