We are glad to announce a new release of our news module for K2. The main purpose of this update is to make J2.5 module version closer in functionality to the newest J3.x module. We are sure that new date filtration options will be extremely useful for your site. The second important thing is that we totally remade the built-in templates. All-mode Default and All-mode List now get a new life as fully responsive templates with 8 color schemes. Enjoy the new functions and views.
New features:
- Date filtering
Item filtration by predefined filters: today, this week, this month, this year;
Display items from the specified time range;
Display items from the specified time period relative to the current date. - New Comment System Supported:
CComment Core & CComment Professional - German Localization.
Improved:
- Totally revamped built-in templates;
- MySQL cache 5 mins optimization;
- New parameter ($title_full) now available in module templates;
- Some module interface improvements.
How to Update?
Information about how to update your RAXO All-mode K2 J2.5 module can be found in this INSTRUCTION.We strongly recommend everyone to make a full backup of your site files and database before new version installation.
Filtrate K2 Items by Date
This amazing and incredibly useful feature allows you easily retrieve items from a specific date or date range. We did our best to provide filtering by date with many options. See what variants available:
Predefined Date Filters:
- today - select K2 items only for the current day;
- this week - select K2 items only for the current week;
- this month - select K2 items only for the current month;
- this year - select K2 items only for the current year.
Specify Date Range:
- start date - retrieve K2 items dated after the specified date.
- end date - retrieve K2 items dated before the specified date.
Note: it is not necessary to set both dates. If you specify only one of them, the module is still able to do the job. For example, if you set only start date (2014.01.01), RAXO All-mode K2 retrieves items from the period starting with this specified date and up to the current date.
Relative Date Range:
- from X days ago - start day of the range relative to the current day;
- to X days ago - end day of the range relative to the current day.
The main feature of the relative date range is that it doesn't use fixed calendar dates. The start and the end of this date range are tied to the current date. Since the current day moves forward with every new calendar day, relative date range also changes the same way.
Totally revamped built-in templates
RAXO All-mode K2 is a powerful news module that is used on various content-heavy sites. To fit the diversity of client websites, the built-in templates must be flexible, multipurpose and highly adaptable for various needs and tasks. This is a tough task, indeed, but we managed to accomplish it and make our module templates universal. See what's new:
All-mode Columns Template
- Some design improvements
- 9 color schemes
- New color icon sets
- Data URIs for all images (saves HTTP requests)
- Valid CSS
All-mode Default Template
- Some design improvements
- Now fully responsive
- 8 color schemes
- New color icon sets
- Data URIs for all images (saves HTTP requests)
- Valid CSS
All-mode List Template Updated
- New awesome design
- Now fully responsive
- TOP Items support added
- Thumbnails and other content elements added
- 8 color schemes
- Individual icon set
- Data URIs for all images (saves HTTP requests)
- Valid CSS
