K2 | The powerful content extension for Joomla! developed by JoomlaWorks

Nuevvo has just released Takai, the official K2 demo site, as a free Joomla!/K2 template, available for everyone to download and use.

This new iteration of the demo site has been fully modernized to be responsive, uses multi-color variations (with the option to create yours as well), is built using flexible grids, features cool off-canvas navigation (when on mobile) and uses Nuevvo's awesome no-framework template parameters & standard features.

Takai is the best starting point for everyone just joining the K2 Community.

Learn more about Takai and download the template package and the quickstart packages for both Joomla! 2.5 & 3.x at the Nuevvo website at: http://nuevvo.com/joomla-templates/free/takai More

Una vez que hemos editado nuestra plantilla por defecto de K2, o incluso antes de hacerlo, es importante hacer un "template override" para no perder los cambios realizados una vez que hacemos la actualización de versión de K2. 

El procedimiento es sumamente sencillo. Todo lo que hay que hacer es copiar los contenidos de /components/com_k2/templates/ y pegarlos en la carpeta /templates/suplantilladejoomla/html/com_k2/ (si no existe la carpeta hay que crearla).

Como notará algunos archivos quedan en el "root" de la carpeta /templates/suplantilladejoomla/html/com_k2/ estos permanecerán iguales para cualquier plantilla. Otros quedarán en la carpeta "default" que es la plantilla que estará seleccionada por defecto. 

Copiamos la carpeta "default", le cambiamos el nombre y y así crearemos una nueva plantilla. Podremos modificar los archivos de dicha plantilla y seleccionarla como la plantilla por defecto desde la configuración global de K2. También podemos seguir usando la plantilla "default", pero ahora, cuando actualicemos, no perderemos los cambios.  More

Allow user to set the Joomla template to use based on the content category being viewed. If a template style has been set through the menu item parameter, we retain that setting. If the K2 category inherits from another category, we also search for a match there, but only if there is no direct category match. Based on SM2 Section Template plugin.

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The Zenkit template package is a stand alone collection of templates that can be used in any Joomla template. They make it easy to create interesting and flexible layouts from your new or existing K2 content.

With the help of the Zenkit templates it is possible to create a wide range of layouts for your K2 category views including:

• Leading slideshow.
• Masonry layout using leading items.
• Tabbed layout which provides clickable tabs to show leading, primary and secondary content.
• Accordion modes which target the content assigned to the primary layout.
• Featured left and feature right magazine type layouts.
• A two column blog layout.

These layouts are triggered by simply assigning a specific Zenkit template to the K2 category or menu item of your choice. 

For a full run down of what's possible, please be sure to check out the Zenkit demo or read through the extensive Zenkit documentation.

Zenkit templates are currently only available to our club members, however in the next few days to a week we will be releasing a lite version that we will make available for free to non club members.

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In the link following, there are zip files containing template override packages for K2 starting from version 2.2...
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