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#32756 Actuallity of AdminTools and K2

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:17 CDT

Sunday, 29 March 2020 08:12 CDT

Julien04
Hello !

I use AdminTools and K2 Content. I have see a topic posted last years ago where you said that FrontEnd Edition was risked. Fotis hadnt wrote his code no taking into account of Joomla code.

Today, i begin my works in my siteweb and i use K2 Content and i have create access group user to edit in frontend and admin tools security create an error 403.

So.. Can you say me if its is always actuality for K2 code and his risk ?

I privilege the security at the choice of the component. I don't create an exception or others if its risked.

If is always actuality to Fotis code, i can use Joomla native article. Could you say me an others choice compatible with admin tools security ?

Thanks by advance and have a good day !

Julien

J! : 3.9.16
Php: 7.3
Admintools : 5.6.0
Edited by Julien04 on 2020-03-29 08:13 CDT

Monday, 30 March 2020 00:29 CDT

nicholas
The design of K2 has not changed in the last 7 years, probably because its lead (and only real) developer quit the company to start his own somewhere around 2014 -- possibly earlier, it's been a very long time. Between then and now K2 seems to be in maintenance mode, doing the absolute minimum to keep working in newer versions of Joomla. No design or usability issues have been addressed.

I am actually surprised it's still around. Back in the Joomla! 1.5 days it had features that made sense, like nested categories, tags, comments and custom fields. All of these except comments have a much improved counterpart in the Joomla core. K2 comments are extremely susceptible to spam and even its developers weren't using them back in 2011, at the heyday of K2.

The same goes for basically all CCKs (Content Creation Kit) extensions that were popular in the Joomla 1.5 days. Their key features seemed to be custom fields, tags, category management and publishing options – all of these are now part of Joomla itself or available as third party plugins. You can even get more than decent AMP and social media card support for Joomla articles, things which are very relevant now but weren't even a thing when the CCK extensions were created.

Here at Akeeba Ltd we do as we preach. Look at our Videos category. What you see is core Joomla articles. We used core features to create a category-specific template override for the Blog Layout and some custom CSS for the articles. The static category header is a simple custom module but we could have made it with the core Custom HTML module as well – I just found it easier for maintenance to automate the header content.

You could make Admin Tools not throw a security exception. The other public tickets on the topic explained how. That would be a good short term solution. The long term solution is to identify the reasons you're using K2, find a migration path to core content and see if that makes sense for your use case. Just keep in mind that Joomla 4 – beta coming end of May in all likelihood – is likely to necessitate that transition.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Monday, 30 March 2020 07:31 CDT

Julien04
Hello !

Thanks you for your rich feedback !

Effectively, J!4 is coming.. My reason to use K2 was because its popular and i have a good remember in past.

More, i dont use comments and no significant mod of k2.. I just need to porpose an create/edit frontend for different access group.

Finally, my need is fill by Joomla Article with whom i can improve with path and custom css.

Why install a new component when a native exist and work perfectly and secure ?..

I think its my solution for my use and will to use a secure article component update with Joomla!

Thanks you very much !!

And thanks you for your work !

Have a good day !

Julien

Monday, 30 March 2020 07:48 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome! Have a great day and stay safe :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:17 CDT

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