Enable HTML in joomla k2 extra fields

K2 is a wonderful CCK and content replacement for the standard joomla content. In fact I am using it with k2mart to create some awesome shopping cart goodnes. Of course the shopping cart I am converting from is a Custom CMS/E-commerce system that has tons of custom html pieces in the product buy now pages.

Specifically I needed the ability to choose several custom messages that have little html to open new windows, highlight messages etc.

There are community links for an older version of k2 here

These don't work in the latest so here is an updated working html hax for K2 v2.4.1!

Open up Administrator/components/com_k2/models/extrafield.php

//line 32 
if (!$row->bind(JRequest::get('post')))
 

//around line 53 look for 
$objects = array ();
$values = JRequest::getVar('option_value');
$names = JRequest::getVar('option_name');

Replace with the following (if you have questions see documentation)

 //line 32 - replaced
if (!$row->bind(JRequest::get('post',JREQUEST_ALLOWHTML)))


//around line 53 - replaced
$objects = array ();
$values = JRequest::getVar('option_value','','post','string',JREQUEST_ALLOWRAW);
$names = JRequest::getVar('option_name','','post','string',JREQUEST_ALLOWRAW);