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Using JComments with K2

October 20, 2010 | Written by Steve Burge

We've written often about K2, the excellent content extension for Joomla. You can read and watch our introductions here in Part 1 and Part 2.

In this tutorial we'll show you how to use JComments instead of native K2 comments. Why would you want do this? Here are some reasons:

  • JComments is a more fully-featured commenting option than the default K2 option.
  • JComments can provide comments elsewhere on your site, not just K2. Your site visitors will be presented with a unified solution.
  • It has a captcha system that works on all hosts unlike Recaptcha which can cause problems on hosts such as GoDaddy.

Install K2 and JComments

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In order to integrate K2 and JComments you first need need to have both of them installed on your site.

If you haven't done so, you can find them on the K2 page on http://extensions.joomla.org and the JComments page on http://extensions.joomla.org.

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Install the JComments for K2 Plugin

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In order to integrate the two extensions, we're going to need the JComments for K2 plugin that you can download from its page on http://extensions.joomla.org.

Upload this plugin to your Joomla site and then go to Extensions >> Plugin Manager >> K2 JComments Plugin and enable it.

Visit Your K2 Articles

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That's it, you're done. Unfortunately it's not possible to import your K2 comments into JComments.


 

 


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Comments  

 
#1 Ben N 2011-03-07 20:56
I have got JComments working with K2 on my web page, but the comments template seems different to the default for Jcomments. I'd like to install another template, but I'm not sure how to. I tried copying the zip file of a theme i downloaded in to the /components/com_jcomments/tpl/ area, but it didn't work...any ideas on what to do?
 
 
#2 aneesh 2011-06-23 01:23
Thank you! I just installed JComments and was wondering why its not appearing in my site! Thanks for this article!
-aneesh-
 
 
#3 iowawebco 2011-06-27 15:43
Hi Ben,

Sorry for the delay. It's hard for us to monitor support requests in the comments of blog posts, so if you're a student at OSTraining please use the support forum where we answer all questions within a business day.

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#4 iowawebco 2011-06-27 15:44
You're welcome, Aneesh!

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#5 rjvlairen 2012-02-15 04:37
We ca import K2 comments now in the latest version.
:)
 

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