K2 for beginners - Joomla!Days NL 2010 #jd10nl

introduction to flexible & feature-rich content for Joomla! websites by Fotis Evangelou (JoomlaWorks) www.joomlaworks.gr Joomla!Days Netherlands 2010

Introduction General facts for content in Joomla! Joomla! content is “spartan” by default To simulate today's must-have functionality like blogging and rich media, we need to install a dozen extensions The resulting package is limited and troublesome to maintain www.joomlaworks.gr

Enter K2! the popular powerful content component for Joomla! with CCK-like features think of Joomla! articles thrown into the mixer with Drupal's CCK, Wordpress blogging features and Joomla!'s templating on steroids www.joomlaworks.gr

What can I do with K2? Using Joomla! & K2 it's easy to build: • portal/magazine with author blogs • catalog (products, work portfolio etc.) • blog • knowledge base • download/document manager • directory listing • event listing all bundled under one extension package! www.joomlaworks.gr

Basic K2 features (1/2) • nested-level categories • comments system • tags • "extra fields" system to extend item elements (a la CCK) • item image (useful for articles/catalogs) • image galleries • videos • attachments www.joomlaworks.gr

Basic K2 features (2/2) • user profiles/blogs • versatile ACL system • ajax-based front-end editing • powerful plugin system to extend item, category and user forms • ajax-based comments moderation • Google AJAX Search integration ...and a lot more! www.joomlaworks.gr

Why K2? 1. Joomla! has been far behind other competing CMSs like Drupal and WordPress in terms of social features and f exibility (categorization, l ACL, expansion etc.) 2. Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5 are practically the same in features for the end-user 3. Slow development cycle for Joomla! - which further strengthens point 1. www.joomlaworks.gr

Did you know? K2 has been downloaded more than 200.000 times in less than a year and it has been translated into several languages already. K2 is the de facto content component supported by almost all major Joomla! template providers including: • JoomlaPraise • JoomlaBamboo • RocketTheme • JoomlArt • GavickPro • JoomlaShack www.joomlaworks.gr

K2 powered websites two of the world's highest traffic Joomla! Websites: Gazzetta.gr & TNAWrestling.com popular websites like: Gorillaz.com & The Arts Desk (recently awarded in the UK) websites of prominent Joomla! template developers: JoomlaPraise & JoomlaBamboo ...and thousands of personal or business websites around the world. www.joomlaworks.gr

Now let's build our first K2 website! www.joomlaworks.gr

Thank you www.joomlaworks.gr

K2 for beginners - Joomla!Days NL 2010 #jd10nl

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