CB Activity plugin - support & integration - Cobalt 8

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27 Июнь 2012 17:26

(Shortcut to re-created Cobalt 8 topic, for voting etc.)

Joomlapolis just released the new CB Activity plugin. Documentation or API info is not available, yet. But it should be extendable... Currently I have not many infos, sorry. Just wanted to let you know about this long awaited feature...

I hope you will consider it for your CB integration plans.

Product info page

Some infos from the developer:

"There are a couple ways you can add new entries. You can directly insert a new entry into the database as it's specifically designed to be generic. You can use the below method being used in the plugin file (requires CB API to be present and plugin loaded)."

$activity    =    new cbactivityActivity( $_CB_database );



$activity->set( 'user_id', (int) $user->get( 'id' ) );

$activity->set( 'type', 'profile' );

$activity->set( 'subtype', 'registration' );

$activity->set( 'title', 'has joined [sitename_linked]' );

$activity->set( 'icon', 'nameplate' );

$activity->set( 'date', cbactivityClass::getUTCDate() );



$activity->store();

"Below is similar to the above, but it uses data API to grab an object (empty or otherwise)."

$activity    =    cbactivityData::getActivity( array( 'id', '=', $id ), null, null, false );



$activity->set( 'user_id', (int) $user->get( 'id' ) );

$activity->set( 'type', 'profile' );

$activity->set( 'subtype', 'registration' );

$activity->set( 'title', 'has joined [sitename_linked]' );

$activity->set( 'icon', 'nameplate' );

$activity->set( 'date', cbactivityClass::getUTCDate() );



$activity->store();

"I recommend reviewing plugin.cbactivity.php to see various additions. There are over 400 icons powered by glyphicons.com/. You can download the free package to see what they all look like. The icon name you'd use is just the name of the icon (e.g. "nameplate")."

EDIT:

Corrected link o Cobalt 8 topic.

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pepperstreet VIP

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27 Июнь 2012 17:32

General CB API infos:

see PDF Attachment
some CB related Tutorials

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Sergey

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27 Июнь 2012 23:16

Thank you, very useful.

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andiamine

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30 Июнь 2012 20:50

Good we need this integration :D to fly high

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pepperstreet VIP

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16 Нояб 2012 12:24

... requires CB API to be present and plugin loaded ..."

Regarding CB integration in general:

Is it possible to integrate the CB API as a global configuration option?! Now there is simple avatar/profile link integration. What about adding a checkbox for "load CB API" ?

As far as I understand that would give access to all parameters, functions and data?! I think jReviews does it this way. You can access user fields and data in jReviews templates etc. Which seems to be really cool and looks like a complete integration, IMHO. (i am just guessing)

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Sergey

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17 Нояб 2012 06:18

In fact Joomla 2.5 has user_pofiles table that should store all user attributes like additional fields. And it by Idea have to be accessible anywhere across Joomla in JFactory::getUser() object. Is extension that extend user profile approach this technique we even do not have to do anything to access additional user data.

Another thing is that Cobalt 8 will have plugin API. It means events triggers on all its events. It means that we may create integrations more easily than just adding files. And it also mean that there may be few integrations active at the same time. Unlike now you can chose only one file.

I think that with delivery of Cobalt 8 integrations with social extensions will not be a am issue and will be a matter of single or set of plugins.

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pepperstreet VIP

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19 Нояб 2012 23:31

You can run joomla content plugin. You can call just one plugin and render it's content.

The Joomla custom module does it like this (for all content plugins) :

if ($params->def('prepare_content', 1))

{

    JPluginHelper::importPlugin('content');

    $module->content = JHtml::_('content.prepare', $module->content, '', 'mod_custom.content');

}

I guess, this means: - activate/load all content plugins - take the whole module content area and trigger content-prepare event

right?

Sorry, Joomla API and framework is not my real daily business ;-)

1.) Can this be done with the whole Cobalt page content? Maybe you can give a hint ?

2.) Or does it make sense to load and fire a single plugin (CB Content Bot)

3.) Or just do everything I need in the Cobalt HTML field?

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Sergey

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20 Нояб 2012 01:07

That is easy to do, to put all Cobalt output through content.prepare. But with at scenario we will have to form HTML before t gets to template :) It means no templates anymore. Just get it as it is. It means it is useless.

Actually you do not need to prepare all cobalt output. There are labels and tags and other elements that should not be passed there. Also if you want just to append something better to make it in template. To print out something at the bottom rather than put all content through prepare.

Those things make content prepare plugin work limited only to HTML field.

What plugin in particular you need to treat al Cobalt output?

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pepperstreet VIP

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20 Май 2013 14:03

Just noticed your KnowledgeBase article about Cobalt Events & Triggers. I guess, this is the C8 way to integrate with CB Activity? I would like to do that, but I am lost... and don´t know exactly where to begin :S ._.

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Sergey

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20 Май 2013 23:33

This article I wrote for extly.com developers in general.

If you want to integrate you need simple create Joomla plugin which will be installed in mint group. And in onActivity method use $activity->set();

I suggest you to look into Jomsocial plugin.

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