cbqspro_guide_1.5.pdf

Joomla 2.5/3.0

CB Quickstart PRO Version 1.5

Quick Guide

document version 1.5 [build 7] 28.January.2013

Copyright No portions of this manual may be reproduced or redistributed

without the written consent of the author!

Author: Nick A. ([email protected])

CB Quickstart PRO 1.5 Guide - Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Whats it all about .................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Acknowledgements, Credits and Copyrights ........................................................... 5 1.3 Compatibility and Prerequisites ............................................................................... 5

2 Installation ...................................................................................................................... 6 3 After Installation Inspection ............................................................................................ 7 4 Extra Documentation, Resources and Support ............................................................ 17

CB Quickstart PRO 1.5 Guide - Table of Figures

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Table of Figures

Figure 1: CB Quickstart PRO package installation .............................................................. 6 Figure 2: CB Admin Navigation menus ................................................................................ 8 Figure 3: CB Quickstart PRO on empty Joomla 2.5 site ...................................................... 9 Figure 4: Preconfigured user profiles ................................................................................. 10 Figure 5: CB User list created for you ................................................................................ 11 Figure 6: CB Plugins installed for you ................................................................................ 12 Figure 7: CB Tabs configured for you ................................................................................ 13 Figure 8: Modules installed and positioned for you ............................................................ 14 Figure 9: CB Menu with related items configured for you .................................................. 14 Figure 10: CB Facebook Connect needs to be enabled and configured ........................... 15 Figure 11: CB Twitter needs to be enabled and configured ............................................... 15 Figure 12: Joomla plugins installed from CB Quickstart PRO ........................................... 16 Figure 13: Joomla CB Serahc plugin configuration ............................................................ 16

CB Quickstart PRO 1.5 Guide

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1 Introduction

This document describes the basic functionality and key features of the Joomla 2.5 / 3.0

Community Builder Quickstart PRO package along with the basic steps a Joomla 2.5.x

/3.0.x website administrator should take to install the package and perform basic

configuration actions needed to have the features blend in with the website template and

menu structure.

With the CB Quickstart PRO package you can quickly add social networking functionality

and user profiles on your Joomla 2.5/3.0 website. CB and preselected add-ons will be

installed and enabled for you and all that remains for you to do is to adjust the installation

so it fits in with your website template and your menu structure. This guide will help you do

this.

1.1 Whats it all about

Community Builder (CB) is the most popular and flexible social community networking

solution for all versions of Joomla! (2.5/3.0 with ACL support, 1.5 and 1.0 series).

With a growing 450,000+ member strong Joomlapolis community, for over 9 years now CB

is the most widely used (over 2,500,000 public installations according to Google search)

social networking solution. CB is FREE and has always been GPL and allows you to

create your own social community oriented website on Joomla.

You can learn more about CB here:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/clients-a-communities/communities/210

http://www.joomlapolis.com/community-builder

CB is extremely flexible and has many great features that can be configured in order to

support special use cases instead of just creating a Facebook look alike site.


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There are also many extra add-ons that can be installed and configured on top of CB in

order to provide addional functionality and features. Most of these add-ons are offered as

part of paid membership subscription offered on Joomlapolis:

http://www.joomlapolis.com/memberships

The CB Quickstart PRO package is available to Professional and Developer members. It is

a single installable package for Joomla 2.5/3.0 that will install CB and preselected add-ons

(a total of 23 separate entities) and enable everything for you.

1.2 Acknowledgements, Credits and Copyrights

The CB Quickstart PRO package is released under GPL v2.

This document is not released under GPL and no reproduction or distribution may take

place without the authors permission.

1.3 Compatibility and Prerequisites

Version 1.5 of CB Quickstart PRO is compatible with Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.0. You

cannot install it on other Joomla versions.

Regarding server environments CB Quickstart PRO 1.5 has the following

required/recommended infrastructure:

PHP upload_max_filesize parameter and the post_max_size parameter must be set to at least 8M (actual package is 6.2M).

PHP version 5 or better (PHP version 5.2+ recommended)

MYSQL 5.0 or better required.

Relevant articles on Joomlapolis that might assist you with the above are:

http://www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/95-installation/18196-checking-your-

php-settings

http://www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/95-installation/18200-checking-your-

php-memory


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2 Installation

Installing the CB Quickstart PRO package is really simple.

From your Joomla 2.5 / 3.0 Extensions Extensions Manager area just install the single

CB Quickstart PRO package you downloaded from Joomlapolis.

Figure 1: CB Quickstart PRO package installation

If everything progresses successfully you should see an image similar to Figure 1 (please

note that the success box may have more items that you will need to scroll to see).

If you see any errors at all in the right column of your screen, then first try installing once

again and if errors persist then start a new forum thread on the Professional support forums here:

http://www.joomlapolis.com/forum/153-professional-member-support

and a CB Team specialist will address it as soon as possible (same/next business day).


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As you can see from Figure 1 the following have been installed for you:

CB component

CB Login module

CB Workflows module

CB Online module

CB Bootstrap template plugin

CB Activity plugin

CB Activity module

CB Invites plugin

GroupJive plugin (10 total)

GroupJive module

CB ProfileBook plugin

CB Latest PB entries module

CB Profile Gallery plugin

CB Profile Gallery module

CB Facebook Connect plugin (not enabled you need to enable and configure)

CB Twitter Connect plugin (not enabled you need to enable and configure)

CB Captcha plugin

CB Video field (you need to create new video fields from CB Field Manager)

CB File field (you need to create new file fields from CB Field Manager)

CB Rating field (you need to create new file fields from CB Field Manager)

CB Latest views plugin

CB Core redirect Joomla 2.5/3.0 plugin

Joomla search plugin for CB (might need extra configuration for your CB fields)

Joomla author plugin to link article authors back to their CB profiles

Joomla search plugin for GroupJive

3 After Installation Inspection

Once you complete your CB Quickstart PRO package installation and refresh your Joomla

2.5/3.0 administration area you will see the CB Admin Navigation module configured and

enabled for you as shown in Figure 2.


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Figure 2: CB Admin Navigation menus

You should note that in addition to the Community Builder and GroupJive drop-down

menus a third Paid Subscriptions menu will appear if you have installed the CBSubs

Paid Subscriptions Membership Management solution from Joomlapolis.

If you are installing CB Quickstart PRO on a clean (no content) Joomla 2.5/3.0

environment you should see your website frontpage similar to Figure 3.


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Figure 3: CB Quickstart PRO on empty Joomla 2.5 site

These modules have been published to position-7 based on the default Joomla template. If your website has a different template then you might need to reposition these to fit in

with your environment. See Figure 8 for module positioning.


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Your user profiles have been configured with the pre-selected add-ons and are ready for

your users as illustrated in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Preconfigured user profiles


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Figure 5: CB User list created for you

As illustrated in Figure 5, a users list has already been created and configured for you.

You can reference the CB Detailed documentation to see how you can create your own

user list or you can modify the one that has already been created for you (CB User List

Manager area).


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Figure 6: CB Plugins installed for you

In Figure 6 you see all the CB Plugins that have been installed for you as part of the CB

Quickstart PRO package. Please note that there are some plugins that have not been

enabled. These are:

Forum Integration (you need to install Kunena first and then enable/configure)

CB Facebook Connect (you need to configure a Facebook application and then

configure see Figure 10 for instructions)


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CB Twitter (you need to configure a Twitter application and then configure see

Figure 11 for instructions)

CB GroupJive Forums (you need to install Kunena first and then enable)

Figure 7: CB Tabs configured for you

As you can see in Figure 7 the Forum tab has not been enabled for you as you need to

have Kunena installed on your website first.


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Figure 8: Modules installed and positioned for you

Figure 9: CB Menu with related items configured for you


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Figure 10: CB Facebook Connect needs to be enabled and configured

Figure 11: CB Twitter needs to be enabled and configured


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Figure 12: Joomla plugins installed from CB Quickstart PRO

Figure 13: Joomla CB Serahc plugin configuration


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4 Extra Documentation, Resources and Support

The CB Quickstart PRO package is just one of the benefits you get as a Professional or

Developer member on Joomlapolis.

The following resources will help you maximize your CB Quickstart PRO experience:

CB Detailed documentation

Can be downloaded from the Advanced download area on Joomlapolis

CB Facebook documentation

This is included in the CB Facebook distribution (downloaded from Advanced

download area)

CB Twitter documentation

This is included in the CB Twitter distribution (downloaded from the Advanced

download area)

CB Profile Gallery documentation

This is included in the CB Profile Gallery package (downloaded from Advanced

download area)

Please note that as a Professional/Developer member you can also access our CB

Packager page on Joomlapolis:

https://www.joomlapolis.com/downloads/cb-package-builder

On this page you can manually select all the CB Quickstart PRO packages and install it

over your existing CB Quickstart PRO installation in order to upgrade add-ons that have

maintenance releases.

If you have any issues or questions please post to the Professional or Developer Support

forums on Joomlapolis and a specialist will assist you asap (same/next business day).

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