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K2 v2.2 (stable) is now available!
After 4 months of development, we're happy to announce today the release of version 2.2 of K2.
You can download the new version at http://getk2.org
If you're using versions 2.0 or 2.1 (or if you used the SVN version of 2.2), upgrading is a breeze: just install the 2.2 package on top. All new functionality will be added without messing with your templates not one bit!
UPDATE v2.2 screenshots are now available at http://community.getk2.org/photo/albums/k2-v22-backend-screenshots or at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotisevangelou/sets/72157623228788174/ (same set on both sources) - for those who wanna see the backend before installing. For the frontend, you can always check out the official K2 demo site at http://demo.getk2.org
Version 2.2 adds new functionality and features in v2.1. To sum things up, v2.2:
- enhances frontend editing further more. Users can now moderate comments to their own articles (if they have the permission to do so of course). A true multi-author environment!
- Adds the "latest items" view which is a new way to show the latest items from specific categories or users in one page. See how we're using this already on Reporter.gr here http://bit.ly/7N8Eov and you'll get an idea of what we mean :)
- Many new features, options and other little gizmos added to the modules of K2, e.g. auto-generated feeds from contents retrieved in mod_k2_content.
- Google AJAX Search integration into mod_k2_tools. Use the power of Google within your site seamlessly. See the example here: http://bit.ly/5Sz4fr
- A user's unpublished items are now seen on the user's page if they're logged in. Makes it easier to write new items without auto-publishing or publishing later.
- More feature-rich RSS feeds with new content options.
- New backend module to quickly access K2 admin pages from the Joomla! Control Panel page.
- New refined frontend and admin form pages make using and learning K2 a joy!
- New tagging system introduces 2 ways to add tags: via a selection based tagging option (as used in 2.1) or a new super cool free-tagging option with auto-suggest features
- Now you can embed videos from any provider in the "video" tab, even if they are not supported by AllVideos (which is utilized in K2)
- Better import functionality from Joomla! Along with articles/category/section import we've now added "user import" (found the in Users menu in K2) which will help transition Joomla! users into K2's advanced ACL system. Makes adopting K2 easier on existing websites with dozens of users and more (previously you'd have to assign users from Joomla! one by one to K2). Furthermore, we have added missing user management tools in Joomla! into K2's "Users" page. E.g. the option to move many users at a time from one Joomla! or K2 user group to another. Or multi-delete. Or multi-unpublish! You name it!
- Comment editing is now possible inline using a spice of ajax! No more badly spelled comments on your site! The editing functionality in comments is available for admins and frontend editors.
- New "CSV data" type in "Extra fields" makes uploading tabular data in K2 a breeze.
I'd like to emphasize that performance has been improved furthermore into K2 and we've laid the foundations for a RESTful API within K2 for later versions. Developers can easily spot the new options provided to do AJAX calls into K2 content or display content from K2 in a raw and usable (to third party services) format.
For template designers, we've now made it possible to directly override the K2 CSS by including references to the K2 frontend CSS files in their templates. K2 will look first for the K2.css, K2_ie6.css and K2_ie7.css files in the template's /css folder and if it doesn't find these files it will then pick them up from K2's /css folder. There is no need now for your template users to manually switch off the default K2 CSS.
A more detailed changelog will later be published, clearly defining the changes, improvements and other tidbits on the way to 2.2.
A big thank you to all the people who tested the SVN versions of K2 v2.2 and helped us pinpoint bugs before the release. You are an example for any open source community!
Enjoy one more fine release from the folks at JoomlaWorks!
You can download the new version at http://getk2.org
If you're using versions 2.0 or 2.1 (or if you used the SVN version of 2.2), upgrading is a breeze: just install the 2.2 package on top. All new functionality will be added without messing with your templates not one bit!
UPDATE v2.2 screenshots are now available at http://community.getk2.org/photo/albums/k2-v22-backend-screenshots or at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotisevangelou/sets/72157623228788174/ (same set on both sources) - for those who wanna see the backend before installing. For the frontend, you can always check out the official K2 demo site at http://demo.getk2.org
Version 2.2 adds new functionality and features in v2.1. To sum things up, v2.2:
- enhances frontend editing further more. Users can now moderate comments to their own articles (if they have the permission to do so of course). A true multi-author environment!
- Adds the "latest items" view which is a new way to show the latest items from specific categories or users in one page. See how we're using this already on Reporter.gr here http://bit.ly/7N8Eov and you'll get an idea of what we mean :)
- Many new features, options and other little gizmos added to the modules of K2, e.g. auto-generated feeds from contents retrieved in mod_k2_content.
- Google AJAX Search integration into mod_k2_tools. Use the power of Google within your site seamlessly. See the example here: http://bit.ly/5Sz4fr
- A user's unpublished items are now seen on the user's page if they're logged in. Makes it easier to write new items without auto-publishing or publishing later.
- More feature-rich RSS feeds with new content options.
- New backend module to quickly access K2 admin pages from the Joomla! Control Panel page.
- New refined frontend and admin form pages make using and learning K2 a joy!
- New tagging system introduces 2 ways to add tags: via a selection based tagging option (as used in 2.1) or a new super cool free-tagging option with auto-suggest features
- Now you can embed videos from any provider in the "video" tab, even if they are not supported by AllVideos (which is utilized in K2)
- Better import functionality from Joomla! Along with articles/category/section import we've now added "user import" (found the in Users menu in K2) which will help transition Joomla! users into K2's advanced ACL system. Makes adopting K2 easier on existing websites with dozens of users and more (previously you'd have to assign users from Joomla! one by one to K2). Furthermore, we have added missing user management tools in Joomla! into K2's "Users" page. E.g. the option to move many users at a time from one Joomla! or K2 user group to another. Or multi-delete. Or multi-unpublish! You name it!
- Comment editing is now possible inline using a spice of ajax! No more badly spelled comments on your site! The editing functionality in comments is available for admins and frontend editors.
- New "CSV data" type in "Extra fields" makes uploading tabular data in K2 a breeze.
I'd like to emphasize that performance has been improved furthermore into K2 and we've laid the foundations for a RESTful API within K2 for later versions. Developers can easily spot the new options provided to do AJAX calls into K2 content or display content from K2 in a raw and usable (to third party services) format.
For template designers, we've now made it possible to directly override the K2 CSS by including references to the K2 frontend CSS files in their templates. K2 will look first for the K2.css, K2_ie6.css and K2_ie7.css files in the template's /css folder and if it doesn't find these files it will then pick them up from K2's /css folder. There is no need now for your template users to manually switch off the default K2 CSS.
A more detailed changelog will later be published, clearly defining the changes, improvements and other tidbits on the way to 2.2.
A big thank you to all the people who tested the SVN versions of K2 v2.2 and helped us pinpoint bugs before the release. You are an example for any open source community!
Enjoy one more fine release from the folks at JoomlaWorks!
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Comment by Lanesa Stubbs on February 16, 2010 at 8:26am - I need some help with the permissions. There seems to be permission issues with the site owner. I have assigned a user as a site owner but they cannot post to the site with administrator access. It only allows me to post as a super administrator. Can someone please assists. Thanks!
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Comment by Hernan on February 14, 2010 at 6:58pm - Hi, first at all great component, but i've a problem. When clic in autor´s image to view his posts, left and rigth columns not show. Anyone can help??
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Comment by citra on January 30, 2010 at 8:00am -
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_regex_encoding() in /home/XXXX/public_html/testing/affinity/administrator/components/com_k2/tables/k2category.php on line 50
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What's wrong with K2 2.2? Is it my site error or what?
Thanks
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Comment by Edward on January 24, 2010 at 6:28pm
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my K2 search function can't work. I activated the K2 search module and K2 search plugin but there is no result displayed. Please help.
Edward
PS. Does the K2 search support Chinese as well?
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Comment by edsal on January 23, 2010 at 10:50am
- I don't know where to post, the new latest items view is limited to one column despite setting it to 2 or 3, I've checked with a clean J1.5.15 and different templates. Is there a way to solve it?
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Comment by lee on January 22, 2010 at 4:33pm
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and when will there be the ability for admin to receive email notification of newly submitted items - so that they can actualy publish them if the user submitting them doesnt have publishing rights.
and when will there be the ability to display unpublished articles in front end to logged in publishers?
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Comment by Edward on January 21, 2010 at 3:30pm
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finally solved the problem of breadcrumbs function by selecting the funationality in K2 tools. XD
Edward
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Comment by Edward on January 20, 2010 at 4:08pm
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Thanks for your reply. However, I really got lost setting the breadcrumbs function. I checked the discussion and many people also have this problem as well. Would you please teach us in details how to establish this breadcrumbs function in K2?
Many Thanks
Edward
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Comment by JoomlaWorks on January 20, 2010 at 2:11pm -
@Edward Better use the K2 tools module and its built-in breadcrumbs feature. Yoosearch will probably not work with K2 items. But you can ask the Yootheme guys. ;)
@Panagiotis Nope.
@Greendome It's pure K2 man!! Just a matter of templating differently ;)
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Comment by GreenDome on January 20, 2010 at 12:17pm
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@Fotis - on the reporternet.com site: http://www.reporternet.com/Greece/Business/item/92181-Greece-C-Bank-advises-bank-to-limit-ECB-exposure
What plugin are you using to display the date and published in details in the contents and is it available to download?
Many Thanks
GD
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