An impromptu presentation on the basics of the K2 CCK (http://getk2.org) for Joomla! CMS. The majority of this breakout session was spent interactively exploring the settings within a K2 installation, therefore the presentation is quite short.

1. Ruth Cheesley Getting started with K2

2. What is K2 Content Construction Kit (CCK) Extends what Joomla! articles can do Allows cool features Tags Per-category styling Close control of layout Template overrides

3. What version to use Joomla! 1.5 Stable release Lots of extensions Lots of plugins Lots of template overrides OK Support Joomla! 1.6/7 SVN release Not many modules Even fewer plugins! Overrides need tweaks Not much support!

4. Key concepts You don’t need Section + Categories You can use tags to link related items Images added via K2 are automagically resized to the required dimensions You can use extensions to create per-category styling

5. Getting your head around the settings

6. How to show stuff! Category Item Layout Category View Options Item Image Options Item View Options in Category Listings Item View Options

7. Category Item Layout Leading Story Leading Story Primary Story Primary Story Primary Story Primary Story Secondary Story Secondary Story Secondary Story Secondary Story Links Links Links Links Links Links Links Links

8. Some cool plugins and modules Css4k2 (http://www.jiliko.net) K2 Dynamap (http://nick.texidor.com) K2 Multi Notifier (http://k2joom.com) Land of Coder (http://www.landofcoder.com) DM Digital (http://joomlaextensions.dmdigital.it)

9. Example sites www.able2uk.com www.rsnonline.org.uk www.suffolkdofe.co.uk www.viryatechnologies.com www.prhengland.co.uk