Create your own short URLs with K2 & sh404sef
Recently, one of the very usefull features of sh404sef, automatic short URLs, started supporting K2 content... Here's how to enable it.
Out of the blue: "Fatal error [function.require]"
Did you ever move a K2 based site from one host to the other (or from a local copy to your production server) and started getting blank pages with Fatal Error [function.require] style errors? Don't worry, it's a 10 second fix...
The top K2 questions from beginners
Based on all the postings over on the community forum, most people starting with K2 have the same bunch of questions...
Only show K2 intro text to unregistered users
One of the features that K2 chose not to bring over from Joomla articles is the concept of "Show Unauthorised Links". In Joomla, this simple checkbox allows you to display to all your visitors the link and intro of articles that have an access-level of "Registered". Once users click on the link, then they get prompted to login to view the full article. That is a pretty common workflow for sites that use a paywall or register wall... So how do we accomplish this in K2?
Using K2 2.4.1 with sh404SEF - What you need to know
Using 2 of the most popular extensions together can work wonders as long as you know some of the tricks... I've learned them the hard way...
Help! I can't order my extrafields
If you can't seem to order your extra fields in the K2 admin, click on the order column first and then you'll see the ordering arrows activate :-)
That's it...