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[ithacaindy Friend ithacaindyJoin date: January 2010Posts: 335Downloads:0Uploads:10 Thanks: 20 Thanked: 12 times in 1 posts]

#158027

I want to use K2 posts in my news sections, not just the blog. However, I don’t like the “bloggy” look of the “blog” K2 design (the date “tab” just isn’t professional-looking.) I’d rather find a K2 post design that more matches the Teline IV articles (like the K2 “Sample Category IV”) – how do I use that format with K2? Thanks.

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#369258

Me too, I want to use K2 to get the same news presentation than the standard one. How can it be configured?

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#369312

Hello

The teline iv template supports k2 component, simple you only access that category ‘s configuration to switch to use other template.

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#369355

<em>@soundbeat 211686 wrote:</em><blockquote>Me too, I want to use K2 to get the same news presentation than the standard one. How can it be configured?</blockquote>

The solution turns out to be rather straightforward, and one I’m using for our news site. In K2, create a new category and pick “category iv” (or another non-blog K2 category). From that point on, all of your news articles will inherit the style of that non-blog K2 category.

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#369395

I’ve done that, and selected the “Default” for an article category in K2.

But it doesn’t look like at all like the other after when you compare.

There’s no grey zone at the top with the feature article

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#369407

Here’s what I did, step-by-step:

1. Created new category (named “News”) in K2.
2. Parent category: none
3. Inherit Parameter Options from Category: Sample Category IV

B. In “Parameters” on right-side of the category creation screen:

1. Select a template: Use Default

C. Import your Joomla news articles into the K2 side and change the parent category to match your K2 “News” category.
D. Under Extensions/Module Manager, open the JA News Module(s).
1. Pick K2 as your source and then the “News” category. The children categories attached to “News” (such as “Sports”) will automatically be picked-up.
2. Clean the cache and click on a frontpage story. You should get your K2 articles styled in the usual Teline IV appearance.

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#369419

Thanks for the tips 🙂

Still something I don’t understand, when I go in the category let say “Music”, I see all the the news well placed, except there’s a grey box up with a folder with the category description. If I want the featured news of the category there instead, How can I do that?

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#369484

Dear soundbeat,

Would your like follow my steps:

1) Go to admin page and Open your category: “Music”.
2) Set “Leading count” : 1
3) Set “Columns for leading” : 1
4) add the style to k2.css


.catItemView.groupLeading {
background: #F0F0F0;
border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
margin: 4px 0;
padding: 10px;
}


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#369541

Thanks Duchh,

It is showing a bit like I want but not exactly like without using K2. I don’t see images also.

I’m looking for the same layout than the original, but using K2

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#369916

Dear soundbeat,

Sory , I don’t understand. My solution is using K2 that you want. I have just created a new ticket on your behalf: OBV-511-98585

Please open the ticket and update your site access information, clarify the issue you are facing as well then our devs will diagnose and get it fixed asap for you.

For information on best security practices, and frequently asked questions about sharing access with JoomlArt support, kindly refer to the knowledgebase article at: http://support.joomlart.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/3/0/providing-joomlart-with-access-to-your-site-or-server

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