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I couldn't find the answer to a question, so I figured it out on my own. I imported Joomla! content into K2 through that nifty little button in the upper right corner with the flames and removed the Joomla! content in this order: articles, categories, and sections. Unfortunately, this caused the menus to not be not linked to their cooresponding
sections, categories, and articles anymore, and resulted in a 404 error page when trying to navigate to the page.
For the sake of discussion I will use the following example of how to link the content that was imported content into K2 to the Joomla menus.
1. Go to Menus > Topmenu
2. Edit a Menu Item > About Joomla!
3. In Menu Item Type (in this example it is Categories)
4. Click Change Type Button
5. Change Menu Item > Select Menu Item Type (the method is to match the Joomla! section,
category, or article to its cooresponding K2 category or item. In this example it is a K2 Category)
6. Choose K2 > Item listings > Categories
7. In Parameters (Basic) > Select one or more categories > About Joomla!
Presto! Link works again.
sections, categories, and articles anymore, and resulted in a 404 error page when trying to navigate to the page.
For the sake of discussion I will use the following example of how to link the content that was imported content into K2 to the Joomla menus.
1. Go to Menus > Topmenu
2. Edit a Menu Item > About Joomla!
3. In Menu Item Type (in this example it is Categories)
4. Click Change Type Button
5. Change Menu Item > Select Menu Item Type (the method is to match the Joomla! section,
category, or article to its cooresponding K2 category or item. In this example it is a K2 Category)
6. Choose K2 > Item listings > Categories
7. In Parameters (Basic) > Select one or more categories > About Joomla!
Presto! Link works again.
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Comment by REI on May 18, 2010 at 8:15pm - OK, I'm good with this. Here's another question (and it's a real NOVICE one) -- what in K2 takes the place of the Frontpage content module? I imported all my content, updated my menus to K2 categories, but my home page is (of course) blank. Is there a module I should be using to get K2 content on the home page.
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Comment by Simon Wells (K2 Support) on March 23, 2010 at 2:27pm - Hi Colette, this has just all been covered in the new documents at K2joom.com, sorry it was not available when you started this. Unfortunate, but a good lesson.
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Comment by wakawaka on March 18, 2010 at 9:39pm
- this is hard to follow, instead of giving hints, just say " (hint: match Joomla! section "what it is that you're trying to show us. The subject is always complicated, playing hide n' seek is not really helping.
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