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K2 is a popular and powerful content construction component for joomla with CCK-like (Content Construction Kit) features which lets users easily create any content for joomla website. Using K2, one can transform a joomla website to a news/magazine site with product catalogs, author blogs, work portfolio, download/document manager, knowledge base, event listing, directory listing and more.
K2 extension offers more than the traditional joomla content component can offer. K2 provides a flexible article format that allows users to add images, comments, attachments and even custom fields to the content. It provides an out-of-the box integrated solution which features rich content forms for items, tags, nested-level categories, videos, comments, a powerful plug-in API to extend item, ACL, a system to extend the item base form with additional fields, category and user forms, sub-templates and a lot more!
K2 offers standard features like:
- tags
- image (useful for catalogs/articles)
- videos
- nested-level categories (no category/section restrictions)
- comments (integrated with reCaptcha)
- image gallery
- attachments
- author blogs and user profiles
- ACL for content
- AJAX-based comment moderation
- AJAX-based front-end editing
- Unique plug-in system to extend item, user forms and category
- Google AJAX Search integration
K2 component is extensible with additional fields to its base content form. That means users can add as many content fields as they want and create category-specific content types, e.g. blog post, article, product page, directory listing.
As K2 fully supports the joomla API, all joomla plug-ins can function properly within K2 component and modules, either in the front-end or back-end. K2 has won the "Joomla! component of 2010" award at J and Beyond 2010, the international Joomla event. |