Joomla 2.5.x. How to edit/remove gallery filter/sort options

This tutorial is going to show you how to edit/remove gallery filter/sort options on your Joomla 2.5 based template. For instance, the options on your gallery pages you want to edit say

Joomla 2.5.x. How to edit/remove gallery filter/sort options

1. The headings like Filter:/Sort:/Sort order:  can be changed in the en-GB.tpl_themeXXXX.ini file located in the \language\en-GB folder (en-GB.tpl_themeXXXX.ini in \themeXXXX\language\en-GB folder) on your FTP where it says

;----------------------------------------
GALLERY_FILTER="Filter:"
GALLERY_SORT="Sort:"
GALLERY_VIEWS="Views:"
GALLERY_SORT_DIRECTION="Sort order:"

2. You can remove the Filter part and change the word All in the category.php file located in the \templates\themeXXXX\html\com_k2\templates\portfolio folder on your FTP (lines 69-79) where it says

<div id="isotopeOptions">

<?php if(!empty($tags)){ ?>

<span><strong><?php echo JText::_('GALLERY_FILTER'); ?></strong></span>

<ul id="filters" class="option-set">

<li><a href="#" data-filter="*" class="selected">All</a></li>

<?php

foreach ($tags as $tag) {

echo "<li><a href='#' data-filter='.".strtolower(str_replace(" ","_",$tag))."'>".$tag."</a></li>";

}

?>

</ul>

<?php } ?>

The listed filters can be managed through the admin panel of  your Joomla site under the menus Components -> K2 -> Tags.

3. You can remove the Sort order part and change the words title, date, views in  the same category.php file where it says (lines 81-89):

<div class="clr"></div>
<?php if(!empty($catItems) || !empty($catItemTitles) || !empty($catItemDate)): ?>

  <span><strong><?php echo JText::_('GALLERY_SORT'); ?></strong></span>

  <ul id="sort" data-option-key="sortBy" class="option-set">

  <li><a href="#sortBy=#title" data-option-value="title" class="selected">title</a></li>

  <li><a href="#sortBy=#date" data-option-value="date">date</a></li>

  <li><a href="#sortBy=#views" data-option-value="views">views</a></li>

  </ul> 

4. You can remove the Sort part and change the words sort ascending/sort descending  in  the same category.php file where it says (lines 91-98):

<div class="clr"></div>
 <span><strong><?php echo JText::_('GALLERY_SORT_DIRECTION'); ?></strong></span>

  <ul id="sort_direction" data-option-key="sortAscending"  class="option-set">

  <li><a href="#sortAscending=true" data-option-value="true" class="selected">sort ascending</a></li>

  <li><a href="#sortAscending=false" data-option-value="false">sort descending</a></li>

  </ul>

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

Joomla 2.5.x. How to edit/remove gallery filter/sort options